Location: | Bath |
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Salary: | £37,099 to £44,263 per annum (Grade 7) |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 16th May 2024 |
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Closes: | 13th June 2024 |
Job Ref: | ED11697 |
Interview date:
Friday 05 July 2024
Special conditions:
Uniform, footwear or personal protective equipment is supplied and is required to be worn
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to become a core part of a team working in the field of low-loss hollow-core optical fibres.
The project is funded by a major optical fibre producer, Sumitomo Electric Industries, who will be working as a part of the team at the University.
Within the project there are opportunities for developing the field in numerous ways, including:
This role would suit an imaginative researcher with a selection of the following:
About us:
The University of Bath has a long-standing track record of transformative innovation in the field of novel optical fibres. We use our bespoke optical fibre fabrication equipment alongside characterisation laboratories and different numerical and analytical tools to generate influential and important advances. The broader team of researchers in this area in the department includes researchers at all career stages with a wide range of expertise, providing a natural environment for rapid progress.
The purpose of this project is to use our existing expertise combined with the complementary knowledge of our industrial sponsor to advance new forms of optical fibre to real-world applications.
Our ambition for the project is to work as a team to generate scientific results which are of global importance, while having fun doing so!
Further information
This is a fixed-term position until June 2026.
As a member of Research Staff at the University of Bath, you will be encouraged to take up a minimum of 10 days professional development pro rata per year.
Please contact the PI Jonathan Knight at pysjck@bath.ac.uk for more information, in the first instance.
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