LANL Creates Metropolis Postdoctoral Fellowship

The LANL ASC program is proud to announce the creation of a new Postdoctoral Fellowship program named for Dr. Nicholas Metropolis. This fellowship program is seeking outstanding Postdoctoral research candidates in the main areas of interest to the ASC program including multiphysics simulation codes, computer science and system development, physics and engineering models, advanced computing architectures, verification and validation methodology, etc. Nicholas Metropolis is best remembered as one of the founding fathers, along with Stan Ulam and John von Neumann, of the Monte Carlo method. He came to Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project and spent most of his career there. For more information, go to http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/hr/jobs/ . Click on the box iRecruitment. On the Employment Opportunities site, click on Post Doc Opportunities. Two vacancies for Metropolis Postdoc Fellow are advertised. Job number IRC1628 is for applicants who have the ability to obtain a Q clearance. Submit your application by Nov. 30, 2011 to be considered for the January 2012 quarterly review. For technical questions, email metropolis@lanl.gov.