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Job-Id: 2025/155 (2165)

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Helmholtz-Zentrum

PhD Student (f/m/d) Theoretical Chemistry

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

The Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) is a German-Polish research center for data-intensive digital systems research.

The Department of Theoretical Chemistry is looking for a PhD Student (f/m/d) Theoretical Chemistry subject to pending project approval.

Your tasks

• Simulations of activation energy barriers of adsorption/desorption of radionuclides on clay mineral surfaces using DFT
• Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations with activation energy barriers as input to simulate large-scale interactions of nuclides with surfaces
• Preparation and benchmarking of clay mineral surface finite models for DFT simulations
• Speciation simulations of the radionuclides in various environments

Your profile

• Completed university studies (Master/Diploma) in the field of Chemistry or Materials Science or Physics or related field
• Kinetic Monte Carlo simulations, quantum simulations, theoretical chemistry
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills in an interdisciplinary research environment
• Excellent command of spoken and written English

Our offer

• A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
• Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
• A structured PhD program with a comprehensive range of continuing education and networking opportunities - more information about the PhD program at the HZDR can be found here
• Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector ( TVöD-B und) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
• We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
• Numerous company health management offerings
• Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
• An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system.