Assistant Professor - Durham, United Kingdom - Durham University

Durham University
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Assistant Professor (Research): Research Fellowship in Materials Science
(Job Number
: )**Department of Chemistry

Grade 8:

  • £45,585
  • £54,395 per annum
Fixed Term - Full Time


Contract Duration:
The contract has funding for five years


Contracted Hours per Week: 35


Closing Date: 12-May-2024, 5:59:00 PM


Disclosure and Barring Service Requirement:
Not Applicable.


Working at Durham University


A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, a warm and friendly place to work, a unique and historic setting - Durham is a university like no other.

As one of the UK's leading universities, Durham is an incredible place to define your career.

The University is located within a beautiful historic city, home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and surrounded by stunning countryside.

Our talented scholars and researchers from around the world are tackling global issues and making a difference to people's lives.

We believe that inspiring our people to do outstanding things at Durham enables Durham people to do outstanding things in the world.

Being a part of Durham is about more than just the success of the University, it's also about contributing to the success of the city, county and community.


Our University Strategy is built on three pillars of research, education and wider student experience, but also on our keen sense of community and of inspiring others to achieve their potential.

Our Purpose and Values


We want our University to be a place where people can be free to be themselves, no matter what their identity or background.

Together, we celebrate difference, value one another and are each responsible for creating an inclusive community that is respectful and fair for all.


Find out more about the benefits of working at the University and what it is like to live and work in the Durham area on our Why Durham? information page.


The Department


A World Top 100 department, the Department of Chemistry at Durham is one of the very best in the UK, with an outstanding reputation for excellence in research, teaching and employability of our students.

We are an active and vibrant department, with a strong cohort of early career academics and future leaders. We hold an Athena Swan Silver Award, recognising our commitment to gender equality. Our undergraduate programmes are ranked fifth in the Complete University Guide 2023. At postgraduate level, our students come from all over the world to carry out research.


Our research strategy is focussed around three interdisciplinary grand challenge themes: Chemistry for Health; Chemistry for Sustainability; and Chemistry for Change.

Within these themes, we have prioritised eight core Research Focus Areas:

Synthesis, Catalysis and Process; Sustainable and Resilient (Bio) Chemistry; Materials Discovery; Theory, Computational and Data-Led Chemistry; Soft Matter, Polymers and Interfaces; Chemical Photonics, Spectroscopy and Sensors; Drugs and Medicinal Chemistry; and Agritech and Aquaculture.


There is a strong culture of collaboration within the department and with other departments and institutes within the University, including the Biophysical Sciences Institute, the Durham Energy Institute and the Institute for Data Science.

There are also other multidisciplinary centres of excellence in the university that the appointee can interact with including the Centre for Global Infectious Diseases, the Durham Crop Centre and centres in Sustainable Chemistry and Soft Matter.

We have strong links with many universities, research centres, and a long tradition of working closely with industry both in the UK and overseas.


This post offers an exciting opportunity to make an important contribution to research in the Chemistry Department at Durham University, while allowing the post holder excellent opportunities to develop their career in an exciting and progressive institution.


Assistant Professors (Research) at Durham


Assistant Professors (Research) are encouraged to focus on research but are also expected to engage in wider citizenship to enhance their own development, support their department and discipline, and contribute to the wider student experience.


This is a 5-year fixed-term post.

Key responsibilities:


  • Pursue research that is worldleading in terms of originality, significance and rigour, commensurate with the Department's continuing emphasis on international excellence;
  • To be developing clear plans for the pursuit of suitable national and international funding opportunities to support research and enduser engagement;
  • Contribute to enhancing the quality of the research environment in the Department, the wider University and beyond through collaborative research activity;
  • Demonstrate a willingness to take contribute to the administrative work, citizenship and values of the Department;
  • To fully engage in and enhance the values of the Department;
  • To contribute to attracting and s
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