Postdoctoral Appointee

4 weeks ago

Lemont, United States Argonne National Laboratory Full time

The Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division at Argonne National Laboratory is seeking a PostdoctoralAppointee who, undertheguidanceofa supervisor, willbeinvolvedin determining accurate thermochemistry of gas-phase and condensed-phase chemical species via the Active Thermochemical Tables (ATcT) approach.Thepositioninvolvesaconsiderableamountofcomputationalwork,usingavarietyofcomputationaltechniques,including sophisticated electronic structure methods.

Thework also includes somecomputerprogrammingto facilitate computational workflows and to perform additional processing, interpreting, and critically evaluating of thermochemical, thermophysical, and spectroscopic data, as well as organizing and developing pertinent aspects of the public ATcT website.

Position Requirements

This level of knowledge is typically achieved through a formal education at the Ph.D. degree level with zero to three years of experience or equivalent in the scientific application of this knowledge and practical computational experience

Knowledge of thermochemistry and state-of-the-art composite electronic structure computational approaches

Considerable knowledge of gas-phase chemical physics, chemical reaction dynamics and kinetics. Considerable experience in running standard electronic structure codes

Experience in extracting, interpreting, and critically evaluating thermochemical and thermophysical data from primary scientific literature

Good programming skills using common computer languages

This position description documents the general nature and level of work but is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all activities, duties and responsibilities required of job incumbent. Consequently, job incumbent may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

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