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Postdoc in Physics, Chemistry or Material Science (f/m/d)

Employer
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Location
Germany (DE)
Salary
Salary category E13, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements
Posting live until
9 Jan 2022

Job Details

You will be responsible for developing and validating multiscale models to describe the growth, structure, and electronic properties of soft matter as well as its function. In particular, you will study polymers for 3D printing and metal-organic frameworks (MOF) using methods  to describe the electronic structure, as well as molecular dynamics simulations with coarse-grained and all-atom models.  Specific projects include optimizing the properties of printed polymer networks (resolution vs. mechanical properties) and predicting the properties and growth of MOF. In addition, you will assist project partners in the development and implementation of simulation methods for these projects. 

The methods are to be applied to current problems in the field of nanoscale multimaterial 3D printing and the properties of metal-organic fraemwoks in cooperation with materials science research groups at KIT and international/national initiatives.

Personal qualification

  • Ph.D. in physics, chemistry or material science
  • research experience in theoretical physics/chemistry, and documented expertise in simulation methods of electronic structure and molecular dynamics through publications.
  • experience in developing methods to describe the growth, structure, and electronic properties of soft matter
  • experience with complex simulations and good programming skills (Python preferred).

Company

At the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) scientists do research and teach.

They work on important topics. These topics are important to all people.

For example, they ask:

How can energy be generated without harming the environment?

How can you make the Internet secure so no one can steal money or data?

The area of knowledge in which a researcher knows a lot is called the specific field.

The researchers at KIT are very familiar with many different specific fields.

These specific fields are: natural sciences, engineering, economics, humanities, social sciences.

However, the researchers in the city of Karlsruhe do not only want to know their specific fields very well.

They say: Our research should benefit people in everyday life. That is why they try to make many practical inventions.

KIT says: We also want to pass on the knowledge of our researchers to young people.

If they also want to become a specialist in a specific field.

Many come to Karlsruhe to study when they have finished school.

23,300 young people study at KIT.

KIT says: Our students work very closely with the researchers.

That's why they learn so much at KIT.

And they easily find a good job after graduation.

Around 9,600 people work at KIT.

5,400 of them are researchers and teach students.

KIT is therefore one of the major scientific institutions in the continent of Europe. 

Because research and teaching at KIT are so important, the KIT is called a Research University.

And it belongs to the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.

That is why KIT is "The Research University in the Helmholtz Association".

Company info
Website
Telephone
+49 721 608 6386
Location
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Kaiserstr. 12
Karlsruhe
BW
76021
DE

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