EC THEONET - Postdoctoral and predoctoral opportunities

A number of postdoctoral and predoctoral positions are available within the research training network

THEONET II (2000 -2004)

"Theoretical studies of electronic and dynamical processes in molecules and clusters"

Official Theonet II home page

funded by the European Commission in the framework of the research and technological development programme "Improving the Human Research Potential and the Socio-economic Knowledge Base" (Fifth Framework Programme of the European Community).

The network is aimed at extending the successes of first-principle computational chemistry, and thereby increasing its impact on and contribution to fundamental and applied chemistry. Some of the research projects are concerned with futher theoretical and methodological advances, whilst others address specific chemical problems using new or existing methods.

THEONET II will cover following fields of research

  1. Quantum Chemistry (molecular electronic structure)
  2. Potential energy functions, Bound States and Spectroscopy
  3. Time-dependent Phenomena, Molecular Dynamics and Reactions
Under the terms of the programme, the young researchers who are successful applicants for the supported positions must be aged 35 years or less, and must be nationals of a Community Member State or a State associated with the EC programme (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia). Subject to its final conclusion, an Association Agreement signed with the Swiss Confederation is expected to enter into force on 01.01.2001. The young researchers must not be nationals of the state in which the participant appointing them is established, and must not have carried out their normal activities in that state for more than 12 of the 24 months prior to their appointment. Enquiries should be addressed directly to one of the group leaders of the network: