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Job Description - Postdoctoral Associate (2602881)
Postdoctoral Associate
Required Qualifications: (as evidenced by an attached resume)
● Research experience performing first-principles electronic structure or density functional theory calculations using an established code (for example VASP, Quantum ESPRESSO).
● Research experience performing molecular dynamics simulations.
● Experience training, fine-tuning, or validating machine-learning interatomic potentials or force fields (for example MACE, NequIP, DeePMD).
● Experience running scientific calculations on Linux-based high-performance computing clusters, including scripting or workflow automation (for example Python, bash, or an equivalent language).
● Experience with free-energy or phase-boundary calculations, such as two-phase coexistence simulations, thermodynamic integration, or the Z-method.
● Research experience with geological materials at high pressure and high temperature.
● Experience extracting transport properties from molecular dynamics trajectories.
● Experience with GPU-accelerated machine learning frameworks (for example CUDA, PyTorch, or GPU-enabled LAMMPS).
● Experience with an established molecular dynamics engine such as LAMMPS, ASE.
● Experience generating and curating training datasets, including active learning or uncertainty-driven sampling strategies.
● Experience presenting research at national or international scientific conferences.
● Experience preparing computing allocation requests to national facilities such as NSF ACCESS, DOE INCITE, or NERSC.
● Experience with version control and reproducible research practices, including Git and documented computational workflows.
Brief Description of Duties:
The Postdoctoral Associate will collaborate with the Principal Investigator in the Department of Geosciences to carry out computational research on the melting behavior and physical properties of geological materials under conditions relevant to planetary interiors.
● Other duties or projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and departmental mission.
FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.
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Official Job Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Department/Hiring Area: Geosciences
Salary:$58,000-$68,000 (plus $4000 location pay) Annual @ 1.0 FTE
Salary Grade:SL1
SBU Area:Stony Brook University
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
What you’ll bring
- You have been signed out.
- Required Qualifications: (as evidenced by an attached resume)
- Preferred Qualifications:
- ● Experience with free-energy or phase-boundary calculations, such as two-phase coexistence simulations, thermodynamic integration, or the Z-method.
- ● Research experience with geological materials at high pressure and high temperature.
- ● Experience with GPU-accelerated machine learning frameworks (for example CUDA, PyTorch, or GPU-enabled LAMMPS).
- ● Experience with an established molecular dynamics engine such as LAMMPS, ASE.
- ● Experience with version control and reproducible research practices, including Git and documented computational workflows.
- FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.
At a glance
- Position type
- Postdoc
- Institution
- Stonybrook University
- Department
- Department of Geosciences
- Research group
- Not stated
- Location
- USA
- Supervisor / contact person
- Not stated
- Funding
- Salaried
Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.
Salary:$58,000-$68,000 (plus $4000 location pay) Annual @ 1.0 FTE
Salary Grade:SL1 - Duration
- Not stated
- Expected start
- Not stated
- Vacancy reference
- Not stated
Research focus
- Discipline
- Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering
- Research area
- Not stated
- Methods
- DFT, Molecular dynamics (MD)
- Software
- Quantum ESPRESSO, VASP, LAMMPS, Python
Dates to know
- Listed on FOSS Positions
- 18 Sep 2026
- Original advertisement date
- Not stated in the source
- Application deadline
- Deadline not stated
- Priority review date
- Not stated
- Last checked
- 18 Sep 2026
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How to apply
Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.
Open application page ↗https://www.stonybrook.edu/jobs/working-here/
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