Electronic Structure and Data-Driven Materials Design

Brookhaven National Laboratory(23 days ago)

Upton, NYOnsiteFull TimeTrainee$71,900 - $82,400Center for Functional Nanomaterials

About this role

A Postdoctoral Research Associate at Brookhaven’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials performs computational and data-driven research to understand and design catalytic materials. The role emphasizes developing automated Python workflows and interpretable descriptors from first-principles calculations to link electronic structure and thermodynamics to catalytic behavior while collaborating with experimental groups and data services.

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Required Skills

DFT
Thermodynamics
Python
Workflows
Machine Learning
Random Forest
HPC
Spectroscopy
Data Analysis
Descriptor Engineering

Qualifications

Ph.D. (Materials Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related) conferred within past five years

About Brookhaven National Laboratory

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We advance fundamental research in nuclear and particle physics to gain a deeper understanding of matter, energy, space, and time; apply photon sciences and nanomaterials research to energy challenges of critical importance to the nation; and perform cross-disciplinary research on computation, sustainable energy, national security, and Earth’s ecosystems.

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