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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 Manufacture of Nanocomposites for Electromagnetic Applications
Grade 7 / Salary in the range: £29,249 to £32,901 p.a. / Vacancy ID: 107340

We are looking for a postdoctoral research scientist with experience of processing of polymer composites to develop new manufacturing technologies for graded dielectric and magnetic nanocomposites and metamaterials. The post is available for up to three years, starting as soon as possible, and will be based in Oxford.

The University of Oxford, together with Queen Mary and Exeter universities, is a partner in EPSRC funded project “The Quest for Ultimate Electromagnetics using Spatial Transformations (QUEST)” that aims to bridge the gap between spatial transformation theory and the ability to manufacture and test practical metamaterials for microwave and other electromagnetic applications.

It is essential that applicants should have experience of processing of composites as well as the development of processing routes for new materials, along with hands-on experience of scanning electron microscopy, UV-vis-IR spectroscopy and permittivity/permeability characterisation. Applicants should possess at the time of appointment a PhD in materials science or a closely-related subject such as engineering, materials chemistry, or physics. Experience of working in an interdisciplinary environment would be an advantage, and willingness to undertake travel to QUEST partners will be expected. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Patrick Grant (email: patrick.grant@materials.ox.ac.uk).

The closing date for applications is midday on Monday 29 April 2013 with interviews currently planned for 24 May 2013.

Applications for this post are to be made online (vacancy reference 107340). 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=107340

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 Oxford.

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