Job Description

Postdoctoral Researcher


Requisition #: A-178526-3


Status: Full Time


Type: Post Doctoral Fellowship


School: Whiting School of Engineering


Department/Program: Department of Materials Science and Engineering


Salary: $62,232 - $75,564


Location City: Baltimore


Location State: MD


Location Zip Code: 21218


Closing Date: Open until filled


To apply: apply.interfolio.com/178526


General Description


The Entropy for Energy (S4E) Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University (PI Corey Oses) has openings for postdoctoral researchers in the data-driven discovery of energy materials. Projects focus on fundamental research innovating clean hydrogen production, waste-heat conversion, power generation, and energy storage.


Qualifications



A. Doctorate in materials science, physics, chemistry, computer science or related fields.



B. Ability to move to and work at Johns Hopkins University, USA.



C. Proven track-record of first-author publications and presentations. A minimum of three peer-reviewed, first-author publications must be accessible by the S4E team.



D. Proven experience with VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO, LAMMPS, or other ab-initio codes.



E. Strong programming skills in C++ and Python and proficiency with Unix systems.



F. Ability to lead research projects and collaborate with experimentalists.



G. Fundamental understanding of thermodynamics of materials, solid-state physics, inorganic chemistry, and metallurgy at the level of theory/implementation.



H. Expertise in any of the following areas: high-entropy materials, disorder, phonons, magnetism, catalysis, machine learning/artificial intelligence, database/API development, aflow.org repositories.



Graduate students near the completion of their Ph.D. are welcome to apply. Please provide your anticipated defense date and expected graduation date under Qualification B.




Application Instructions



Submit a single PDF file via Interfolio named "Lastname_Firstname_S4E_202512.pdf" containing a cover letter, CV, and contact information for 3 references. The cover letter should address each point of the qualifications list explicitly (i.e., A, B, C, ...). Provide ample examples and details where possible. Applications without explicit responses will not be reviewed.



OPTIONAL: DOIs for 3 recent and relevant publications can be included at the end of the packet.



Questions can be sent to the S4E team (entropy4energy at jhu.edu); subject line must contain "S4E Post-Doc".


To apply for this position, visit: apply.interfolio.com/178526

Salary Range

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