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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Mid-level · 2+ years
- Apply by
- Oct 30, 2026
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
- Seniority
- Internship
Job summary
Conduct research in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and information theory. Apply these approaches to free-energy transduction in biomolecular machines and collaborate closely with experimentalists.
Job details
Full Time Vancouver Posted 5 months ago Applications have closed Website DavidASivak Simon Fraser University Postdoc: stochastic thermodynamics and theoretical biophysics I seek a postdoctoral fellow to work on nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and information theory, with applications to free-energy transduction in biomolecular machines and in close collaboration with experimentalists. My research group is in the Department of Physics at Simon Fraser University (near Vancouver), embedded in a vibrant biophysics and statistical physics community. Apply by May 30 for full consideration. Full details and application instructions: https://sfu.ca/physics/sivakgroup/postdocad.html
What you’ll do
Conduct research in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and information theory. Apply these approaches to free-energy transduction in biomolecular machines and collaborate closely with experimentalists.
Requirements
The posting does not specify formal education, experience, or other eligibility requirements. It seeks a postdoctoral fellow with research interests aligned with nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, information theory, and theoretical biophysics.
Listed skills
- Organization · Preferred
- Collaboration · Preferred
- Attention to detail · Preferred
- Energy · Preferred
- mechanics · Preferred
- Time · Preferred
Other relevant skills
Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.
- Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics
- Thermodynamics
- Information Theory
- Theoretical Biophysics
- Free-Energy Transduction
- Biomolecular Machines
- Experimental Collaboration
Job areas
- Science & Research