Advertisement Number: P.Rect/R&D/2021/208
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) invites application for the position Project Postdoctoral Fellow
Project: "Structural evaluation of building block of ice in different geometry/conditions and its impact on nucleation behavior"
Essential Qualification:
a) Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering/Computational Physics/ Computational Physical Chemistry
b) The candidate should have a strong background in statistical mechanics, molecular simulations, and thermodynamics.
c) The candidate should have significant experience in classical molecular simulations, particularly Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics.
d) The candidate should have rich experience in coding in python, C, C++ and experience of the Linux environment and software codes such as LAMMPS, PLUMED, GROMACS.
e) Experience in methods such as Enhance Sampling methods (such as metadynamics, umbrella sampling, FFS),nucleation theory and simulations, force-field generation would be considered favourably
Nature of Work: The candidate would be responsible for developing a machine learning/deep learning module to accelerate the discovery of molecules/materials for a specific application. The work is in collaboration with Prescience Insilico Pvt. Ltd.
Duration of Appointment
a) The appointment for the above posts initially will be for 1 year, which will be extended with mutual consent If performance of the candidate is good,
b) The post is purely temporary and on a contractual basis.
Consolidated Salary: 50000-55000-60000
The department reserves the right to fix suitable criteria for short listing of eligible candidates satisfying qualifications and experience. Only short-listed candidates will accordingly be called for interview.