POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN COMPUTER AIDED DRUG DISCOVERY AT THE UNIVERSITY 
OF MINNESOTA CENTER FOR DRUG DESIGN

Job Responsibilities
The Center for Drug Design is dedicated to designing and developing new 
medicines to benefit people worldwide.  Research projects will include 
but are not limited to the development and application of computational 
methods for the identification and optimization of lead compounds for 
protein targets implicated in a wide variety of human diseases.  The 
candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate closely with medicinal 
chemists, biochemists, and virologists here at the Center.

Qualifications/Skills
The applicant must have a Ph.D. in computational chemistry, biology, or 
physics, or a closely related discipline. The candidate must have strong 
research experience in at least four of the following areas: 

Quantum mechanics
Statistical mechanics 
Molecular dynamics simulation
Solvation models
Protein-ligand binding
Protein structure prediction

The candidate must possess good programming skills in Fortran and/or C++, 
excellent scripting skills, supercomputing experience, and proficiency in 
UNIX/Linux OS. The position will require excellent scientific 
communication skills. Previous experience in commercially available 
modeling and simulation software packages are preferred. 

The appointment is available for one year, renewable upon mutual agreement. 
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the 
position is filled.

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter with a brief description 
of research interests, a detailed CV, and two letters of recommendation. 
All materials are to be sent in PDF format by e-mail to Yuk Sham at 
shamx002|-|umn.edu with postdoctoral position in the subject line.