Computational Research Scientist (Two-Dimensional Materials and Low-Pressure Processing Plasma)

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is seeking to appoint a Computational Scientist to contribute to the advancement of modeling capabilities and physics research pertaining to using low-temperature plasmas for processing of two-dimensional materials and associated technologies. The primary responsibility of this position involves conducting and facilitating computational modeling of processing of 2D materials by low-temperature plasma for the purposes of scientific discovery and engineering design of these processes. The successful candidate will achieve this objective through the application of density functional theory (DFT) modeling of these processes using ab initio molecular dynamics (MD), and the utilization of machine learning potentials for MD acceleration.The...