Post-Doctoral
Fellowships in Quantum
Refinement of Protein X-ray Crystallographic Structures and
related work in Biophysics, Biochemistry, Biomaterials,
Chemistry, and Soft
Condensed Matter
Shanghai University (http://www.shu.edu.cn)
is seeking multiple
outstanding postdoctoral
researchers to be part of the newly created International Centre
for Quantum and
Molecular
Structure (ICQMS). Parallel
Adjoint Appointments at The University of Technology, Sydney
(UTS) (http://www.uts.edu.au/about/faculty-science/physics-and-advanced-materials),
Department
of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, will also be available.
Most available positions
relate
to the core project of ICQMS: the development of codes for
automatic quantum
refinement of protein crystallographic structures. For these
positions, previous experience at
the PhD or post-doctoral level in the simulation of protein
structure is essential. This could involve mastering of
quantum-chemical software, molecular dynamics methods,
statistical mechanics
theories, or protein structure refinement.
Positions are available for both software users and methods
developers.
ICQMS also has a wider
view,
considering the determination of protein function and
spectroscopy, especially
for photosynthetic proteins, understanding the effects of
solvation and
environment on molecular properties, quantum dynamics and
coherence in
proteins, understanding order/disorder transitions, the
fundamental role played
by entropy in controlling protein structure, the properties of
biomaterials
such as cement, general self-assembly processes such as organic
self-assembled
monolayer formation and properties, and the properties of bulk
materials.
A position is also
available
concerning the development and application for GPUs of
Hartree-Fock theory or
Density-Functional Theory or molecular dynamics.
All positions require a
PhD
in Chemical Physics, Quantum Chemistry, Computational
Biochemistry,
Crystallography, or related disciplines.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English are
essential. Proven independence is also essential. Candidates
that have contributed to
scientific-community activities and/or teaching innovation will
be considered
favourably, as will those that have contributed independently to
multidisciplinary team projects.
Shanghai University is a well funded,
internationally connected,
rapidly raising University with a strong profile in Material
Science, and
indeed under the direction of University President Prof. H. J.
Luo is a central
player in the extensive Chinese Materials Genome Initiative
(MGI) Project. ICQMS extends this vision into mainstream
chemical and biochemical research.
Adjunct Appointments at the University of
Technology Sydney will allow
each Postdoctoral Fellow to spend 6 months doing joint research
in Sydney with
UTS staff. Shanghai University and The
University of Technology Sydney have a 20-year history of close
collaboration,
including the joint Smart Cities Institute and the Sydney
Institute of Language
and Commerce. This collaboration also includes
the dual PhD degree program between the two universities.
The negotiable anticipated start date is
2015 between August and
December.
The
positions are available for two years and renewable subject
to a performance review.
Shanghai University is an Equal Opportunity
Employer and all persons
are encouraged to apply. Applicants should send their curriculum
vitae
including lists of publications, summaries of their research
interests, lists
of prizes and awards, summaries of any teaching, community
service or
administrative experience, and have three reference letters sent
directly to
Further information can be obtained from:
ICQMS Director: Jeffrey
Reimers [email protected]
or
ICQMS Deputy Director: Wei REN
[email protected]