Campus Description: Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff, including those employed at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Suffolk County's only academic medical center and tertiary care provider. The University is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and co-manager of nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), a multidisciplinary research laboratory supporting world class scientific programs utilizing state-of-the-art facilities such as the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the National Synchrotron Light Source, and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, and the NewYorkBlue IBM BG/L+P supercomputer, owned by Stony Brook and managed by BNL. Stony Brook is a partner in managing the Laboratory for the Department of Energy, and is the largest institutional scientific user of BNL facilities. As such, many opportunities exist for collaborative research, and in some cases, joint appointments can be arranged.

Budget Title: same as above

Reference Number: WC-R-6465-10-08-S

Department: Physics and Astronomy

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Grade: E.89

Campus: Stony Brook West Campus/HSC

Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in Physics in the area of Condensed Matter Theory.

Preferred Qualifications: Expert on first principles methods, both development and applications. Density functional theory and electronic transport. Programming experience and experience in the use of SIESTA and TransSiesta. Experience in the use of molecular dynamics.

Brief Description of Duties: The Postdoctoral Associate will assist the Principal Investigator in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. The incumbent will conduct research and ensure that all experiments are appropriately conducted following the policies and procedures of Stony Brook University.

• Develop a new method to study the metal/liquid interface in the presence of an external electric field.
• Implement the method in the program SIESTA.
• Study how charged interfaces modify the structural and dynamical properties of interfacial water utilizing the method.
• Collect and analyze data, including periodical/literature research.
• Participate/assist in manuscript writing for publication in scientific journals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Special Notes: This is a full time position. The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. Occasional travel to scientific conferences may be required.

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

Application Procedure: Those interested in this position should submit a cover letter and resume to:

Cathy Arrighetta
Postdoctoral Associate (6465) Search
Human Resources Department
390 Administration Building
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-0751
Fax: (631) 632-2338

Job Category: K) Postdoctoral Positions.

Additional Categories: E) Research (professional) and Technical to include lab support positions.

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