Hi,
I'm in my (hopefully) last year of Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry and I'm starting to look for a postdoc position. However, the number of recent theoretical/computational PhD grads from our school and other similar ranked schools that I'm familiar with is really small and lots of them just switch to computer science so they get a well-paid job easier...Therefore I don't have a good sample for reference and I need your help here.
My background: Tier 2 school, advisor is well-known in this field but not a big name.
My research: I do both quantum chemical calculations and molecular dynamics simulations for application purpose and I'm involved in method development too.
My publication: 4 first-author papers (JPCB, JPCLett and 2 JCTC), 7 co-authored papers (2 second-author JACS, 2 second-author JCTC and some other middle-author ones)
Do you think I have a good chance getting into a top group as postdoc?
BTW, I'm a foreigner so I'm not qualified for many postdoc fellowships, this might lower my chance to get a position.
Thanks a lot!