Positions available

Tuition and living expenses for four years in warm, sunny Tampa are available to pay for two students to move through graduate school and earn a Ph.D. in computational physical chemistry. The University of South Florida is North of the city, near MOSI and Bush Gardens, and approximately a 30-50 min drive from Tampa Bay and the beautiful beaches of St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Ft. De Soto. USF itself is among the top 3 research universities in Florida, with over 45 faculty members in Chemistry, a top-notch research computing facility, member of the Florida high-tech corridor, and an emerging Research Cluster on Computational Theory & Practice.

The group needs computer-science inclined chemistry/engineering/physics/mathematics BS/BA, as we build a computational physical chemistry lab from the ground up.

We specialize in multiscale modeling to span the chasm between chemical theory and industrial practice. On the way, we will develop cutting-edge techniques in constrained optimization, computational geometry, symbolic algebra and parallel algorithms and apply them to the design and analysis of energy conversion processes occurring in nano- and micro-scale devices.

Success doing this work requires a personal drive to build connections to new application areas, confront challenging questions with massive numerical computations, and to present your work to outside audiences.

Applications must be sent to davidrogers -at usf.edu and to the USF graduate school.