Location: | Bath |
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Salary: | £37,099 to £44,263 Grade 7, per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 20th August 2024 |
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Closes: | 23rd September 2024 |
Job Ref: | ED11697R |
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 & 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 for up to 2 years.
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.
What we can offer you:
Find out more about our benefits.
We consider ourselves to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected & encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, & backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, & value the positive impact that will have on our teams.
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