Research Associate

**The role**: The School of Earth Sciences is seeking to appoint a 4-year fixed funded full-time Research Associate or Senior Research Associate in the organic geochemistry of modern and ancient peatland. The post is part of the international and interdisciplinary project CERES (Climate, Energy and Carbon in the Earth System), which aims to develop new...

**The role**: **What will you be doing?**: **Research Responsibilities** Aspects to which the post-holder could contribute, depending on research interests and expertise, include: - Development of new efficient quantum algorithms or communication protocols for practically relevant computational problems; - Design of methods for verification/testing of...

**The role**: A Research Associate position is available in the group of Prof Jonathan Clayden for a chemist with research experience in organic synthesis, catalysis/biocatalysis, and/or supramolecular chemistry. **What will you be doing?**: **Additional information**: **Contract type: Open ended with fixed funding until 31/03/2026** **Work pattern: Full...

**The role**: We are seeking a Post-Doctoral Research Associate/Senior Research Associate (depending on experience) to perform laboratory-based snakebite envenoming (SBE) research in the Berger-Schaffitzel lab at the University of Bristol. The post-holder will use state-of-the-art protein engineering and display technology to generate high-affinity...

**The role**: There is a position available for postdoctoral researcher with expertise in microbial pathogenicity and/or microbial genomics to join a team of researchers (postdoctoral and graduate students) studying the pathogenicity of bacterial infections. **What will you be doing?**: You have experience in the research areas described above, and are a...

**The role**: The School of Earth Sciences is seeking to appoint a 4-year fixed term full-time Research Associate or Senior Research Associate in the microbial ecology of modern and ancient peatlands. The post is part of the international and interdisciplinary project CERES (Climate, Energy and Carbon in the Earth System), which aims to develop new organic...

**The role**: This is an 8-month postdoctoral research position on Dan Degerman’s AHRC-funded project ‘Beyond voice: Experiences, meanings, and the ethics of silence in mental disorder’. The project’s aim is to explore the role of silence in the lives of people with mood disorders. **What will you be doing?**: This role is an exciting opportunity...

The roleThe role is to assist with the METEOR and COMET research projects, which can be thought of as two phases of a single science studies research and engagement project whose aim is to improve the use of applied meta-research evidence in the decision-making processes of research institutions that affect their research culture, indirectly enhancing the...

**The role**: Two postdoctoral positions are available in the school of chemistry, working under the supervision of Professor Stephen Mann (FRS). The project involves the development of new methods for the construction of synthetic protocells and their collective behaviour as integrated communities with emergent properties. **What will you be doing?**: -...

**The role**: We are seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher in the Ecology of Vision Group. The successful applicant will be responsible for driving forward both behavioural and predictive studies on the impact of artificial light and light pollution. They will also take a leading role in the measurement and monitoring of how visual navigation cues are...

**The role**: **What will you be doing?**: The role will involve a diverse range of research tasks, including the day-to-day management of the project and maintenance of ant colonies, as well as offering support in the training and supervision of postgraduate and undergraduate lab members. The funding available for this position is available from 1st...

**The role**: We seek an experienced professional researcher to lead the investigation of encoding of risky decisions in the intact brain. The plan of work comprises measurement of neuronal population activity _in vivo_ during learning. As such, the post holder will be a specialist in advanced neurophysiological techniques (either calcium imaging or...

**The role**: This ERC-funded project entitled “Generalisation in Mind and Machine” explores how well neural networks support human-like generalization across a range of tasks. In contrast with the large community of researchers focused on improving the performance of deep networks for applied reasons, the goal of this project is to explore what neural...

**The role**: This project aims to work closely with partners at Exmoor National Park and the Exmoor Society to develop and applied approach to environmental history that uses historical research to contribute to the addressing the contemporary management challenges facing UK National Parks (e.g. Nature Recovery, Net Zero goals). A particular focus of this...

**The role**: The UKRI-funded **National Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online **(‘**REPHRAIN**’) has a vacancy for the position of (Senior) Research Associate. The post-holder, a researcher in usable security and privacy, will work to support the delivery of the Design and Engagement strand which explores...

**The role**: This is an exciting opportunity for a Research Associate / Senior Research Associate position to join the Diverse-Ability Interaction Lab (Dive Lab), led by Dr Oussama Metatla, within the Bristol Interaction Group (BIG) at the University of Bristol. In the Dive Lab, we study interactions between disabled and non-disabled people to design,...

The roleWe are seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated (Senior) Research Associate to undertake an experimental programme developed to understand the durability and alteration of minerals and materials relevant to the disposal of radioactive waste.This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of the post-closure safety case for the...

The roleAn enthusiastic and highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate is required to add their expertise to a team investigating immunological mechanisms that link sight-threatening uveitis and inflammatory arthritis. We have identified cytokine-regulated mechanisms that determine the pathogenic potential of T helper cells that orchestrate tissue...

**The role**: A NERC-funded three-year PDRA position in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol is available to join Professor Andy Radford’s vibrant research team, investigating the provision and value of public goods in non-human animals. This interdisciplinary project will combine field experiments with theoretical modelling and...

**The role**: A Postdoctoral Research Associate position is available in the group of Prof Varinder Aggarwal for chemists with research experience in organic synthesis. **What will you be doing?**: - Work on multiple projects simultaneously, particularly the design and synthesis of complex molecules, and the development of new synthetic methodology...