Vacancies

Please see the lists below for the current vacancies. It is possible that more up-to-date information is available from posts@materials.ox.ac.uk or the secretary to the Director of Graduate Studies, graduate.studies@materials.ox.ac.uk.

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Studentship

Please see the postgraduate section of the website for a full list of projects currently available.

Projects listed below carry their own funding (subject to contract with the sponsor), so finance in the form of a stipend and payment of fees is available to the successful candidate. However, eligibility for funding is in some cases restricted by the applicant's country of legal residence: below and in the detailed description of funded projects we use the term 'citizen' in respect of this country.

3 funded projects available at present.

*/** Development of an ultra-sensitive molecular detector
( Professor Martin Castell)

*/**Computational modelling of biomimetic photovoltaics
( Dr F Giustino)

*Hydrogen Uptake In Zirconium Alloys
( S. Lozano-Perez/ S. Ortner/ J. Hyde)

New projects are added from time-to-time, so please review the list regularly.

Please see the postgraduate section of the website for a full list of projects currently available.

Post-doctoral Research Vacancies

Research Job

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Radiation Damage in Beryllium
Grade 7 / Salary in the range: £29,541 to £31,331 p.a. / Vacancy ID: 107935

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position performing experimental research into the effects of radiation damage on the structure and physical and mechanical properties of beryllium and beryllium alloys. The post is available for up to three years duration from 1 October 2013.

This post is funded as part of a new international collaboration involving the University of Oxford, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (STFC), Fermilab, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory, to study materials for use in high-energy proton accelerator target systems.

Applicants should have, by the start date, a doctorate in materials science or a closely-related subject area. Proven skills are required in some or all of electron microscopy, atom-probe tomography, and (micro)mechanical testing, preferably as applied to the effects of radiation damage in materials. Also required are excellent written and oral communication skills, willingness to travel to liaise and work with collaborators in the USA, and the ability to assist with research management, including the training of junior researchers.

The closing date for applications is midday on 24 June 2013 with interviews currently planned for the week beginning 8 July 2013.

Applications for this post are to be made online (vacancy reference 107935). To apply for this role and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below:
https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=107935

The Department of Materials is an Athena Swan silver award holder. Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and ethnic minority candidates, who are under-represented in research posts in the Department.

Also see http://www.ox.ac.uk/jobs