Postdoctoral Research Associate in Stochastic - London, United Kingdom - King's College London

King's College London

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Salary: £43,205 - £46,732 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 21 March 2024.

Closing date: 21 April 2024.

Business unit:
Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sci

Department:
Physics.

Location:
Strand Campus

Category:
Research.

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Job description

Within King's, you will be part of the department of Physics, which belongs to the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES).

Supporting our staff is important to us and we offer a range of provision including flexible working, caring support, and training opportunities.

The university is making significant investment in the Faculty and both student and staff numbers are growing. Our staff come from over 45 countries and around 56% of our students are from outside the UK.

The study of Physics at King's dates back to the foundation of the College in 1829. The Department is currently undergoing significant growth with substantial investment in new appointments, research infrastructure and laboratory space refurbishment. We offer a range of BSc (three-year) and MSci (four-year) undergraduate courses as well as MSc and PhD programmes.

This post will be offered on a fixed term 18 months contract

This is a full-time post

Key responsibilities

Leading research on stochastic thermodynamics with levitated particles in collaboration with the group leader Dr. James Millen.

Mentoring PhD students.

Managing collaborations.

Problem solving and independent learning.

Creative project planning.

Data analysis and preparing scientific manuscripts.

Ensuring an inclusive and supportive working and learning environment is a key part of the Department of Physics' equality and diversity strategy.

In 2019 the Department of Physics was awarded Juno Champion status and an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of its work to embed equality of opportunity in all areas of work and to ensure that all members and prospective members of staff and students are treated solely on merit, ability and potential.

We want new staff to embrace and support our efforts in this area.

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post._

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Essential criteria

The ability to clearly express your ideas and communicate in a team.
The ability to work independently, and motivate junior members of the team.
The ability to see the bigger picture, to put research into context, and to develop vision for the future.
The ability to solve problems in a creative way.
Proven skills at high quality data analysis.

Desirable criteria