Postdoctoral Research Associate - Chemistry

Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate - Chemistry

Employee Classification: Postdoctoral Research Assoc

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

SubDivision-Department: UNT-College of Science

Department: UNT-Chemistry-121200

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE: 1.00

Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible

About Us - Values Overview:

Welcome to the University of North Texas System. The UNT System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco, the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law, and the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region, employing more than 14,000 employees, educating a record 49,000+ students across our system, and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year.   We are one team comprised of individuals who are committed to excellence, curiosity and innovation. We are transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. We champion a people-first values-based culture where We Care about each other and those we serve. We believe that we are Better Together because we foster an environment of respect, belonging, and access for all. We demonstrate Courageous Integrity through setting exceptional standards and acting in the best interest of our communities. We are encouraged to Be Curious about opportunities for learning, creating, discovering, and innovating, and are encouraged to learn from failure. Show Your Fire by joining our team and exhibiting your passion and pride in your work as part of our UNT System team.   Learn more about the UNT System and how we live our values at www.UNTSystem.edu.

Department Summary

The Department of Chemistry provides opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students interested in cutting-edge technology and research. We allow students to pursue their scientific creativity with guidance from leading chemistry faculty.

UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

Position Overview

The postdoctoral research associate will work closely with the Ko Research Group to develop novel theories and algorithms for studying chemical processes in complex condensed-phase systems, e.g., aqueous solutions, semiconductor interfaces, and polymers. These complex condensed-phase systems will be treated using first-principles machine-learning trained using the van der Waals corrected hybrid density functional theory (DFT) enabled SeA approach [J. Chem. Theory Comput. 19, 4182 (2023)].

The SeA approach is an accurate and efficient high-throughput hybrid DFT engine for finite-gap systems containing thousands of atoms using the Quantum ESPRESSO (QE) package. We expect this position to have the opportunity to work on the high-performance computing (HPC) development of SeA (in collaboration with the DiStasio research group at Cornell University) and the broader QE package. We also expect this position to offer many other collaborative experiences.

The postdoctoral researcher will also instruct and mentor graduate and undergraduate students involved in the research, and contribute to writing proposals and papers.

Minimum Qualifications

• Ph.D. in chemistry, physics, or related fields
• Experience in performing condensed-phase electronic structure calculations and molecular dynamics simulations
• Strong communication skills in English
• Familiarity with operating HPC clusters (e.g., bash, Python)

Preferred Qualifications

• HPC programming skills (e.g., modern Fortran or C/C++)
• Parallel programming skills (e.g., OpenMP, MPI, OPENACC, CUDA)
• Familiarity with numerical linear algebra

Required License/Registration/Certifications

 

Job Duties:

• Plan, perform, and analyze targeted computational studies
• Contribute to writing proposals and papers
• Contr