Research Assistant/associate

1 week ago

South Kensington, United Kingdom Imperial College London Full time

Job number

**NAT01992**
- Faculties

**Faculty of Natural Sciences**
- Departments

**Department of Physics**
- Salary or Salary range

**Competitive**
- Location/campus

**South Kensington Campus - On site only**
- Contract type work pattern

**Full time - Fixed term**
- Posting End Date

**29 Aug 2025**

**About the role**:
The post arises from a collaboration funded by the EPSRC between the University of Exeter, King's College London, and Imperial College London with the objective of advancing our understanding of materials that vary in time. The successful applicant will be expected to work with Professor Rupert Oulton and Professor Riccardo Sapienza in London and our experimental collaborators to develop experiments in the field of metamaterials that vary in space and time.**

**What you would be doing**:
At Research Associate level: To carry out research programmes in photonic metamaterials, nanophotonics, ultrafast spectroscopy and structured light generation, undertake project management and/or supervise multi-disciplinary teams.

The Research Associate will also be expected to submit publications to refereed journals and to attract external research funding.

**What we are looking for**:
The main duties will include:

- Develop optical experiments to study optical metamaterials, to structure light in space and time and to use it to modulate materials.
- Characterisation of time-varying photonic metamaterials to identify and develop suitable techniques, and apparatus, for the collection and analysis of data.
- Fabricate the required nanostructures.
- Assist with the analysis of data.

**What we can offer you**:

- The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution and be part of our mission to continue science for humanity.
- Grow your career: Gain access to Imperial’s sector-leading dedicated career support for researchers as well as opportunities for promotion and progression
- Sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 39 days off a year and generous pension schemes).

**Further information**:
We are hoping to schedule interviews in September, with an Autumn start date.

**Available documents**:

- Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.- Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities mentioned above.

**About Imperial**:
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