Open Positions

There are no open positions for Ph.D. students for Fall 2025 unless they have their own funding.

The application deadline for the MSE PhD program is January 6 2026 for Fall 2026. It is also possible to join the group through the Chemistry PhD program with an application deadline of December 1, 2025 for Fall 2026 and the Physics PhD program with an application deadline of December 15 2025 for Fall 2026.

Note that for all three programs admission decisions are made by a departmental committee, not by individual professors, and admitted students are not preassigned to advisors. Admitted students interested in computational research may join any of the computational groups in the department (including affiliated groups from other departments) upon their arrival at CMU. For questions related to MSE graduate admissions, contact Ms. Jeanna Pekarcik (jossler[at]andrew[dot]cmu[dot]edu).

There are open positions for M.S. students in all projects. Admitted students interested in pursuing research in computational materials science may contact Prof. Marom. Interested candidates may apply to the MSE Master of Science programs with a deadline of August 31, 2025 for Spring 2026 and January 15, 2026 for Fall 2026 or to the M.S. in Modern Physics program with a deadline of February 17, 2026 for Fall 2026

Short term research projects for physics students: First year PhD students in the Department of Physics who wish to pursue computational research to fulfill the short term research requirement may contact Prof. Marom. A two-semester commitment is requested.

There are open positions for CMU undergraduate students. Interested students should email Prof. Marom with their transcript, resume, and a statement of purpose explaining their interest in pursuing research in computational materials science in relation to their past experience and future goals.

During the academic year research may be taken for credit. Students interested in a paid research position during the academic year may apply for Highway to Undergraduate Research in the Academic Year (HURAY).

Students interested in summer research may apply for SURF or SURA. 

Undergraduate students from other US institutions may apply for the Materials for Future Computing REU program (application deadline 3/31/2026).

Postdoc positions are only available for candidates who obtain their own funding. Self-funded postdoc applicants (or candidates working on obtaining their own funding) should email Prof. Marom with the subject “SELF-FUNDED postdoc applicant”.

U.S. citizen or permanent residents may apply for the eFellows Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowship.

International candidates should seek funding from agencies in their home countries. Prof. Marom has no information on international postdoctoral fellowship programs.

Note: Prof. Marom will not respond to inquiries if there are no open positions in your category.