Scientific Staff at the Computational Materials Physics

The University of Vienna (20 faculties and centres, 178 fields of study, approx. 9.600 members of staff, about 92.000 students) seeks to fill the position as soon as possible of a


Reference number: 9429

In our group, the software package VASP (Vienna ab-initio Simulation Package) one of the most widely used programs in computational physics and chemistry worldwide, is developed. Currently, the group consists of one full Professor, one associated Professor, one assistant Professor, three PostDocs, six PhD students, one diploma student and one master student. Computing time is available on our local cluster as well as on the Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC), a supercomputer shared between the major Universities of Austria. We focus on the development of methods for solving the many-electron Schrödinger equation with high accuracy, and on the application of these methods to problems in the physics of surfaces, semiconductors and oxides.

The research topic of the PhD project is the study of quantum magnetism in spin-orbit coupled compounds (primarily transition metal oxides) by combining first principles approaches with extended (pseudo)spin Hamiltonians. The motivated applicants with Master degree and good qualifications in ab initio magnetic calculations and theory of quantum magnetism in the condensed matter will be considered.

To apply please send a (i) letter of interest, (ii) CV, (iii) transcript of courses and grades and (iv) names of two references



Duration of employment: 3 year/s

Extent of Employment: 30.0 hours/week
Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.

Job Description:
The PhD student will carry on first principles calculations on spin-orbit coupled oxides and will build and solve pseudospin Hamiltonian.

Profile:
Master degree in Physics or Materials Science or (quantum) Chemistry.

Ability to work in team and to interact with students and post-DOCs.
Experience in presenting scientific work in verbal and written form.


Research fields:

Main research field	Special research fields	Importance
Physics, Astronomy	Condensed matter ;Theoretical physics;Magnetism;Materials physics	MUST

Education:

Educational institution	Educational level	Special subject	Importance
University	Physics, Mechanics, Astronomy	Materials physics	SHOULD

Languages:

Language	Language level	Importance
English	Very good knowledge	MUST

Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should be sumbitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna ( http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 16.04.2019, mentioning reference number 9429.

For further information please contact Franchini, Cesare +43-1-4277-73315, Hecht-Aichholzer, Doris +43-1-4277-51401.

The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity ( http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.

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