Joint Postdoctoral position in Stuart Kauffman and Dennis Salahub groups

IBI  Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, University of Calgary,
Canada

Quantum Decoherence: from nonadiabatic chemical reactions to
the poised realm between order and chaos

A project funded by iCORE  the informatics Circle Of Research Excellence
(http://www.icore.ca)

In collaboration with Gabor Vattay (Etvs University, Budapest), Barry
Sanders (University of Calgary) and Aurlien de la Lande (CNRS, Orsay)

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position to work on a
collaborative two-year project aimed at conceptual and methodological
developments around the theme of quantum coherence, decoherence, and
induced coherence. We are mounting a broad-based interdisciplinary initiative to
explore the fundamental nature of decoherence and induced coherence
phenomena. Possible subjects include decoherence times and rates for electron
transfer between proteins, quantum coherence in photosynthesis, decoherence
via measurement, dephasing, the quantum Zeno and anti-Zeno effects, sudden
death of entanglement and its revival, and the kicked quantum rotor in the poised
realm, to name only a few. The successful candidate will contribute his/her own
topics in consultation with other members of the collaboration.

The ideal candidate will have experience in both development and
applications to complex systems of chemical physics methodology, including
nonadiabatic effects, quantum information and/or quantum chaos.

Interested candidates should email their c.v. and have two or three letters of
reference sent to:

Prof. Stuart Kauffman: stukauffman!A!gmail.com
Prof. Dennis Salahub: Dennis.salahub!A!ucalgary.ca