Postdoctoral Researcher Position (InnoCORE fellow)

📢 Now Recruiting | InnoCORE Postdoctoral Fellow | CAIM Lab, KAIST

Part of SMI-PAI · Sustainable Materials Institute for Post-AI Era

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🔬 Research Areas

▫️ Self-driving laboratories for autonomous materials discovery

▫️ Generative AI for materials design

▫️ Multiscale modeling with machine learning potentials (MLP)

⚗️ Target Applications

▫️ Catalysis · Battery · Solar cells

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📋 Position Details

▫️ Title: InnoCORE Postdoctoral Fellow

▫️ Location: KAIST, Daejeon, Korea

▫️ Annual salary: KRW 90,000,000 (inclusive of statutory insurances and benefits)

▫️ Contract: Up to 4.5 years, renewed annually based on performance

▫️ Application deadline: April 21, 2026 (or until the position is filled)

▫️ Start date: After May 1, 2026 (flexible, negotiable)

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✅ Qualifications

▫️ PhD obtained within the last 5 years

▫️ Preference given to candidates currently based at top-tier universities or research institutes in the US, Canada, or Europe

▫️ Strong publication record at the intersection of materials science and AI

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📨 How to Apply

Please send your CV and a brief research statement directly to Prof. Donghun Kim.

📩 donghun.kim@kaist.ac.kr 🔗 http://caim.kaist.ac.kr