Research Scientist in the area of Materials Modeling (Electrochemical Energy Storage)

компания "the skolkovo institute of science and technology" skoltech is an international university and a major research center founded in 2011. skoltech is included in the top-100 of the worldchr(39)s strongest young universities in the natural sciences (nature index). 1200+ employees (international team). 13 research centers (ai, oil and gas, neurotech, biotech, etc.). best practices and expertise through international professional environment. skoltech center for energy science and technology (cest) is seeking for a full-time (senior) research scientist having major expertise in computational materials science covering areas such as modeling of inorganic solids, including transition metal oxides and ceramics using density functional theory and molecular dynamics with empirical potentials. the preferred starting date is july 2022, but it can be negotiated. we are looking for a highly qualified candidate committed to research, education, and innovation, who holds a ph.d. degree (or equivalent) in physics and mathematics or chemistry, and has experience in materials design and development, validated by publications in top peer-reviewed journals. high level of english is required. specific responsibilities include: you will work on the development of new materials for metal-ion batteries using computational methods in tight collaboration with experiment. the successful candidate will be responsible for explaining observed behavior of novel materials through calculation and analysis of phase transformations, intercalation potentials, migration barriers, interface energies and other properties. all calculations are performed using high-throughput approach with saving of results in the internal materials database. skoltech center for energy science and technology (cest) is an interdisciplinary center for research, education and innovation at skoltech that focuses on study and development of devices and systems that can dramatically advance portable electronics, electric vehicle transportation and grid energy storage sectors. essential skills required: solid-state chemistry and physics including knowledge of structure and properties of functional inorganic materials and the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo; condensed matter physics, thermodynamics, crystallography; quantum mechanics, quantum chemistry, density functional theory (dft), molecular dynamics, nudged elastic band, and cluster expansion methods; calculations with dft software codes (vasp, abinit, quantum espresso etc.); modeling of bulk and surface atomic structures, phase stability, activation energies for diffusion and charge transfer; programming in python, development of tools for materials modeling. good level of english. conditions: medical and life insurance (including dental, travel and accident insurance). flexible start of the working day (as agreed with the manager). social support system chr(40)including corporate psychologist consultationschr(41). good transport accessibility (10 min. to metro stations skolkovo, every 5-10 minutes transport from the metro stations slavyansky boulevard, troparevo, kutuzovskaya, molodezhnaya and solnechnaya).