PhD studentship position Theoretical Chemical Physics, Fysikum Stockholm University, Sweden

The photochemistry of energy-rich azides (R-N=N=N) shows a great diversity in organic synthesis and in the important field of click chemistry, which was awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry 2022. The nature of the populated excited state opens pathways to different reaction intermediates and the rate of formation of photoproducts can be detected in time-resolved experiments. However, the precise determination of short-lived species and how they are formed often remains elusive and ambiguous. The work will focus on the development of ab initio calculations of x-ray spectra for the study of the electronic structure and photo-induced processes. You will work both with existing software and develop code. You will be supervised by Michael Odelius at the division of Chemical Physics.
Suggested starting date January 2025.


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Deadline 4th October 2024