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For informal enquiries, please contact Maksym Myronov (Associate Professor) at M.Myronov@warwick.ac.uk.

The Semiconductor Research Group (https://www.warwick.ac.uk/silicon) within the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick is seeking a highly motivated and talented Research Fellow to contribute to pioneering research in the development of quantum magnetic sensors and advanced imaging systems. These cutting-edge sensors have the potential to revolutionize fields such as medical imaging, navigation, geophysics, and materials science by enabling unprecedented sensitivity and precision in magnetic field detection and imaging.

Quantum magnetic sensors are poised to become a cornerstone of next-generation technologies, offering transformative capabilities in both fundamental research and real-world applications. This role provides a rare opportunity to be at the forefront of this technological revolution, driving scientific innovation and shaping the future of quantum devices. By joining our dynamic and collaborative team, you will play a critical role in advancing state-of-the-art quantum sensor technologies and their integration into impactful applications.

Flexible Working

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.

The ideal candidate will possess exceptional expertise in the physics and technology of semiconductor materials and magnetic field sensor devices, including Hall sensors. You will have extensive hands-on experience in the microfabrication of magnetic field sensors and their electrical and structural characterisation using advanced techniques such as TEM, SEM, classical and quantum Hall effect measurements, and C-V and I-V characterization down to mK temperature.

You will be an outstanding communicator, capable of collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary research team while also demonstrating the independence to drive your projects forward. Strong planning and time management skills are essential, enabling you to define clear milestones, establish realistic timelines, and ensure timely and efficient project execution.

Your responsibilities will include taking a leading role in the design, microfabrication, and routine characterization of magnetic field sensor devices, as well as driving their research and development. Additionally, you will contribute to the strategic direction of the group, report your findings to colleagues and collaborators, and disseminate your work through high-impact journal publications and conference presentations. With your talent, passion, and expertise, you will join a team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is scientifically and technologically possible, making meaningful contributions to the advancement of magnetic field quantum sensors.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description attached as a PDF below.

PhD Status

If you are near submission of your PhD, or have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made at Research Assistant level, at the highest spinal point of pay grade 5 (£34,610 per annum).

Upon receipt of evidence confirming the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow, at the lowest spinal point of grade 6 (£35,608 per annum).

For informal enquiries, please contact Gavin Morley (Professor) at Gavin.morley@warwick.ac.uk

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to build an experiment with magnetically levitated diamonds towards testing the quantum nature of gravity. The appointment will be for two years with the possibility of extension as part of our five-year project supported by The Moore Foundation and the Sloan Foundation, in collaboration with Yale University, Northwestern University, UCL and Groningen University. You will work with Professor Gavin Morley and his team in Warwick. We have built magnetic levitation of micron-sized diamonds including centre-of-mass cooling, and separately, quantum control of single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) spins in non-levitated microdiamonds. The microdiamonds we have developed (with Oliver Williams’ group) have the longest quantum coherence times. You will combine these two experiments to control the spin of NV centres inside magnetically levitated microdiamonds. You will build this inside of a specially commissioned cryostat. The aim is to create a spatial superposition of the diamond towards testing fundamental physics including a test of the quantum nature of gravity. You would be the day-to-day supervisor for two PhD students on this levitated microdiamond project, as well as helping to supervise undergraduate project students.

Applications from underrepresented minorities are particularly encouraged.

Flexible Working

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.

We are looking for someone with a PhD in Physics or a related field, or someone who is very close to obtaining this.

You should have a background in building and/or running physics experiments, microwave/optical/electronic engineering, magnetic resonance, materials science, nanodiamonds, NV centres and/or quantum technology. You will be a good communicator capable of working effectively both independently and as part of a research team. You will have written up clear papers about your previous interesting research. You will possess good planning and time management skills to ensure your research objectives are achieved effectively.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description attached as a PDF in the link.

PhD Status

If you are near submission of your PhD, or have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made at Research Assistant level, at the highest spinal point of pay grade 5 (£34,610 per annum).

Upon receipt of evidence confirming the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow, at the lowest spinal point of grade 6 (£35,608 per annum).

For informal enquiries, please contact Amos Chan (Assistant Professor) at amos.chan@warwick.ac.uk

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so. 

The research group of Dr Amos Chan at the University of Warwick is seeking to appoint two Research Fellows to commence as soon as possible. This is an excellent opportunity to join the Theory Group within the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick.

A fundamental question in theoretical physics is how quantum information becomes scrambled in strongly interacting quantum many-body systems and what universal signatures characterise this process. Our group’s research programme aims to advance the understanding of many-body quantum dynamics, with a particular focus on symmetry, by studying information spreading, entanglement dynamics, and signatures of quantum chaos in eigenvalue and eigenstate correlations. The research programme lies at the intersection of quantum many-body physics, quantum information science, and high energy physics, and addresses questions that can be probed with near-term quantum simulators and processors.

We are looking for applicants interested in quantum many-body physics, quantum many-body chaos, non-equilibrium quantum dynamics, quantum simulations, and open quantum many-body systems. You will be expected to have a strong background in theoretical and computational physics.

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.