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CCMP@UARK


There are currently two open positions:

  • Position 1: Postdoctoral Position (Research Associate) Announcement
- Qualifications: Ph.D in Physics or Materials Science. Experience in numerical simulations and Solid State Physics is required. Experience in first-principles, Monte-Carlo and/or Molecular Dynamics  techniques is desirable.

- Research goals: modelling and designing multiferroic and ferroelectric nanostructures.
These objectives will be tackled through the development and/or use of  the following numerical tools:
  1. first-principles techniques, including total energy calculations, computation of phonon spectrum, modern theory of polarization and electric-field effects,
  2.  effective Hamiltonian approaches that can extend the reach of first-principles calculations by mimicking properties of ferroelectric and multiferroic nanostructures at finite-temperature, and
  3.  the inverse method that can allow an efficient design of materials with improved properties.

Collaborations with experimental research groups and other theoretical research groups are also strongly expected, in order to  gain a deep understanding of such complex materials.

- Period of Employment: The position is for one year, renewable upon mutual agreement to a second year and then a third year. The preferential starting dates are between January and March 2008.   However, earlier or later starting dates may also be possible.

- Sponsor: This position is sponsored by the University of Arkansas  through the newly founded Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

- Location: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA).
Fayetteville has been ranked by national magazines among the top ten places to live in the U.S.

- Application: Interested candidates should send via e-mail (in a pdf format, if possible):
  1.  a curriculum vitae,
  2.  list of publications and
  3.  the names and addresses of at least two references to:
Laurent Bellaiche,
Department of Physics,
University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, AR 72701;
e-mail: laurent@uark.edu

  • Position 2: Postdoctoral Position (Research Associate) Announcement
- Qualifications: Ph.D in Physics or Materials Science. Experience in numerical simulations and Solid State Physics is required. Experience in first-principles, Monte-Carlo and/or Molecular Dynamics  techniques is desirable.

- Research goals: modelling and designing ferroelectrics and multiferroics.

These objectives will be tackled through the development and/or use of  the following numerical tools:
  1. first-principles techniques, including total energy calculations, computation of phonon spectrum, modern theory of polarization and electric-field effects,
  2.  effective Hamiltonian approaches that can extend the reach of first-principles calculations by mimicking properties of ferroelectric and multiferroic nanostructures at finite-temperature, and
  3.  the inverse method that can allow an efficient design of materials with improved properties.

Collaborations with experimental research groups and other theoretical research groups are also strongly expected, in order to  gain a deep understanding of such complex materials.

- Period of Employment: The position is for one year. The preferential starting dates are between March and May 2008.   However, earlier or later starting dates may also be possible.

- Sponsor: This position is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.

- Location: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA).
Fayetteville has been ranked by national magazines among the top ten places to live in the U.S.

- Application: Interested candidates should send via e-mail (in a pdf format, if possible):
  1.  a curriculum vitae,
  2.  list of publications and
  3.  the names and addresses of at least two references to:
Laurent Bellaiche,
Department of Physics,
University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, AR 72701;
e-mail: laurent@uark.edu


See http://www.uark.edu/misc/aaron5/index.html for more information.

The University of Arkansas is an Affirmative Action and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applications will be accepted without regard to age, race, color, sex, or national origin. Applicants must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States.