Postdoctoral Research Associate in Materials
24 hours ago
Job id: 095946. Salary: £43,205 - £45,521 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 27 September 2024. Closing date: 13 October 2024.
Business unit: Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sci. Department: Physics.
Location: Strand Campus. Category: Research.
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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, and 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.
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
Essential criteria
3. Excellent skills in programming and data analysis
4. Experience of atomistic simulation techniques
5. Flexible and collaborative
6. Willingness to learn new skills
7. Excellent communication skills
8. Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Desirable criteria
1. Experience of atomistic modelling of ferroelectric materials
3. Good presentation skills
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