Research Fellow in Advanced Plasma Technology

3 weeks ago


Southampton, United Kingdom University of Southampton Full time

**2147623DA**

This post is offered on a full-time, fixed-term for 18 months due to the funding expectations, but it may be extended based on the funding availability.

You will join our collaborative, multi-disciplinary team working on developing new non-thermal plasma technologies for **addressing infection control** in future hospital environments by adapting space technologies developed crewed missions and planetary protection.

You will be working under the supervision of Dr Minkwan Kim at the University of Southampton with several PhD students and Research fellows.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

- Design and characterise a new non-thermal plasma reactor for air sterilisation
- Identify the required plasma dose and aerodynamic properties which can achieve minimum 4-log reduction
- Address the scalability of the system and system requirement
- Perform optical plasma diagnostics

In addition, you will contribute to the research group's activities, and publish new findings in peer-reviewed journals. There will also be an opportunity to gain experience in teaching and student supervision.

The University of Southampton is in the top 1% of world universities and in the top 10 of the UK’s research-intensive universities. The University of Southampton is committed to sustainability and being a globally responsible university and has recently been awarded the Platinum EcoAward. This commits all of our staff and students to take responsibility for managing their activities to minimise harm to the environment, whether this through switching off non-essential electrical equipment or using the recycling facilities.

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