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We have an exciting opportunity in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering for someone with a passion for Engineering looking to use their skills in Computational Modelling to make an impact on the huge societal challenge of achieving net zero. This multidisciplinary project, funded by DESNZ (formerly known as BEIS) through the Energy...

We have an exciting opportunity in the Department of Mechanical Engineering for someone with a passion for advanced energy technology who is looking to use their skills in developing computational fluid dynamics (process simulation) models for different energy systems such as CCUS, Bioenergy and hydrogen combustion and the integration of process simulation...

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic individual interested in biology and machine learning to join the BBSRC funded project ‘Unlocking the complexity of organismal colour patterns using artificial intelligence’ as a Research Associate. The project will make use of recent advances in machine learning and computer vision to...

How does the brain encode sensory information and form associative memories? Andrew Lin’s lab at the University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Associate to study these questions in the fruit fly Drosophila. We study memory using a range of methods, such as in vivo two-photon calcium imaging, electrophysiology, fly genetics, behavioural experiments,...

Are you interested in working for a world top University? As one of the largest Geography departments in the UK, the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield has a vibrant community of undergraduates, postgraduates and postdoctoral researchers. The department enjoys a long-standing international reputation for academic research led by staff who...

Applications are invited for a Research Assistant/Associate to work on theoretical and computational analysis of MHD waves generation by vortical drivers, the interaction of multiple vortex tubes located within intergranular lanes and how they contribute to the middle and upper solar atmosphere dynamics. Plasma flows in the Sun’s photosphere have the...

Are you interested in developing next-generation material models that enable high-fidelity simulations of real components? We have a great opportunity for someone with expertise in computational methods to undertake research in support of projects that involve the development of physics-based models for concrete and porous media, taking advantage of modern...

This highly interdisciplinary Research Associate position will advance our understanding of the effect of biomechanical and pharmacological treatments for Osteoporosis (OP) in a mouse model. The position is within Insigneo and is funded as part of a project selected by the ERC-Consolidator and funded by the EPSRC that aims to develop and validate new...

A short-term Postdoctoral Research Associate position in the area of cell and developmental biology and biophysics is available in the lab of Prof. David Strutt (School of Biosciences). The project is to study the effects of the Fat-Dachsous planar polarity pathway on Drosophila wing morphogenesis, and in particular roles in mechanobiology and modulation of...

How does a photoreceptor synapse use mechanical motion to improve information transfer? Mikko Juusola’s lab at the University of Sheffield is seeking a Research Associate to study this question in the fruit fly Drosophila. We study ultrafast morphodynamic adaptation in photoreceptor synapses to light changes using a range of methods, such as in vivo...

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly self-motivated and driven research associate with a background in chemical engineering (or a related discipline) This role forms part of the battery manufacturing research group at the University of Sheffield. The post holder will work on a Faraday Institute grant (Nextrode) specifically working on research into...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate in the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN). SITraN is a purpose built research facility which was opened in November 2010 by Her Majesty the Queen and awarded the Queen’s Anniversary prize for higher education in 2020 in recognition of having made an outstanding positive...

The Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering at University of Sheffield is recruiting a Research Associate in Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy Data Analysis for Oral Cancer Diagnosis. Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) - a technique where a small alternating current is passed through a tissue and the resulting impedance measured over a...

You will have an excellent PhD in biomechanics (or a related discipline), possess a solid knowledge of bone imaging and experimental biomechanics. Ensuring the achievement of the project objectives will advance the vision of the Insigneo institute to validate computational models for the musculoskeletal system and produce a transformational impact on...

The Dynamics Research Group at the University of Sheffield is seeking to appoint a highly-motivated Research Associate in Structural Dynamics to carry out a research project on “new transfer-learning methods for population-based health monitoring”. The Research Associate will take a leading role in the development and delivery of their research relating...

We have an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral research associate to join the ANTICIPATE project funded by Cancer Research UK. The project to develop novel and be-spoke Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for profiling of a multicenter pre-cancer/dysplasia tissue dataset in collaboration with Professor Nasir Rajpoot and his Tissue Image Analytics Centre...

We are seeking a Research Associate to under-take the model based planning of vaccine manufacturing supply chains in UK-South East Asia Vaccine Hub, to enable the formation of equitable, responsive and resilient vaccine health system. This is a fantastic opportunity to undertake a key role within this ambitious flagship project of national and international...

Are you interested in developing the first Virtual Mouse Twin for the optimisation of treatments for Osteoporosis? The position is within Insigneo and is funded as part of a project selected by the ERC-Consolidator and funded by the EPSRC that aims to develop and validate new multiscale computational models for optimising treatments for OP. This part of the...

An exciting opportunity to join iHuman, working on Cultural Climate Models, a major new European research project investigating how culture models climate futures. We are looking for a hard-working individual to join the team as a Research Associate, analysing multimodal climate change communication on social media platforms. You will take a lead role on the...

The Division of Population Health in the School of Medicine and Population Health is seeking a creative and self-motivated researcher to join a multidisciplinary project working across the Faculties of Health and Engineering. The role will involve developing transmission models for a range of infectious diseases and using these to undertake economic...