Research Assistant, Physical Sciences

1 month ago


Singapore National University of Singapore Full time


Yale-NUS College is a highly selective liberal arts and science college in Singapore. Co-founded by Yale University and the National University of Singapore, the College is committed to excellence in research and teaching in a full residential programme that integrates living and learning. Its curriculum educates students in Asian and Western intellectual traditions as well as current scientific thought.

We invite motivated and independent candidates to apply for the position as Research Assistant (software developer) in the theory and simulation of polymers at Yale-NUS College. The successful candidate will help to develop the code for a hybrid simulation scheme for molecular dynamics simulations. The candidate will be developing the code with the OpenMM package in Python and will be offered a one-year contract..

Qualifications
A Bachelor degree in Physics, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related subject Fluent in Python, with basic knowledge of partial differential equations. Experiences with molecular mechanics simulations are appreciated but not required. Good knowledge of spoken and written English More Information

Equal Opportunity Employer

Yale-NUS College achieves excellence through the diversity of its students, faculty, and staff and by embracing inclusivity, equity, and global engagement. We encourage applications by diverse individuals with a demonstrated commitment to these values. For more information about the College, please visit .

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At Yale-NUS College/NUS, the health and safety of our staff and students are one of our utmost priorities, and COVID-vaccination supports our commitment to ensure the safety of our community and to make Yale-NUS/NUS as safe and welcoming as possible. Many of our roles require a significant amount of physical interactions with students/staff/public members. Even for job roles that may be performed remotely, there will be instances where on-campus presence is required.

Taking into consideration the health and well-being of our staff and students and to better protect everyone in the campus, applicants are strongly encouraged to have themselves fully COVID-19 vaccinated to secure successful employment with Yale-NUS/NUS.

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Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Location: Kent Ridge Campus
Organization: Yale-NUS College
Department : Division of Science


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