Postdoctoral Researcher

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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 innovating clean hydrogen production, waste-heat conversion, nuclear power, and energy storage.

• Doctorate in materials science, physics, chemistry, computer science or related fields.
• Ability to move to and work at Johns Hopkins University, USA.
• 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.
• Proven experience with VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO, LAMMPS, or other ab-initio codes.
• Strong programming skills in C++ and Python and proficiency with Unix systems.
• Ability to lead research projects and collaborate with experimentalists.
• Fundamental understanding of thermodynamics of materials, solid-state physics, inorganic chemistry, and metallurgy at the level of theory/implementation.
• Expertise in any of the following areas: high-entropy materials, disorder, phonons, magnetism, catalysis, machine learning/artificial intelligence, database/API development, aflow.org repositories.
• Citizens of China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are not permitted to participate.

Graduate students near the completion of their Ph.D. are welcome to apply.

Submit a single PDF file via Interfolio named "" 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 ); subject line must contain "S4E Post-Doc".

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Salary Range
The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

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