TOPIC

We have currently open positions in the framework of two FP7 European projects:
in both cases, the Mons node is involved to perform quantum-chemical calculations
and force-field calculations in order to guide the synthetic efforts towards
materials with enhanced performances and to help with the interpretation of the
experimental data. 

Brief description of the projects:

ONE-P : this is a large scale project involving about 30 leading industrial 
and academic groups whose main goal is to design a novel generation of organic
semiconductors (n-type transporters, triplet emitters, and materials for solar cells)
in the field of organic electronics.

RESOLVE : this is a small collaborative research project aimed at developing
a bottom-up approach towards the separation of enantiomers in combination with
the Dutch Resolution methodology, in order to reach a rapid miniaturized standard
for purifying enantiomers via diastereoisomers. The project involves European
leading teams in the fields of targeted synthesis of chiral compounds, design
and characterization of chiral surfaces, chiral recognition and resolution.


BACKGROUND

The candidate should have a good experience with the modern techniques of
quantum chemistry and molecular modeling and should preferentially be a postdoctoral
fellow. The candidate will benefit from the computational facilities in the Mons group
and its broad expertise in quantum-chemical characterization of the structural, electronic,
and optical properties of organic materials, within a strongly collaborative
international context.

POSITION 

The initial contract will be for one year (with possible extension). The starting
date of those projects is expected to be September 1st 2008. 

CONTACTS

Ask for any further information or apply for this position by sending your
CV (before the end of June 2008), along with the names of three reference
persons, to:

Dr. Jerome Cornil and Prof. Roberto Lazzaroni
Laboratory for Chemistry of Novel Materials
University of Mons-Hainaut
Place du Parc, 20, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
http://morris.umh.ac.be
E-mail : Jerome::averell.umh.ac.be / Roberto::averell.umh.ac.be