We have an opening in our research laboratory for a postdoctoral research fellow. This position is ideal for an individual who is interested in pursuing an academic position at an undergraduate college or university. While this is a full-time research position and does not require a teaching commitment, the fellow may elect to participate in teaching within the chemistry department.

The research emphasis will be on continuing our work in nucleophilic substitution at heteroatoms, especially at sulfur and selenium along with the incorporation of solvent using a variety of different models. Additional work will involve the effects of solvation in host/guest chemistry and pericyclic reactions. This position will allow flexibility so that the fellow can pursue his/her own research interests.

Our computer laboratory contains a cluster of sixteen Linux boxes, many with multiple processors. While we primarily utilized GAUSSIAN-03, we have NWChem and Tinker onsite and we utilize GaussView extensively.

Trinity University is a small, private liberal arts and science university in San Antonio, Texas. The university has been ranked number one for more that the last ten years in the U.S. News & World Report college rankings (category is comprehensive university in the west). We have about 2200 students and 220 faculty. The Chemistry department has a strong, national reputation for undergraduate research. We have eightfaculty members in the department. For more information about Trinity see our web page http://www.trinity.edu.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Steven Bachrach at sbachrach@trinity.edu or (210)999-7379. Applications (a cover letter, vita, and two letters of recommendation) should be sent to: Dr. Steven Bachrach, Trinity University, Chemistry Department, 1 Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200. The application materials can be submitted by email: sbachrach@trinity.edu. Applications will be evaluated as received.