Research Assistant/Associate in Molecular Modelling (Fixed Term)
Department of Engineering
A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on Molecular Modelling.
The post holder will be located in Central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.
The key responsibilities and duties are:
- Performing molecular simulation of materials using first principles methods and machine learned force fields
- Developing machine learned interatomic potentials (force fields) based on first principles data using active learning and other uncertainty quantification methods
- Liaising with project partners, principally other modelling groups to understand their modelling requirements; help them use the new force fields;
- Draft and publish papers, in collaboration with the PI and others to report results in reputable journals; present such results at conferences and workshops
- Write and maintain simulation codes including documentation suitable for publication and wide dissemination.