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Research Professors, (Senior) Research Scientists, and Postdoctoral Fellows - Pohang, Korea
Recruiter: POSTECH
BrightRecruits ID# 1024
Job Ref: none
Job Sector: Academic - postdoctorate
Salary: £Competitive
Location: Korea, Republic of
Job Type: Permanent
Added: 22/07/2010
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Job: Research Professors, (Senior) Research Scientists, and Postdoctoral Fellows
At Pohang University of Science and Technology, Center for Superfunctional Materials (CSM)
Field(s): Experimental/Theoretical Physics/Chemistry/Nano-Science
Salary: Commensurate with scientific capacity (very high)
Application deadline: till the position is filled
Contact: Professor Kwang S. Kim
E-mail: kim@postech.ac.kr
Address: Center for Superfunctional Materials, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31, Hyojadong, Namgu, Pohang 790-784, Korea

Job description: The Center for Superfunctional Materials (CSM), Pohang University of Science and Technology, funded by a Korean Government grant of ~$1.3 million grant/year for 10 years under the National Honor Scientist Program seeks exceptional scientists with high scientific capacity for several positions at various levels.

The Research professors can carry out collaborative or independent research at the highest level of scientific impacts, and can be recommended for tenure-track positions based on their performance. The positions can be offered for several years. Exceptional scientists can command salaries of upto ~$55,000/year. A room or 3-bedroom apartment on campus costs about ~$110 to ~$340/month.

Research Goals:
* Experiment: (i) Nanomaterials, (ii) Nanodevices, Molecular Electronics, (iii) Nano-Optics,
(iv) Nano-Bio fused systems, (v) Ultra-fast DNA sequencing
* Theory: (i) ab initio theory, DFT, DMatFT, CC, EOM, TDDFT, NEGF, DynMFT, GW, QMC, CPMD, AIMD, DFTB, QM/MM, KMC, MC, Meta/Hyper-dynamics, NEGF-TDDFT, Path Integral,
(ii) Theoretical and Computational Design of realistic nanomaterials, nanodevices,
Graphene/CNT devices, Light harvesting devices, Solar cells, Catalysts, H2/CO2 storage materials, Nano-bio fused systems, Ultra-fast DNA sequencing devices
(iii) Theoretical/Computational Study of Molecular electronics, Spintronics, Quantum information processing, Quantum optics, Attosecond spectroscopy/dynamics

Recent representative papers:

Nature 2009, 460, 498; 2009, 456, 706; Science 2001, 294, 348; Nature Nanotech. 2010, (doi:10.1038/nnano.2010.132); 2008, 3, 408; Chem. Rev. 2000, 100, 4145; Acc. Chem. Res. 2010, 43, 111; Chem. Soc. Rev. 2009, 38, 2319; 2006, 35, 355; Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 7640; 2006, 45, 3795; 2005, 127, 4530; Phys. Rev. Lett. 2007, 98, 076101; 2006, 96, 096104; Opt. Lett. 2010, 35, 2007; Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 2005, 102, 14155; 2000, 97, 6373; J. Comput. Chem. 2008, 29, 1208; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2005, 127, 15336; 2002, 124, 14268; 2001, 123, 10748; 2001, 123, 514.

The director of the Center, Prof. Kwang S. Kim, collaborates with several groups in the world, Prof. Philip Kim (Physics, Columbia), Prof. E. J. Baerends (Vrije Univ, Netherland), Prof. P. Hobza (Czech Acad Sci. Czech Republic), Prof. Gross (Max Planck), Prof. B. Brutschy (Frankfurt Univ), etc. as well as several distinguished Korean groups including Prof. Jin Yong Lee and Prof. Byung Hee Hong (Chemistry,Sungkyunkwan), Prof. Yoon Sup Lee (KAIST), Prof. Ju-Young Yoon (Ewha), Prof. Ji-Hoon Shim, Prof. Young Min Rhee (Postech), etc.

The position can be offered by the director or in collaboration with another professor described above. The research can be done in Postech or other places including foreign countries.

Application Information: Only Qualified Applicants are encouraged to e-mail their CV to kim@postech.ac.kr and exceptional candidates will only receive our reply.

Prof. Kwang S. Kim
Postech Fellow
Director of Center for Superfunctional Materials
Professor of Chemistry
Adjunct Professor of Physics
San 31, Hyojadong, Namgu, Pohang 790-784, Korea
http://csm.postech.ac.kr (CSM)
http://itcc.postech.ac.kr (WCU)
http://www.iaqms.org/members/IAQMS.member.Kim.html (IAQMS)
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CSM Secretary: Ms. Lee, lala1217@postech.ac.kr (Tel 054-279-8134; Fax 054-279-1480)
WCU Secretary: Ms. Ahn, qwert@postech.ac.kr (Tel 054-279-8133; Fax 054-279-8137)
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