We are offering two postdoctoral positions in the area of Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) in the Theory Group of the Materials Science and Technology Division (MSTD) of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The appointees will work with the support of a strong scientific team, in ORNL and around USA, developing new approximations for DFT from QMC generated data in highly inhomogeneous electronic systems. The support team includes F. A. Reboredo (MSTD-ORNL), J. Kim (National Center of Supercomputer Applications, Urbana-Champain), M. Eisenbach (Center for Computational Sciences, ORNL), R. Q. Hood (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), D. Nicholson (Computer Science and Mathematics-ORNL), P. R. C. Kent (CNMS-ORNL), and G. M. Stocks (MSTD-ORNL). In addition, the appointees could carry out a second project involving applications of either QMC or DFT methods to materials to be discussed among several possibilities according with the research interests of the applicants and local funding.
For details on the application process please refer to QMC http://orise.orau.gov/sep/needs/files/ORNL09-02-MSTD.pdf DFT http://orise.orau.gov/sep/needs/files/ORNL09-04-MSTD.pdf). For inquiries contact Fernando A. Reboredo at reboredofa at ornl.gov
