PhD student in materials science

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The Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology conducts research and offers education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Research, the predominant activity, is often done in collaboration with corporate and international partners. We are one of the university’s largest, oldest and most well known departments, encompassing five interacting scientific fields: biology, chemistry, material physics, applied physics and theory and modelling.
Read more at https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/ifmWe are looking for a PhD student in materials science.

Your work assignments
Your task will be to computationally study chemical reactions on surfaces, contributing towards the identification of two-dimensional materials suitable as catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction and production of light olefins. The main methodology will be electronic structure theory, utilizing established implementations on supercomputers. The project also involves some coding in terms of pre- and post-processing of data. You will work within a team but will be responsible for your individual research projects. We regularly publish in highly ranked scientific journals, which is expected also in this project. Part of the work will be in direct contact with national and international collaborators.

As a PhD student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20% of full-time.

This recruitment is connected to the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE, wise-materials.org). WISE, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and will encompass major efforts at Sweden’s foremost universities over the course of 10 years. The vision is a sustainable future through materials science.
Read more: https://wise-materials.org

All early-stage researchers recruited into the WISE program will be a part of the WISE Graduate School https://wise-materials.org/research/graduate-school/, an ambitious nationwide program of seminars, courses, research visits, and other activities to promote a strong multi-disciplinary and international network between PhD students, postdocs, researchers, and industry.

Your workplace
You will be employed in the Materials Design division at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), as a part of the Materials Theory unit.

Your qualifications
You have graduated at Master’s level in physics, chemistry or materials science (or related areas) or completed courses with a minimum of 240 credits, at least 60 of which must be in advanced courses. Alternatively, you have gained essentially corresponding knowledge in another way.

Experience of computational modeling, programming in Python and experience of Linux operating systems would be considered an asset but are not strict requirements.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills are required, as well as proficiency in spoken and written English.

A letter of intent should be attached to the application, including a briefly explaining the applicant’s motivation of pursuing a PhD and the reasons of applying to this particular position. 

Terms of employment
When taking up the post, you will be admitted to the program for doctoral studies. More information about the doctoral studies at each faculty is available at Doctoral studies at Linköping University

The employment has a duration of four years’ full-time equivalent. You will initially be employed for a period of one year. The employment will subsequently be renewed for periods of maximum duration two years, depending on your progress through the study plan. The employment may be extended up to a maximum of five years, based on the amount of teaching and departmental duties you have carried out. Further extensions can be granted in special circumstances.

Starting date
By agreement.

Salary and employment benefits
The salary of PhD students is determined according to a locally negotiated salary progression.

More information about employment benefits at Linköping University is available here.

Union representatives
Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.

Application procedure
Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must reach Linköping University no later than 13th of March 2023.

Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.

We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives - diversity enriches our work and helps us grow. Preserving everybody's equal value, rights and opportunities is a natural part of who we are. Read more about our work with: Equal opportunities.

We look forward to receiving your application!


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