What are the responsibilities and job description for the Postdoctoral Scholar in Computational Chemistry position at University of California - Merced?
Open date: January 31, 2025
Next review date: Saturday, Feb 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
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Final date: Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
A postdoctoral position modeling nonadiabatic dynamics, polariton chemistry, and exciton-polariton optical properties is available in the group of Christine Isborn in the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Merced. The position will involve simulating the generation, evolution, and fate of electronic excitations and the resulting spectroscopic signature for molecules in complex environments. This project will involve working closely with experimentalists to model optical and vibrational properties of chromophores strongly coupled to light. The scholar will be charge of running appropriate electronic structure calculations using a variety of standard and non-standard packages. Necessary code will be implemented as stand alone programs or within existing code, generally with python. Duties also include: presenting at group meetings, attending conferences, mentoring students, and writing journal articles.
Ph.D. in computational chemistry or physics, or related area.
The ideal candidate has experience running electronic structure calculations and has expertise with a variety of computational approaches, such as excited state methods, QM/MM simulations, molecular dynamics, simulating spectra, analyzing charges and molecular or environmental configurations, along with experience coding in python.
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As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
"Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
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The University of California, Merced, is the newest of the University of California system's 10 campuses. With over 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students (https://cie.ucmerced.edu/analytics-hub/student-statistics), UC Merced is committed to interdisciplinary excellence in research and teaching as well as to diversity, equity and inclusion. Ranked as one of the best public universities in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, UC Merced provides outstanding educational opportunities to highly qualified students from the heart of California, the nation, and abroad. The campus has special connections to nearby Yosemite National Park; is on the cutting edge of sustainability in construction and design; and supports the economic development of Central California. The Merced 2020 Project doubled the physical capacity of the campus, and enhanced academic distinction, student success, and research excellence (https://merced2020.ucmerced.edu/).
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