Postdoctoral research positions in Computational Materials Science – University of South Africa (UNISA)
Application deadline: 11 December 2023 Applications are invited for two Postdoctoral Fellowship research positions in Computational Materials Science in the High Performance Computing research group l...
Application deadline: 11 December 2023
Applications are invited for two Postdoctoral Fellowship research positions in Computational Materials Science in the High Performance Computing research group led by Prof Enrico Lombardi at UNISA.
The postdoctoral researchers will pursue novel research in computational materials science to understand microscopic mechanisms underlying the properties of materials. Materials of interest range from two-dimensional solids to crystalline semiconducting materials. We are particularly interested in wide bandgap semiconductors such as diamond and, Ga2O3, etc., as well as heterostructures formed by van der Waals layered solids including their applications in spintronics, optoelectronics, energy, and gas sensing, amongst others. Density Functional Theory and its various extensions are the main computational approach. Since there are plethora of potential materials for these applications, high-throughput calculations (i.e., involving large amount of data) to screen materials may be necessary. Analysis of data may require knowledge of, and application of machine learning, data science or statistical techniques. Ultimately, the research will focus on the understanding of the behaviour of defects in these materials, and optimize the properties (composition, application of external perturbations, such as mechanical, electrical, magnetic, etc.) of selected materials for targeted applications.
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