Current Vacancies
Research Fellow x 3
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Danny Steeghs at D.T.Steeghs@warwick.ac.uk
The Department of Physics seeks to appoint several Prize Research Fellows in our third cycle of the Warwick Prize Fellowships to work within the Astronomy & Astrophysics Group at the University of Warwick. The initial appointment is for three years but may be extended by two additional years in case of exceptional performance.
Successful applicants will establish their own research program that overlaps with one of several of the research interests of the group. Key research areas at Warwick are exoplanets and disks, white dwarfs, compact binaries and accretion physics, extragalactic transients, gravitational wave astrophysics, and space domain awareness.
Funding for travel and IT equipment is available, as well as access to high performance computing.
You will have a successful track record in leading astrophysical research projects, be an enthusiastic communicator capable of working effectively both independently and as part of a research team and will have excellent interpersonal skills. You will possess good planning and time management skills to ensure your research goals are achieved effectively.
The Astronomy and Astrophysics group at Warwick is interested in observational and theoretical astrophysics, encompassing white dwarfs, high energy transient events, exoplanets, protoplanetary disks, and space domain awareness. The group makes extensive use of ground- and space-based telescopes, and we operate our own facilities in Chile, Australia and La Palma. We also regularly use high-performance computing infrastructure for our research.
We support our early career staff in developing their academic profile by proving the opportunity to supervise PhD and undergraduate research projects, and to take on other responsibilities that will contribute to positive career progression. The Astronomy & Astrophysics group runs regular Equitea meetings which is a monthly forum to discuss topics related to equity, diversity, and inclusion (ED&I) in relation to Astronomy, Physics and/or STEM as a whole. Please see: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/astro/seminars/equitea/
Information specific to the Warwick Prize Fellowship scheme can be found at: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/astro/vacancies/prize/
RESEARCH FELLOW (108407-0624)
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Emma MacPherson at E.MacPherson@warwick.ac.uk.
The Department of Physics seeks to appoint an ambitious Research Fellow to join the Ultrafast and Terahertz Photonics group at the University of Warwick. The position is for 2 years with the possibility of extension and is available for an immediate start.
Your research goals will be related to developing robotics for applying THz imaging and spectroscopy techniques to detection of skin cancer and other skin conditions as part of the £10M EPSRC funded project, Terabotics. Particular focus will be on developing and integrating novel THz image approaches with a surgical robot and speeding up and improving the accuracy of terahertz data acquisition and analysis.
You will be an excellent communicator capable of working effectively both independently and as part of a research team. You will be approachable and enthusiastic to help others, particularly PhD students. You will possess excellent planning and time management skills to ensure your research objectives are achieved effectively.
For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.
If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.
The Ultrafast and Terahertz Photonics Group
The Ultrafast and Terahertz Photonics group currently comprises 3 members of staff (James Lloyd-Hughes, Emma MacPherson, Rebecca Milot). Professor Lloyd-Hughes set up the Warwick Centre for Ultrafast Spectroscopy (WCUS) in 2016 which is a joint activity between the Physics and Chemistry Departments at the University of Warwick. Professor MacPherson joined the group in October 2017, and Dr Milot joined in 2018, further expanding the range of terahertz activities at Warwick University.
Further information on the Ultrafast and Terahertz Photonics group can be found at go.warwick.ac.uk/ultrafast. The webpage for Professor MacPherson is here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/condensedmatt/ultrafastphotonics/emmasthzgroup/