A fully funded Ph.D. position (starting in the Spring semester of 2024) is available in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA (https://npre.illinois.edu/). The successful candidate will work in the Radiation & Corrosion Damage on MAterials Performance (RCD-MAP) group driven by Prof. Jianqi Xi (jianqixi@illinois.edu) to study the fission product behavior in TRISO fuel particles through multiscale modeling approaches. Requirements:

• B.S./M.S. degree in Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, or Nuclear
• Excellent proficiency in spoken and written English
• The selected candidate should be motivated, open-minded, highly dynamic, and capable of working in a team Other desirable skills:
• Experience in molecular electronic simulation codes
• Experiences in DFT and MD calculations, or/and Machine learning
• Programming skills (Python and C++) What we offer:
• The scholarship system
• Travel and conference grants
• Work in a friendly atmosphere with a young, multinational group with experts in the computational theory development How can you apply?
• Interested candidates should send ASAP a cover letter with their Curriculum Vitae directly to Dr. Jianqi Xi (jianqixi@illinois.edu).