Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Department: School of Electronic Engineering & Computer Science
Salary: £40,223 per annum (Grade 4)
Reference: 942
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 19 January 2024
Closing date: 16 February 2024

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Overview

About the Role

We seek a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join an EPSRC-funded project, developing microplastic sensors based on metasurface using free-space and on-chip terahertz spectroscopy. The successful candidate will join the fast-growing research team, led by Dr SaeJune Park (Head of the Terahertz Laboratory and Assistant Professor in Terahertz Electronics), and will collaborate with leading researchers in partner institutes including the University of Leeds, the National Physical Laboratory, and the Water Research Centre.

About You

Applicants must have a PhD in Physics, Applied Physics, Electronic Engineering, or a related field. Expertise in terahertz science, electromagnetics theory, applications, materials, and nanofabrication, as well as a good knowledge of terahertz science and devices, light-matter interaction, and metamaterials is essential. Applicants must have a proven track record of publications in leading journals in the project-relevant field.

About the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

Our researchers work with the arts and sciences collaborating with psychologists, biologists, musicians and actors, mathematicians, medical researchers, dentists and lawyers. As a multidisciplinary School, we are well known for our pioneering research and pride ourselves on our world-class projects. We are equal first in the UK for the impact of our Computer Science research, and second in the country for our Electronic Engineering research output (REF 2021). 

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

We particularly welcome applications from under-represented Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic groups groups, and from women in all stages of life, including pregnancy and maternity leave as these groups are underrepresented at this level at Queen Mary.

Applications for part time work or job sharing will also be considered.

Candidates are kindly requested to upload documents totalling no more than 10 pages; certificates, references and research papers should not be provided at this stage.

Further details and apply