Postdoc in enhanced sampling in molecular dynamics simulations.

Job description

Molecular dynamics simulations are a powerful tool for studying both biomolecular as well as industrial processes. But these processes often exceed simulation time scales. In most cases of interest, processes involve crossing free-energy barriers. The sampling of such transitions can be enhanced exponentially using enhanced sampling methods, such as the Accelerated Weight Histogram Method (AWH) implemented in the GROMACS molecular simulation package. To apply such methods a reaction coordinate is needed, which is often challenging to obtain. In this project you will explore possibilities for using higher dimensional reaction coordinates, thereby increasing the success rate. This needs to be done in a controlled way to limit the sampling space. The AWH method can provide guidance here in the form of a metric. We have challenging, relevant problems at hand, for instance conformational transitions in different classes of membrane proteins.

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Work in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature
•  Guidance on relocating and settling in KTH and in Sweden 

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• Research expertise
• Teaching abilities
• Collaborative abilities
• Independence
• Awareness of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, two years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

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