Postdoctoral Position in Materials Science

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Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich Vollzeit

This postdoctoral position offers an excellent opportunity to work on a cutting-edge project focused on understanding and controlling disorder in single crystals. Our research aims to explore the potential benefits of disorder for functional properties and understand its underlying physics.

Project Overview

The project will focus on disorder driven by electron instabilities in single crystals. The successful candidate will either develop and apply machine learning approaches to model disordered crystals or measure and analyze diffuse scattering from disordered materials.

Your Skills and Qualifications
  • PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related disciplines
  • Strong programming skills in Python, C++, etc.
  • Experience in machine learning interatomic potentials and large-scale atomic simulations (>10,000 atoms)


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