From laurent-at-uark.edu Tue Nov 6 20:00:05 2007 Received: from comp.uark.edu (comp.uark.edu [130.184.5.197]) by physmail.rutgers.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lA70xrVt003093 for ; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:59:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from comp.uark.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by comp.uark.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lA6IPEXR023519; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:25:15 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from laurent-at-uark.edu) Received: (from trapper-at-localhost) by comp.uark.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id lA6IOR0C022716; Tue, 6 Nov 2007 12:24:27 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from laurent-at-uark.edu) X-Authentication-Warning: comp.uark.edu: trapper set sender to laurent-at-uark.edu using -f Received: from 130.184.202.235 ([130.184.202.235]) by uamail.uark.edu (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:24:25 -0600 Message-ID: <20071106122425.ef0lkr35dwk0g8sk-at-uamail.uark.edu> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 12:24:25 -0600 From: laurent To: n.harrison-at-dl.ac.uk, m.gillan-at-ucl.ac.uk, m.foulkes-at-ic.ac.uk, m.finnis-at-queens-belfast.ac.uk, resta-at-ts.infn.it, baroni-at-sissa.it, tosatti-at-neumann.sissa.it, dalcorso-at-sissa.it, bachelet-at-roma1.infn.it, fiore-at-sparc10.dsf.unica.it, scandolo-at-sissa.it, scheffler-at-fhi-berlin.mpg.de, prr-at-prr.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de, goedeck-at-prr.mpi-stuttgart.mpg.de, r.jones-at-fz-juelich.de, baldereschi-at-eldp.epfl.ch, postma-at-dpmail.epfl.ch, galligygi1-at-llnl.gov, blo-at-zurich.ibm.com, Francesco.Mauri-at-lmcp.jussieu.fr, ordejon-at-condmat2.ciencias.uniovi.es, wdpgaara-at-lg.ehu.es, emilio-at-polar.fmc.uam.es, jose.soler-at-uam.es, gonze-at-pcpm.ucl.ac.be, terakura-at-jrcat.or.jp, tfybil-at-fy.chalmers.se, kwj-at-fysik.dtu.dk, kresse-at-tph25.tuwien.ac.at, nsjisoon-at-phyg.snu.ac.kr, kchang-at-convex.kaist.ac.kr, rniemine-at-csc.fi, jlm-at-pseudo.inesc.pt, davies-at-lrsm.upenn.edu, egami-at-seas.upenn.edu, dhv-at-physics.rutgers.edu, shiwei-at-spiffy.physics.wm.edu, hfu-at-uark.edu, suhuai_wei-at-nrel.gov, kunc-at-ccr.jussieu.fr, edjones-at-sandia.gov, lwwang-at-lbl.gov, namodin-at-sandia.gov, bernard.levy-at-lpcr.u-psud.fr Subject: Postdoctoral position MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.3-cvs) X-PMX-Version: 5.3.3.310218, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.2.313940, Antispam-Data: 2007.11.6.100402 X-Spam-Checked: Spamassassin version 3.1.8, by Rutgers Physics X-Spam-Score: -2.6, tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on 128.6.228.213 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by physmail.rutgers.edu id lA70xrVt003093 Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: This e-mail note is to announce a postdoctoral opportunity for a computational condensed matter scientist in the area of multiferroic and ferroelectric nanostructures. If you know of somebody else who may be interested in this position, or who may know someone who is interested, please feel free to forward this message on. Thank you, Sincerely, Laurent Bellaiche, Twenty-First Century Professor in Nanotechnology and Science Education, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701 e-mail: laurent-at-uark.edu **************************************************************** Postdoctoral Position (Research Associate) Announcement - Qualifications: Ph.D in Physics or Materials Science. Experience in numerical simulations and Solid State Physics is required. Experience in first-principles, Monte-Carlo and/or Molecular Dynamics techniques is desirable. - Research goals: modelling and designing multiferroic and ferroelectric nanostructures. These objectives will be tackled through the development and/or use of the following numerical tools: (i) first-principles techniques, including total energy calculations, computation of phonon spectrum, modern theory of polarization and electric-field effects, (ii) effective Hamiltonian approaches that can extend the reach of first-principles calculations by mimicking properties of ferroelectric and multiferroic nanostructures at finite-temperature, and (iii) the inverse method that can allow an efficient design of materials with improved properties. Collaborations with experimental research groups and other theoretical research groups are also strongly expected, in order to gain a deep understanding of such complex materials. - Period of Employment: The position is for one year, renewable upon mutual agreement to a second year and then a third year. The preferential starting dates are between January and March 2008. However, earlier or later starting dates may also be possible. - Sponsor: This position is sponsored by the University of Arkansas through the newly founded Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering. - Location: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas (USA). Fayetteville has been ranked by national magazines among the top ten places to live in the U.S. - Application: Interested candidates should send via e-mail (in a pdf format, if possible): (1) a curriculum vitae, (2) list of publications and (3) the names and addresses of at least two references to: Laurent Bellaiche, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701; e-mail: laurent-at-uark.edu See http://www.uark.edu/misc/aaron5/index.html for more information. The University of Arkansas is an Affirmative Action and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applications will be accepted without regard to age, race, color, sex, or national origin. Applicants must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States. ****************************************************************