Postdoctoral Research Fellow

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom University of Greenwich Full time

The Faculty of Engineering & Science is one of four faculties at the University of Greenwich, split across two campuses – the Medway Campus in Chatham Maritime, Kent, and the Greenwich Campus in Greenwich, London. Dedicated to inspirational learning, combining teaching with work placements and impactful research and is a complete hub for all STEM subjects within the University.

Self-assembling system are ubiquitous in everyday life, with the overall characteristic of such formulations being defined by the molecular level interaction between the component species. This post is to oversee the research and enterprise activity of Prof Griffiths and his research team, and will interface with a number of external organisations and companies, as well as internal colleagues. The role holder will be responsible for maintaining the effective running of the group, and be expected to play a major role in student supervision, paper/report writing and diversifying income generation. A key aspect of the role, and the origin of the funding, will be providing a professional service for our many enterprise collaborations. You should have an established track record on NMR spectroscopy, ideally pulsed-gradient spin-echo NMR, as well as an appreciation of neutron scattering methodology.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Professor Peter Griffiths,

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£37,099 to £42,978 per annum

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