Postdoctoral Associate/Research Scientist - Physics

About the role

The Virginia Tech Physics Department invites applications for one postdoctoral associate/research scientist to work with Dr. Vsevolod Ivanov and Dr. Patrick Huber on the Quantum Sensing of Neutrinos (QuSen) project sponsored by DARPA.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in the areas of computational physics with the goal to develop a framework for understanding excess energy from defect formation in neutrino detectors.
• Supervise and coordinate the work of other researchers and personnel, including graduate and undergraduate students.
• Develop future efforts.
• Interact with the broader quantum community at Virginia Tech, which includes the Center for Neutrino Physics, the Virginia Tech Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering (vtq.vt.edu), the Center of Quantum Architecture and Software Development within the VT Innovation Campus, as well as the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C).

Requirements

• Holds a Ph.D. in physics, material science, or a related field.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills that are reinforced by active listening skills.
• Advanced knowledge of the principles of physics.
• Advanced knowledge of the methods and techniques used for research in computational condensed matter physics.
• Demonstrated experience of first-principles simulation codes such as VASP, Quantum Espresso, Wien2k or others.
• Demonstrated experience with phonon and exciton calculations and related properties.
• Research Scientist candidates must have previous postdoctoral research experience.

Qualifications

• Required Qualifications: Holds a Ph.D. in physics, material science, or a related field.
• Required Qualifications: Strong verbal and written communication skills that are reinforced by active listening skills.
• Required Qualifications: Advanced knowledge of the principles of physics.
• Required Qualifications: Advanced knowledge of the methods and techniques used for research in computational condensed matter physics.
• Required Qualifications: Demonstrated experience of first-principles simulation codes such as VASP, Quantum Espresso, Wien2k or others.
• Required Qualifications: Demonstrated experience with phonon and exciton calculations and related properties.
• Required Qualifications: Demonstrated experience in simulating solid state defects, including formation processes with nudged elastic band, molecular dynamics, or related methods.
• Preferred Qualifications: Previous postdoctoral research experience.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

40 hours - exempt position