Senior Research Associate
3 weeks ago
We wish to appoint a highly-talented, ambitious and passionate researcher to provide a comprehensive strategy for waste cooking oil (WCO) management in Egypt. This is a British Council funded Newton Fund Impact Scheme project and you will work in an international environment and collaborate with international institutions and companies. This is a fixed-term appointment available for seven months.
Your role will be to work in the Chemical Engineering research group in the School of Engineering at Lancaster University to develop a strategic guideline for WCO quality assurance in collaboration with international partners. The work will include the development of a rapid testing method to assess the quality of the produced WCO. The DoCUMENTS project will support the three dimensions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Egypt vision 2030 including economic, social and environmental dimensions. It will contribute to seven of the published strategic pillars including economic development, energy, social justice, health, education and training, culture, and environment.
You should hold a PhD (or be close to obtaining a PhD) in Chemical or Process Engineering, Chemistry, or a closely related discipline or have industrial experience in the relevant disciplines. You should be able to demonstrate a track record (suitable for your career stage) that is based upon collaborative, thought-provoking laboratory research aligned with Reaction Engineering, Process Engineering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, or Materials Science/Engineering.
Lancaster University is campus-based and is situated adjacent to the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and proximate to another AONB and two National Parks in the north-west of England. Lancaster is just one hour from international airports at Manchester, Liverpool, and Leeds. The town and the region are home to a variety of excellent schools and enjoy excellent public transport and national rail links. A wide selection of facilities is available on campus including a large variety of social facilities, eateries, a new sports centre, and a highly regarded pre-school centre.
The School of Engineering is committed to flexible working policies on an individual basis, welcomes and embraces diversity, and is committed to the Athena SWAN principles, which recognise and celebrate good employment practices undertaken to address gender equality in higher education and research.
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Senior Research Associate
4 weeks ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeLancaster University is recruiting an interdisciplinary team to work on our exciting new Wellcome Trust funded project on changing research cultures. The two-year, £1M project will explore how we can build a sustainable, ethical and inclusive research culture. We will focus on three overlapping questions: - The sustainability of our evolving research...
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Senior Research Associate/research Associate
4 weeks ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeMathematical Models and Algorithms for Allocating Scarce Airport Resources (OR-MASTER) is a Programme Grant funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, UK (EPSRC) involving Lancaster University and University of Leicester. At Lancaster, OR-MASTER will be undertaken by the Centre for Transport and Logistics (CENTRAL). Professor...
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Senior Research Associate
4 weeks ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeMathematical Models and Algorithms for Allocating Scarce Airport Resources (OR-MASTER) is a Programme Grant funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, UK (EPSRC) involving Lancaster University and University of Leicester. At Lancaster, OR-MASTER will be undertaken by the Centre for Transport and Logistics (CENTRAL). Professor...
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Senior Research Associate
4 weeks ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeWe are seeking to appoint a senior research associate in Image Processing/Computer Vision and Machine Learning to work on the TAILOR project "Foundations of Trustworthy AI - Integrating Reasoning, Learning and Optimization". The purpose of this project is to build capacity of providing the scientific foundations for Trustworthy AI in Europe by developing a...
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Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeFollowing the award of funds from the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research, Lancaster Medical School are looking for a Senior Research Associate to join a team looking to develop new infrastructures for supporting decision making for radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer. You will work alongside the Project’s Research Fellow and the...
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Senior Research Associate
4 weeks ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full time**Lancaster Environment Centre** (LEC) is pleased to announce a Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position as part of a Leverhulme Trust-funded project ‘A decolonial and justice perspective on digitalised climate change adaptation’. **Overview of the role**: Reporting to and under the guidance of Dr Giovanni Bettini (PI), Dr Giovanna Gioli...
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Senior Research Associate
1 month ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeWe are seeking a senior research associate to work on AI4ME, an exciting new multi-year EPSRC & BBC-funded Prosperity Partnership that will address the key challenges involved in creating and delivering personalised content at scale. AI4ME brings together the BBC, Lancaster University and the University of Surrey to design entirely new types of media...
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Senior Research Associate
1 month ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeFull time The Division of Health Research (DHR) within Lancaster University’s Faculty of Health and Medicine is seeking to appoint a **Senior **Research Associate **to join the Health Economics at Lancaster group, to support the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC). This role will involve support for, and liaison with,...
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Senior Research Associate
1 month ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeWe wish to appoint a talented researcher to undertake research in the field of biosensor development for real-time personal health monitoring in collaboration with ULTRA-PCS in a project funded by the EPSRC Impact Acceleration Award. This is a full-timpost initially funded for 12 months. This project aims to develop sensors that can non-invasively monitor...
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Senior Research Associate in Psychology
1 month ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeThe Department of Psychology at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a full time ‘Senior Research Associate’, to work with Dr Amy Atkinson (Psychology), Professor John Towse (Psychology), and Professor Brian Francis (Mathematics & Statistics). The role is for a 23.5 month period. You will work on an ESRC funded project “Working memory and its...
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Research Associate
3 days ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeThe Benedetto lab is looking for an enthusiastic Research Associate to study host-bacterium interactions in C. elegans. The position is funded by the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council for a year. The Benedetto lab is part of the Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences at Lancaster University, UK, and has been funded by the BBSRC, The...
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Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeLocation: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UKClosing Date: Sunday 23 June 2024 Interview Date: Friday 05 July 2024Following the award of funds from the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research, Lancaster Medical School are looking for a Senior Research Associate to join a team looking to develop new infrastructures for supporting decision making for...
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Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeLocation: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UKClosing Date: Sunday 23 June 2024 Interview Date: Friday 05 July 2024 Following the award of funds from the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research, Lancaster Medical School are looking for a Senior Research Associate to join a team looking to develop new infrastructures for supporting decision making for...
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Senior Research Associate
3 weeks ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeReference: 0467-24 Reimagining research practices: towards a sustainable, ethical and inclusive future. Lancaster University is recruiting an interdisciplinary team of researchers to work on our exciting new Wellcome Trust funded project on changing research cultures. The two-year, £1M project will explore how we can build a sustainable, ethical...
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Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeReference: 0570-24 Following the award of funds from the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research, Lancaster Medical School are looking for a Senior Research Associate to join a team looking to develop new infrastructures for supporting decision making for radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer. You will work alongside the Project’s...
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Senior Research Associate in Psychology
4 weeks ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeReference: 0077-24 The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a full time Senior Research Associate, to join a research project on infant language development. The project you will be working on is titled “The Origins of Infant Word Learning”, and is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. This project will investigate...
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Senior Research Associate
2 weeks ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeReference: 0596-24 The Division of Health Research (DHR) within Lancaster University’s Faculty of Health and Medicine is seeking to appoint a Senior Research Associate, to work as part of the International Observatory on End of Life Care in conjunction with the Palliative Care Research Network North West. You will play a key role facilitating...
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Senior Research Associate/research Associate in
1 month ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeWe aim to develop a new type of microwave parametric amplifier which exploits the non-linear electrical permittivity of paraelectric crystals. In this implementation, the amplifier will be fabricated on the surface of a wafer made of quantum paraelectric material such as strontium titanate or potassium tantalate. We are seeking a researcher to design,...
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Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeLocation: Bailrigg, Lancaster UK(Full time, indefinite with end date)Interview date: Thursday 6th June 2024The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a full time Senior Research Associate in Auditory Neuroscience, to work with Dr Hannah Stewart. The desired start date is September 2024 and the post is available for 2 years in...
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Senior Research Associate
3 weeks ago
Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full timeReference: 1073-23-R-R We are seeking to appoint a Senior Research Associate to work on TUDOR (Towards Ubiquitous 3D Open Resilient Network), an exciting new DSIT project that will address the key challenges involved in developing network components that enable seamless interoperability in heterogeneous networks of 5G and future technologies,...