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From: Joshua Schrier <jschrier(a)haverford.edu>
Date: Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 2:00 PM
Subject: Postdoctoral positions available in Cheminformatics/Materials
Informatics
To:
Dear Colleagues,
[[Please excuse the "spammy" nature of this email---and pass this on to
interested students in your group who may be graduating this December ]]
We're looking to hire two postdoctoral fellows in the general area of
cheminformatics/materials informatics for work related to our "Dark
Reactions Project
<http://www.nature.com/news/computer-gleans-chemical-insight-from-lab-notebook-failures-1.19866>"
on developing data-informed tools for helping synthetic
inorganic/solid-state chemists. In this next iteration of the project, we
are putting more emphasis on predicting structural outcomes and on active
learning/interpretable model approaches, particular those that incorporate
"humans in the loop".
The first position is funded for 3 years by the NSF and focuses on
developing models for structural diversity in organically-templated metal
oxides, specifically incorporating information on non-covalent interactions
and crystallography data. This position can begin immediately
https://haverford.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Haverford-Campus/Postd…
(ignore the application due date, as this is a bug in our new HR software)
The second position is currently under contract negotiation with DARPA, and
focuses on developing models for predicting synthetic outcomes and
properties of organohalide hybrid perovskites. (There are also
robots...but that's another story.) This is potentially a four-year
project, and we anticipate beginning the project in January 2018.
https://haverford.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Haverford-Campus/Postd…
(again, ignore the application due date, but we encourage applications as
soon as possible)
These postdoctoral research positions are at a small liberal arts college
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haverford_College>, outside of Philadelphia,
USA. The postdoc will have the benefit of three advisors (Alex Norquist
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_TcCwxAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao>: a
synthetic solid state chemist, Sorelle Friedler
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XDHr1VIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao>:
computer scientist, and myself
<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=mTpMavUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao>: a
theoretical chemist). We are all committed to mentoring postdoctoral
fellows. Although these are foremost research positions, there is the
possibility for teaching opportunities, should those advance the career
goals of the postdoctoral fellow.
Our previous postdoctoral fellow, Phil Adler, published three papers during
his 18 month time with us (including one that appeared on the cover of
Nature), attended conferences in chemistry and computer science, and had
the opportunity to teach advanced elective classes in databases and
cheminformatics, before deciding to pursue a career in the software
industry.
Thanks again,
--js
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Joshua Schrier
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Department Chair
Scientific Computing Coordinator
Haverford College
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Author: Introduction to Computational Physical Chemistry (2017)
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