Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (UFS Grid Related Research Group) (Job ID: 5626) at University of the Free State

Duties And Responsibilities

• Conduct innovative research in the following areas: interdiciplanary applied physics with HPC support.
• Author/co-author at least three (3) publication outputs per year in the form of ISI DHET– accredited scholarly journal articles or books/chapters in books. 
• The renewal of the fellowship beyond the first year depends on satisfactory performance and the submission of an annual progress report.
• Initiate projects and seek funding for them.
• Focus on interdisciplinary work in a group environment in the interface of physics, engineering, and mathematics, in a leading position.
• Translate methods to other interested researchers from other fields.
• Spend time in the different research groups that support the main project outcomes.
• Register and reside as postdoctoral research fellow at the UFS and participate in relevant activities of the School of Postgraduate Studies and the Directorate of Research Development. 

Eligibility Requirements

• Open to all South African and foreign nationals for full-time research at the University of the Free State. 
• Graduated with a PhD degree in a relevant discipline (physics, theoretical physics, astrophysics, applied mathematics, biochemistry, bioinformatics, medical physics or equivalent) within the last five years.
• Successful applicants may not hold full-time salaried employment during the fellowship.
• Successful applicants must be able to relocate to the UFS for the duration of the fellowship. This is a residential fellowship: the successful applicant is required to spend 80% of her/his postdoctoral period at the Bloemfontein Campus of UFS.
• Experience with complex systems’ analysis and dealing with data collection, curation, and interpretation.
• Focused on interdisciplinary work in a group environment in the interface of physics, engineering, medicine and mathematics, in a leading position.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• Strong background with a high-level programming language, preferentially Python but MATLAB, R, C++, Julia serve similarly. 
• Knowledge of High-Performance Computing and implementation of such environments would be beneficial.