PostDoctoral Fellow -- Wang Lab

at  Colorado State University

DESCRIPTION OF WORK UNIT

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering has an international reputation for excellence in research across a broad array of disciplines, including systems and synthetic biology, advanced materials, and bioanalytical devices. PhD graduates receive world-class training, participate in cutting-edge (and often interdisciplinary) research projects, and are employed at all levels of academia and industry around the globe. The faculty also enjoy an award-winning reputation for teaching excellence. Undergraduate students benefit both from access to this classroom expertise and from a long tradition of substantive undergraduate participation in research. The department’s research efforts are supported by several state-of-the-art core facilities on the campus of Colorado State University as well as new instrumentation in the Scott Bioengineering Building.
The Wang Lab of Computational Soft Materials is a highly collaborative team of computational and theoretical scientists with the research goal of combining advanced theories and computer simulation techniques to study at nano- to meso-scales (i.e., from sub-nanometers to micrometers) the behavior of nanostructured polymeric materials. The successful applicant for this position will develop and apply advanced computational modeling tools to understand and predict the behavior and properties of nanostructured polymers.

POSITION SUMMARY

This full-time Postdoctoral Fellow will be responsible for conducting advanced molecular simulations and theoretical calculations to study the equilibrium behavior of various polymeric systems described by generic, coarse-grained models. The postdoc will report directly to Professor Qiang Wang. This is a 40 hour per week assignment. The chosen candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the proposed start date. The Department will not sponsor a visa for this position.

REQUIRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in Chemical Engineering or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead research and manage project tasks with limited supervision.
• Demonstrated written communication skills.
• Research background and expertise in molecular simulations and theories of generic, coarse-grained polymer models.
• The chosen candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States by the proposed start date. The department will not sponsor a visa for this position.

PREFERRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Previous experience with Linux and Python.
• Previous experience with free-energy calculations in molecular simulations.
• Previous experience with molecular simulations parallelized on CPUs or GPUs.
• Previous experience with molecular simulations and theories of block copolymer self-assembly.

Please refer the Job description for details