The main task of the team is to build a database of nanomaterial (NM) properties and fill it with calculated data on common NMs to enable a prediction of NM functionalities using nanoinformatics techniques. The particular tasks will include development of multiscale methods for calculation of physchem properties of NMs and their interaction with biomolecules and membranes, performing calculations of properties. The work will be done on collaboration with the existing team at UCD and with other EU project partners specialised in molecular modelling and informatics.
Candidates should have a background in computer simulation (atomistic MD, coarse-grained MD), statistical mechanics, biophysics or soft condensed matter. Programming experience is also essential.
4-year fully funded PhD position available from September 1, 2019: Apply to the team leader Dr. Vladimir Lobaskin vladimir.lobaskin –at– ucd.ie <vladimir.lobaskin@ucd.ie>