Openings

Graduate Students
If you are interested in joining our group as a graduate student, please apply to the Department of Chemistry at Texas A&M. The application deadline for Fall admission is usually around December 1, and applications are handled centrally by the Department. More information on the application process can be found at https://artsci.tamu.edu/chemistry/academics/graduate/index.html.

If you have any questions about our research group, feel free to contact me directly (daniel_tabor@tamu.edu). 

Incoming/early first-year graduate students should contact me by email early in the fall term to arrange a one-on-one meeting. If the meeting is done before the start of the fall term, I can also recommend specific courses based on your interests. 

Interested first-year graduate students are welcome to attend our group meetings. They are currently held on Wednesday at 3:00 PM Central Time.

Postdoctoral Researchers
Our group has the following current opening for a postdoctoral position.

The primary focus of this position is the development of machine learning methods for polymer discovery in collaboration with high-throughput experimental efforts through the Scialog program. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to ongoing method development projects in either:

  • Machine learning methods for condensed-phase molecular simulations, or
  • Computational spectroscopy and spectral prediction.

We especially encourage applicants with strong programming experience and interests in machine learning, computational chemistry, molecular simulation, or related fields to apply.

To apply:

The initial appointment is for one year, and may be renewed with continued funding and performance. More official details are given on the Workday link above.

Questions about the position are welcome and may be directed to daniel_tabor@tamu.edu.

Application deadline: July 29, 2026
Preferred start date: Early September 2026

I am also happy to support and help with applications for externally funded postdoctoral fellowships, including the Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow program (letters of intent due in September) and the NIH F32 Postdoctoral Fellow program (usually due in April, August, and December). Please send me an email if you are interested in these opportunities. With this, please send over a CV and a letter of introduction.

Undergraduate Students
Our group is very enthusiastic about getting undergraduates involved in computational research! Our group is open to students from all majors, especially chemistry, physics, engineering, computer science, and math. 

If you are currently an undergraduate student at Texas A&M and are interested in joining our group (for any of our research areas), please get in touch with me directly by email, attaching a resume and/or your unofficial transcript. I will try to follow up soon after to schedule an interview.

The best time to reach out to join the group for undergraduate research is either in April (to start the following Fall semester) or November (to start in the Spring semester). You’ll usually register for CHEM 491; more information about the requirements and expectations for taking research as a course can be found here.

You probably want to have experience in either programming or a background in chemistry/physics. We can help with either programming or “domain knowledge,” but learning both while also doing research is difficult.

Several students have joined the group and have been successful without prior coding skills. If you are enjoying and interested in the science you are doing, then the programming usually doesn’t get in the way after you pick it up. You will almost certainly pick up programming very quickly if you are working on a project that you find interesting and you have some background knowledge in. I learned nearly all of my programming skills by doing hands-on research as an undergraduate and graduate student. 

Typically, undergraduates start out by working with another student or postdoc in the group, and will meet with me alternating weeks and their mentor more regularly. Once you have learned some basics, we will try to find a project for you to take the lead on.

We sometimes have the ability to pay one or more Texas A&M undergraduate researchers in the summer, starting at $15/hr for 20+ hours per week. In general, these positions are usually for students who have at least one prior semester of taking research for credit in the group.