CoMSEF

The Department is currently looking for outstanding faculty candidates in computational chemistry. The particular application area is open, but the candidate should be doing quantum mechanical modeling in some field of relevance to chemical engineering (catalysis, electronic materials, polymers, biological systems, etc.).

The rank is open - assistant, associate, or full professor.

A postdoctoral position is available immediately to carry out computer modeling research on protein conformation, folding and adsorption. The work is funded by a 4-year multiuniversity grant from the National Science Foundation to UVa, Carnegie-Mellon University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with involvement of Johns Hopkins University and industrial corporations. The project includes both simulation and experiments on the purification and delivery of pharmaceutical proteins using hydrophobic media.

The position involves adapting mean-field and large molecule simulation methods to describe the behavior of proteins in solution and near hydrophobic surfaces. The computer system is a new Linux Cluster based on upgraded IBM x335 compute nodes and x345 management and storage nodes from an IBM Shared University Research Program at the Schools of Medicine and Engineering at UVa. The computational code will be developed with the assistance of Dr. T. Woolf at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Biophysics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related biochemical field. Experience with developing and running code on parallel computers for visualization and analysis is expected.

Prof. E. J. Fernandez
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400741
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4741

or e-mail erikf@virginia.edu. Position open until filled. The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.