Post-Doc Computational Chemistry

Three post-doctoral positions in my research group.

The research topics will include modeling and simulation of RNA molecules (riboswitches) and of RNA-protein complexes (RNA-helicases). The techniques used will range from atomistic molecular dynamics, combined with advanced accelerating techniques (replicaexchange, metadynamics, etc), to coarse-grain modeling using Gaussian network models, to secondary-structure prediction methods for RNA.The involved people up to now are: me as the principal investigator, Prof. Cristian Micheletti as an expert of coarse-grain models, Dr. Francesco Colizzi, a pharmaceutical chemist currently doing a post-doc in SISSA, and Francesco Di Palma, a PhD student. We also have collaborations with several experimental groups interested in these topics.

There will be space for both method-development and applicative research lines. Ideal candidates would be computational physicists or chemists, but we will be happy to consider also more biological-oriented profiles (e.g. bioinformatics or pharmaceutical chemistry) if they have a strong experience with simulations.

The post-doctoral positions will be paid by an Italian national grant (FIRB - Futuro in Ricerca 2010) and should start before end 2012. Their salary will be proportional to their experience and competitive with respect to European standards.
For more information, contact me as soon as possible.