Postdoctoral Position at Washington University in St. Louis on Atomistic Modeling of Chalcogenides

A one-year postdoctoral position with possible extension up to two years is available in the Materials Modeling & Microscopy (M-cube) group of Rohan Mishra at Washington University in St. Louis, beginning immediately. The successful candidate will use first-principles density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations for developing structure-property correlations in chalcogenide materials.
We are currently interested in quasi-one-dimensional (1D) chalcogenides for their optical and thermal properties, and 2D chalcogenide alloys for their electrocatalytic activity. The successful applicant is expected to develop quantitative structure-property-processing correlations to enable the design of new 1D and 2D chalcogenides for optical, thermal and electrocatalytic applications. These projects are part of multi-university collaborative efforts and involve extensive collaboration with experimentalists focused on the synthesis and characterization of these materials. The successful applicant is expected to work closely with our collaborators.
Applicants must have a recent Ph.D. in Materials Science, Physics, or a closely related field with demonstrated expertise in using DFT calculations to develop structure-property correlations in functional materials. Prior experience of developing phenomenological models from first-principles calculations will be a bonus. The applicant should be able to work independently and in a team. Candidates with strong programing skills (using Python, Fortran or C/C++) will be preferred.
The successful applicant will have ample opportunities for career development. They are expected to be involved in co-mentoring graduate and undergraduate researchers, present their research at conferences, and develop independent research directions.
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by emailing a single PDF file containing: (1) a cover letter (not more than one-page) with a summary of accomplishments and future research interests; (2) CV (with a list of all publications); and (3) names of three references to rmishra@wustl.edu.
Screening of applications will start immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

Unparalleled Precision: Researchers Reveal New Information About Photosynthesis
https://scitechdaily.com/unparalleled-precision-researchers-reveal-new-information-about-photosynthesis/

Researchers publish 31,618 molecules with potential for energy storage in batteries
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-publish-molecules-potential-energy-storage.html

UCSF ChimeraX version 1.5 has been released!

ChimeraX includes user documentation and is free for noncommercial use.
Download for Windows, Linux, and MacOS from:
https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/

Updates since version 1.4 (Jun 2022) include:

- AlphaFold search/fetch uses database v4 (fixes ~4% of v3 entries)
- show AlphaFold residue-residue errors (PAE) with colored lines
- Axes/Planes/Centroids tool to define objects, use in measurements
- transform surface models (scale, shift, rotate)
- add hydrogens GUI
- calculate and assign charges, including for nonstandard residues
- dock prep command
- renumber residues, change chain IDs
- crosseye and walleye stereo
- cleaner close session (reverts more settings)
- UniProt sequence fetch updated to work with UniProtKB's new API
- DICOM browser shows patient-study-series hierarchy in medical image data

For details, please see the ChimeraX change log:
https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/trac/ChimeraX/wiki/ChangeLog

‘Shadow Libraries’ Are Moving Their Pirated Books to The Dark Web After Fed Crackdowns
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7vnn4/shadow-libraries-are-moving-their-pirated-books-to-the-dark-web-after-fed-crackdowns

As the crackdown on SciHub and LigGen/Z-Lib intensifies the platforms to open the access to papers and books in PDFs are moving to the deep web. The Telegram Bots, nevertheless, keep working fine.

SciHub: @scihubot or https://news.1rj.ru/str/scihubot
Z-Lib: @zlibrary2bot or https://news.1rj.ru/str/zlibrary2bot

Knowledge should be free.

SHARC2.1
Surface Hopping including Arbitrary Couplings developed by the González group

The SHARC molecular dynamics (MD) program suite is an ab initio MD software package developed to study the excited-state dynamics of molecules.

* can treat non-adiabatic couplings at conical intersections, intersystem crossing induced by spin-orbit coupling, and laser couplings on an equal footing.
* can treat any number of states of arbitrary multiplicities.
* has interfaces to MOLPRO, MOLCAS, COLUMBUS, ADF, TURBOMOLE (only ricc2), GAUSSIAN, ORCA, BAGEL, analytical potentials, and linear-vibronic coupling potentials.
* comes with the WFoverlap program for efficient computation of nonadiabatic couplings and Dyson norms.
* can do QM/MM simulations with MOLCAS, ADF, TURBOMOLE, and ORCA.
* can do on-the-fly wave function analysis through TheoDORE.
* comes with the PySHARC extension for very efficient dynamics simulations with linear-vibronic coupling potentials.
* includes auxiliary Python noscripts for setup, maintenance and analysis of ensembles of trajectories.
* includes noscripts to perform excited-state (crossing point) optimizations and single point calculations with all interfaced methods.
* has a comprehensive tutorial.

https://sharc-md.org/

Open access -
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/ra/d2ra04002f

Registrations for the 2023 edition of the Virtual WinterSchool on Computational Chemistry are now open!
The event is completely FREE. The next edition will have talks by a plethora of prominent computational chemists and official workshops provided by Q-Chem and Tinker.
See the program and register here: https://winterschool.cc/

The Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry is now on Mastodon. Follow to help boost this amazing event:
https://mstdn.science/@CompChemVirtual

OPEN ACCESS
DFT exchange: sharing perspectives on the workhorse of quantum chemistry and materials science

In this paper, the history, present status, and future of density-functional theory (DFT) is informally reviewed and discussed by 70 workers in the field, including molecular scientists, materials scientists, method developers and practitioners. The format of the paper is that of a roundtable discussion, in which the participants express and exchange views on DFT in the form of 302 individual contributions, formulated as responses to a preset list of 26 questions. Supported by a bibliography of 777 entries, the paper represents a broad snapshot of DFT, anno 2022.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/CP/D2CP02827A

Repeat with me: I will NOT use Pople basis set!
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https://mattermodeling.stackexchange.com/questions/9678/choosing-between-6-311g3df-3pd-and-def2-tzvppd-for-certain-type-of-diffuse-s

Multiple positions (postdoc and Ph.D) available at MECH - UBC (Vancouver)

Several openings are available in my group (https://mech-modsim.sites.olt.ubc.ca) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Positions are available immediately and for September 2023. Please see the denoscription below. Applicants that identify themselves as minorities and underrepresented groups in academia are strongly encouraged to apply.

Desired profiles: Candidates with a strong background in physics, mechanics and materials engineering with knowledge of density functional theory, electronic structure simulations, solid mechanics, mathematical modelling and optimization are encouraged to apply. Additional skills such as high-performance computing, data management, data-driven techniques and noscripting are a plus. Postdoctoral candidates should send a CV with a publication list to mponga@mech.ubc.ca . Ph.D. applicants should directly apply to the Department as indicated below. Due to the large volume of emails, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

1- Postdoctoral position for computational design of high-entropy alloys (Immediately): I am looking for someone with a strong background in electronic structure calculations using density functional theory to model high-entropy alloys. Candidates with experience in VASP and Quantum Espresso are welcome to apply. People with backgrounds in crystalline structure materials, physics, mechanics and materials science are welcome. For samples of the work we carry out in my group, please check: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2211.13805 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2022.118511 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.162309

2- A Ph.D. position in computational modelling of solid electrolyte batteries is available for September 2023. Candidates with experience in modelling battery systems, including density functional theory, are encouraged to apply for this position. The project is focused on developing the next generation of highly efficient Li batteries using solid electrolytes and novel cathode materials. The position is co-supervised with Prof. Jian Liu at UBC-Okanagan. Sample of the work we carry out in my group: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2209.08184

3- Several openings for Ph.D. positions in computational modelling of high entropy alloys for catalytic and mechanical applications: Several openings are available for modelling high entropy alloys for mechanical and catalytic applications. These projects involve designing novel materials for CO2 and hydrogen capture and generation and developing materials with extraordinary mechanical properties. Sample of the work we carry in this area: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2209.04010 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmats.2021.816610

Ph.D. applicants are encouraged to apply to the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UBC. For more information, please consult this page: https://mech.ubc.ca/graduate/prospective/

https://mech.ubc.ca/graduate/prospective/applications-admissions/research-application-instructions/