Associate Professor Urban Environment

Based within the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences on the World Heritage site at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, you will be part of an expansion of our world-leading Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-Scale Modelling team. Joining the Expanding Excellence in England (E3) funded, M34Impact project you will contribute to tackling major societal challenges affecting the environment, quality of life, safety, security, and the economy. 

In this role you will strengthen the Digital Cities (DC) theme of M³4Impact, bringing a capacity to conduct high quality research in the area of the urban environment, net zero and associated quality of life. In its nature, the role involves a highly collegiate approach and close collaboration with the other M³4Impact themes of Safety and Security, and Materials Science and Engineering. You will also be expected to take a lead in promoting and supporting the further development and enhancement of our multi-scale multi-physics suite of software, and their deployment on the university HPC & GPU based system. An interest in exploring how AI techniques, VR/MR and high-performance computing can be used to enhance these activities is highly desirable. 

You will have a PhD in a related field and have extensive experience in conducting research in a relevant subject plus a demonstrable track of successful grant acquisition as PI or Co-Investigator. A strong track record of publication in peer reviewed, international journals will be expected.  

You will also be expected to have, and to maintain, strong stakeholder relationships at regional, national and international level. You will aspire to progress to a strategic leadership position within M³4Impact, achieving a range of outcomes in academic research, enterprise activities, and knowledge exchange. 

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Professor Koulis Pericleous (K.Pericleous@greenwich.ac.uk), lead for CSEG and for the Digital Cities theme of M³4Impact. 

Should you have any queries please contact the People Directorate Team on peopleoperationsfes@greenwich.ac.uk 

We operate a hybrid working policy, as set out in the University’s Working Principles and Guidelines.

Employment Visa: Under the UK Government Points Based System scheme this role does meet the criteria to be sponsored for a Skilled Worker Route application. 

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