Postdoc in electronic structure theory for spin dynamics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Job description

We are looking for 1-2 highly qualified and strongly motivated postdoctoral candidates in computational materials physics with a focus on magnetic properties, to be placed in Professor Anna Delin's research group at KTH, Stockholm, Sweden. The research, which has emphasis on basic research, will be conducted in close collaboration with Professor Olle Eriksson's group at Uppsala University (materials theory). Your task as a postdoctoral fellow in the group is to develop and then use a new general computational method, based on the tight-binding approximation, aimed at modelling how the spin dynamics of magnetic materials interacts with and is modified by electromagnetic waves. The project seeks to understand ultra-fast demagnetization and related phenomena quantum mechanical level. The group has access to large HPC resources.

As a postdoctoral fellow in the group, you are expected to take a driving role in the project. A smaller amount supervision of doctoral students and / or teaching may occur within the framework of the service. The Department of Applied Physics at KTH offers a lively and stimulating research environment. We are co-located with researchers from Stockholm University and NORDITA. Inspiring seminars, graduate schools and workshops are organized throughout year, and is often visited by world-leading researchers from many fields of physics.

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Works in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline (With some exceptions for special reasons such as periods of sick or parental leave, kindly indicate if such reason exists in your resume).
  
  

Preferred qualifications

• Research expertise.
• Teaching abilities.
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality.
• Collaborative abilities.
• Independence.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal competency

Trade union representatives

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Application

Log into KTH's recruitment system in order to apply to this position. You are the main responsible to ensure that your application is complete according to the ad.

• CV including relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Copy of diplomas and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents have not been issued in any of these languages.
• Brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Max two pages long.

Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

Others

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