Post Doctoral Fellow

Post Doctoral Fellow

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Posting Summary

USC Market Title
- Post Doctoral Fellow

Business Title
- Post Doctoral Fellow

Campus
- Columbia

Work County
- Richland

College/Division
- College of Arts and Sciences

Department - CAS Chemistry and Biochemistry

Part/Full Time
- Full Time

Hours per Week - 40

Type of Faculty Position
- Faculty Research Grant (FRGP)

Basis - 12 months

Job Search Category
- Other

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South Carolina Retirement
- Yes

State Insurance Programs
- Yes

Annual Leave
- Yes

Sick Leave
- Yes

Advertised Job Summary - A postdoctoral scholar will work on combining density functional theory calculations and machine learning (ML) to model the life- cycle stability in beyond-lithium ion batteries.

Job Related Minimum Required

Education and Experience
- Ph.D. in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, or a related discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in scientific programming, atomistic simulations and/or ML. Experience in LiS coin cell battery synthesis. Excellent oral and written communication skills and the ability to work well in a collaborative research environment are essential.

Job Duty
- Performing simulations using quantum mechanical-based methods implemented in standard software.

Essential Function
- Yes

Percentage of Time - 30

Job Duty
- Synthesis and preparation of coin-cell batteries

Essential Function
- Yes

Percentage of Time - 50

Job Duty
- Preparation of manuscripts via compiling, plotting, analyzing, discussing, and communicating results

Essential Function
- Yes

Percentage of Time - 20

Required Documents