Positions for graduate students and one postdoctoral fellow are available
immediately in the theoretical/computational physical chemistry group of 
Dr. S. Constas in the Department of Chemistry, The University
of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada. (www.uwo.ca/chem)

The research projects focus on the development and applications of methods
for studying chemical reactions in solution modeled at the molecular level.
The methods deal with rare event dynamics, questions concerning reaction 
coordinates and new methodologies to circumvent the use of reaction 
coordinate in the study of reaction mechanisms. A relevant article is:
``Detecting reaction pathways and computing reaction rates in 
condensed phase'' in THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY ACCOUNTS   Volume: 116   
Issue: 1-3   Pages: 373-382, 2006. An example of reaction that will be 
studied is proton transfer in biological systems. The reactions are 
investigated using methods of Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo and methods 
of mixed quantum-classical dynamics. Another application that the methods 
of activated processes and rare event dynamics will be applied is in the 
study of the crystallization processes in solution.

The requirements for the postdoctoral candidates are:

Very good knowledge of UNIX or LINUX and programming languages.
Extensive experience with Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo methods.
Experience with the use of high performance computing facilities

The initial contract for a postdoctoral
fellow  is for one year with the possibility of extension in the second
year. Information about the graduate studies in our Department can
be found at: www.uwo.ca/chem/prosgrad/welcome.htm

Interested postdoctoral applicants should send a curriculum vitae, list of
recent and most important publications in the area of theoretical/
computational chemistry or chemical physics or statistical physics and
names and contact information of two referees to:

Dr. Styliani Constas, Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, The University of Western Ontario,
London N6A 5B7, Ontario, Canada
Phone : (519) 661-2111 ext. 86338   Fax : (519) 661-3022
E-mail : styliani.constas:-:gmail.com