Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computational Physical Modelling for Materials Design and Discovery Grade 7

An opportunity to lead work on materials design and discovery for an exceptional researcher with experience in developing and applying computational chemistry tools to materials science. This position forms part of an interdisciplinary team in the Leverhulme Centre for Functional Materials Design working across physical and computer science to develop new pathways to the design and discovery of inorganic materials. An example of such pathway to discover new experimental structures is demonstrated in a recent paper (*Science*, **2024**, *383*, 739) in which Density Functional Theory simulations were used to both identify the target chemical composition for synthesis and to understand the origin of high ionic conductivity of the new material.

As we work closely with experts in chemistry and computer science, the environment that this creates is central to all of the group¿s work. You must therefore be able to interact effectively with colleagues with complementary skills (e.g. computer scientists or measurement physics specialists).

The University has the right to close the vacancy early if it is deemed that there have been enough applications received. 

The post is available for up to 36 months 

 The University has the right to close the vacancy early if it is deemed that there have been enough applications received.