英国伦敦大学国王学院2024年招聘博士后（材料建模）

伦敦国王学院（King's College London, KCL）位于英国伦敦，是一所公立综合类研究型大学，为英国金三角名校，罗素集团成员，科学与工程南联盟（SES-5）成员。

1829年8月创立伦敦国王学院，学校位于斯特兰德。1831年10月，第一批学生入学。1897年学校迁至温布尔登。1912年开设初级学校。1985年，国王学院与切尔西学院、伊丽莎白女王学院合并。1997年与精神病学研究所合并，次年与盖伊医院、圣托马斯医院联合医学和牙科学院合并。2008年，国王学院拥有独立授予学位的权力。学院在2013年加入了科学与工程南联盟。2020年4月2日，学院加入国际大学气候联盟。

截至2024年5月，伦敦国王学院拥有5个校区，开设9个学院，设有136门本科课程，学生人数33,000人，9,500名教职工，2006年，在泰晤士优良大学的分科指南中，伦敦国王学院的音乐、牙医、历史、美国研究、哲学与西洋古典学等学科在全英国均排名前五名。

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Materials Modelling

King's College London - Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Science

Location: London

Salary: £43,205 to £45,521 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 27th September 2024

Closes: 13th October 2024

Job Ref: 095946

About us

The available postdoctoral associate position is based in the Physics Department at King’s College London, one of the UK’s best Physics Departments with the QS World University Rankings placing us in the top 10 universities in the country.

The Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES) comprises Chemistry, Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics, & Physics – all departments highly rated in research activities and a wide-ranging portfolio of education programmes.

About the role

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the group of Dr. Chiara Gattinoni — within the Theory and Simulation of Condensed Matter research group — on the materials modelling of ultrathin ferroelectric films. The overall goal of this research project is to produce strategies to manipulate the polarization in ultrathin ferroelectrics, and to design ferroelectric thin films possessing the desired magnitude and direction of the polarization.

The successful candidate will perform atomistic simulations, using both density functional theory & classical molecular dynamics, on ultrathin films of a range of ferroelectric perovskites of technological interest.

This position is supported by the EPSRC New Investigator Award grant “Customisable polarization in ultrathin ferroelectrics”.

The position is based in the Department of Physics, King’s College London on the Strand Campus in the heart of central London.

This is a full-time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract 1/12/2024 until 30/11/2026.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

BSc in Physics, Materials Science or related subject

PhD in Materials modelling, computational physics or related subject (either complete or close to completion)

Excellent skills in programming and data analysis

Experience of atomistic simulation techniques

Flexible and collaborative

Willingness to learn new skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work independently & as part of a team

Desirable criteria

Experience of atomistic modelling of ferroelectric materials

Experience in development and application of machine learned potentials

Good presentation skills

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

* Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity & want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff & unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse & inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.