The European Training Network (ETN) “MOQS – Molecular Quantum Simulations” provides an international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral doctoral training of 15 PhD candidates (‘early-stage researchers’). The consortium brings together the expertise to prepare the candidates in the multiple disciplines required for the emerging field of quantum simulations of molecular structure and dynamics, at the crossroad of chemistry, solid-state and quantum optical physics, computer science, quantum information and quantum control.
The positions are open from 1 November 2020 to 1 December 2020. Expected starting dates from 1 March 2021 to October 2021 or upon agreement - see individual project descriptions for more information.
Open positions:
Simulation of electronic structure properties in near term quantum devices (IBM Research, Switzerland – ESR 1)
High quality and hardware-efficient wavefunctions for quantum molecular simulations (University of Aquila, Italy – ESR 2)
Towards simulations of coupled nuclear and electronic dynamics on a quantum computer(University of Heidelberg, Germany – ESR 3)
Multi-qubit gates for atomic quantum computing (University of Strasbourg, France – ESR 4)
Towards quantum computing for pharmaceutical applications (HQS Simulations GmbH, Germany – ESR 5)
Exact tensor-network based methods for interacting many-body dynamics (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia – ESR 6)
Tailoring control to efficiently solve molecular chemistry problems (Walther-Meissner-Institute, Germany – ESR 7)
Realization of programmable quantum registers via stroboscopic Rydberg excitation (University of Strasbourg, France – ESR 8)
Hardware-optimized state preparation and benchmarking for molecular quantum simulation(University of Saarland/FZJ – ESR 9)
Quantum simulation of molecular transport in atomic open systems (University of Strasbourg, France – ESR 10)
Controlled dissipation for quantum simulators (CNR, Italy – ESR 11)
Hardware-specific multi-qubit entanglement for efficient molecular quantum computation (TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands – ESR 12)
Frustration effects in molecular quantum simulations (Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia – ESR 13)
Strongly correlated models on quantum computers (IBM Research, Switzerland – ESR 14)
Hybrid quantum-classical molecular quantum simulations with Rydberg qubits (University of Strasbourg, France – ESR 15)
Eligibility
Researchers can be of any nationality. They are required to undertake physical, transnational mobility(i.e. move from one country to another) when taking up their appointment.
Researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. (Compulsory national service, short stays such as holidays, and time spent as part of a procedure for obtaining refugee status are not taken into account.)
Researchers must be in the first four years of their research careers (FTE equivalent) and not yet hold a doctoral degree.
For all recruitments, the eligibility of the researcher will be determined at the date of their first recruitment in the action. The status of the researcher will not evolve over the lifetime of the action, even if they are re-recruited at another beneficiary.
‘Date of recruitment’ means the first day of the employment of the researcher for the purposes of the action. (i.e. the starting date indicated in the employment contract).
There are no exceptions to these rules.