25 faculty science mathematics jobs found in London

Ref Number B04-03257 Professional Expertise Research and Research Support Department UCL BEAMS (B04) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary See advert text Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type Hybrid (20% - 80% on site) Available For Secondment No Closing Date 12-Feb-2023 About us The Department of Mathematics at UCL is an internationally renowned department within one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Since its beginning, mathematics at UCL has been enhanced by its many outstanding members of staff. Indeed, two of its students (and later staff) Professor Klaus Roth (1958) and Professor Alan Baker (1970) have gone on to win the Fields Medal. Another former member of staff Professor Tim Gowers won the Fields Medal in 1998 for work he did whilst at UCL. Since 2011 the department has grown considerably. There are now 80 academic members of whom 32 are full professors, and a number of Honorary...

Applications are invited for a Research Associate position in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London.  The position is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and will involve the study of time-inconsistent dynamic optimization. Job listing information Reference NAT01366 Date posted 18 January 2023 Closing date 8 February 2023 Job summary Applications are invited for a Research Associate position in the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London.  The position is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and will involve the study of time-inconsistent dynamic optimization. Duties and responsibilities The project is to develop new theory and methodology, including, but not limited to, characterization of equilibrium solution and control with backward stochastic differential equation (BSDE), computation with machine learning...

Applications are invited for a 3-year postdoctoral research position within the Drug Transport and Tumour Metabolism Lab, led by Dr Louise Fets. We are seeking a talented scientist to deliver an exciting and innovative research project funded by a 6-year Cancer Research UK-funded Career Establishment Award on “Understanding how membrane transporters influence variability in cancer drug uptake and investigating implications for efficacy”.... Job listing information Reference MED03624 Date posted 24 January 2023 Closing date 21 February 2023 Job summary Applications are invited for a 3-year postdoctoral research position within the Drug Transport and Tumour Metabolism Lab, led by Dr Louise Fets. We are seeking a talented scientist to deliver an exciting and innovative research project funded by a 6-year Cancer Research UK-funded Career Establishment Award on “Understanding how membrane transporters influence...

A position exists for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics to work on verified algorithms for infinite-dimensional spectra, control and data science with Dr Matthew Colbrook to start in October 2023 or earlier by negotiation. The PDRA will work on developing robust numerical methods for infinite-dimensional spectral computations and data-driven control (broadly understood) under the project entitled "Verified data-driven algorithms for control and neural network training" funded by the Isaac Newton Trust. Duties include developing and conducting individual and collaborative research objectives, proposals and projects. The role holder will be expected to plan and manage their own research and administration, with guidance if required, and to assist in the preparation of proposals and applications to external bodies. You must be able to communicate material of a technical nature and be able to build internal and...

Applications are invited for a Research Associate in the astrophysics group, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge. The successful candidate will work with Dr. Del Zanna on a range of topics, to improve our understanding of the solar transition region and corona, by combining advanced models with new observations. The first is to make advanced atomic models of the solar transition region and corona available to the community. The second is to further develop the models and apply them to observations (e.g. SoHO/CDS and Solar Orbiter SPICE in the EUV and DKIST in the near infrared) to measure the physical state of the plasma and improve our understanding of the formation of the main spectral lines. The third is to develop improved models and apply to Hinode EIS observations to measure the coronal magnetic field. The successful candidate should have a PhD in a relevant area of solar physics or atomic physics, and have an...

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics SALARY £34,308-£42,155 REFERENCE LE34569 CATEGORY Research PUBLISHED 12 December 2022 CLOSING DATE 5 March 2023 A post-doctoral Research Associate position in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics is available, in the research group of Prof. Hamza Fawzi. Funding for this position will come from Prof. Fawzi's UKRI Frontier/ERC Starting Grant titled 'Conic relaxations: scalable and accurate global optimization beyond polynomials'. Applicants should have (or be close to completing) a PhD on, or related to, mathematical optimization. We welcome applications from candidates working on the theory or algorithms for convex optimization and/or applications of convex optimization to areas such as quantum information and theoretical physics, or otherwise. Excellent academic writing, as well as presentation and communication skills are essential....

A position exists for a post-doctoral research associate in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics to join a team to work with Professor Timothy Gowers on an automatic theorem proving project, the focus of which will be to understand and emulate how human mathematicians find proofs. Details about the project can be found on the project's website, which potential applicants are strongly encouraged to explore before applying https://wtgowers.github.io/human-style-atp/ The main formal duty will be to attend regular research meetings (approximately twice a week) and to engage in full-time research on the project. At the meetings, theoretical questions will be discussed and algorithms will be designed. The role holder will be expected to participate in both aspects of the project, and to interact well with other team members. You may also be asked to assist in the supervision of student projects, the development of student research skills and to...

An opportunity has arisen for a Research Assistant or Associate to work on a funded research project on the impact of climate change on malaria. The post is based in the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, within the Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology. The public health impact of climate change on vector borne diseases is highly unclear. Malaria remains one of the deadliest diseases and there is fear that morbidity... Job listing information Reference MED03604 Date posted 18 January 2023 Closing date 15 February 2023 Job summary An opportunity has arisen for a Research Assistant or Associate to work on a funded research project on the impact of climate change on malaria. The post is based in the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, within the Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology. The public health impact of climate change on vector borne diseases is highly unclear. Malaria...

Job description The post-doctoral researcher will join a team at King’s College London in the context of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) project “SERMAS: Socially-acceptable Extended Reality Systems and Models”. The team comprises Prof. Luca Viganò (Department of Informatics), Dr. Oya Celiktutan and another postdoctoral researcher (both at the Department of Engineering). This is an exciting opportunity to participate in research in collaboration with our SERMAS partners in Italy, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland. The revolutionary opportunities opened by eXtended Reality (XR) technologies will only materialize if techniques and tools are provisioned to ensure the social acceptance of XR systems. A socially-acceptable XR system needs to satisfy the goals and needs of the user, be in compliance with the social context in which it is used, and be secure, safe, explainable and trusted by the user. By following an multi-disciplinary...

Applications are encouraged for a Research Associate position to work on the prediction of hydrogen-assisted failures using computational methods, on the project titled “Simulation-based assessment of the interplay between hydrogen, defects and plastic straining,” funded by Shell. This role will work under the supervision of Dr Emilio Martínez-Pañeda and be based in the Mechanics of Infrastructure Materials research group. Hydrogen... Job listing information Reference ENG02456 Date posted 12 January 2023 Closing date 9 February 2023 Job summary Applications are encouraged for a Research Associate position to work on the prediction of hydrogen-assisted failures using computational methods, on the project titled “Simulation-based assessment of the interplay between hydrogen, defects and plastic straining,” funded by Shell. This role will work under the supervision of Dr Emilio...

Applicants are invited to apply for a post-doctoral Research Associate position as part of the project “System Services in 100% Renewable Grids.” The project is funded by the Leverhulme Professorship held by Professor Mark O’ Malley and aims to investigate services needed in 100% renewable electricity grids. The efficacy of the services will be assessed across multiple objectives for the electric grid including but not limited to... Job listing information Reference ENG02415 Date posted 15 December 2022 Closing date 19 February 2023 Job summary Applicants are invited to apply for a   post-doctoral   Research Associate position as part of the project “System Services in 100% Renewable Grids.” The project is funded by the Leverhulme Professorship held by Professor Mark O’ Malley and aims to investigate services needed in 100% renewable electricity grids. The efficacy of...

Applications are invited for postdoctoral research position within the Computational Cardiac Imaging Group, led by Prof Declan O’Regan We are seeking a talented scientist with a background in mathematics or computer science with previous experience in cardiac image segmentation and motion analysis.   This post is part of a 4-year NIH program in a partnership between Imperial College London and Brigham and Women’s Hospital using machine... Job listing information Reference MED03554 Date posted 17 January 2023 Closing date 14 February 2023 Job summary Applications are invited for postdoctoral research position within the Computational Cardiac Imaging Group, led by Prof Declan O’Regan We are seeking a talented scientist with a background in mathematics or computer science with previous experience in cardiac image segmentation and motion analysis.   This post is part of a 4-year NIH program in a...

We invite applications for a postdoctoral Research Associate to work in the Department of Oncology at the University of Cambridge. The successful candidate will also become a member of the Mark Foundation Institute for Integrated Cancer Medicine, the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre, and the Cambridge-GE HealthCare AI partnership. This role is an exceptional opportunity to join a strong and passionate interdisciplinary team to develop new deep learning approaches to model the spatial and temporal response to therapy of ovarian cancer using imaging data. The successful candidate will have access to extensive annotated datasets and drive the development and application of new deep learning approaches to track the evolution of primary and metastatic lesions during treatment. The research will aim to reveal new scientific insights into the disease as well as to provide support to critical, unsolved clinical questions. The Research Associate will be supervised by Dr Mireia...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a key analytical role in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, funded by Cancer Research UK. A key responsibility of the post holder will be to utilise population-wide electronic health records to investigate the generalisability and transportability of models for the early detection and diagnosis of cancer. The post-holder will contribute to the development and application of statistical and machine learning approaches to adapt models for the early detection and diagnosis of cancer for clinical use in real world settings. The research will have translational and methodological impact. The preferred candidate will have a PhD (or equivalent) in Health Data Informatics, Data Science, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Operational Research or other related quantitative subjects. Otherwise, if the candidate can demonstrate an outstanding fit to all the other criteria, a good Masters degree...

The University of Cambridge wishes to appoint a postdoctoral scientist to join the research groups of Prof Maria Grazia Spillantini and Prof Patrick Chinnery at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit https://spillantinilab.medschl.cam.ac.uk/ http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/patrick-chinnery. The position is part of a collaborative Wellcome Trust award, lead by Prof Nick Jones (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/nick.jones/publications.html ) at the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College, London. The award aims to understand the role of cryptic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mutations in aging and neurodegenerative disease. You will be based at the Clifford Allbutt Building in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge and will have strong links also with Imperial College London, with regular travel between the two sites throughout the tenure. You will be involved in generating and...

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 2 years in the first instance. This is an exciting new opportunity for a highly motivated computational researcher to join Professor Sir Shankar Balasubramanian's pioneering research programme to play a key role in advancing the understanding of sequence, structure and chemical modifications in DNA and RNA. Using their expert knowledge of programming languages, statistical/machine learning methods, bioinformatics tools and resources, the ideal candidate will use and develop computational approaches to transform raw sequencing data into biologically meaningful information. The successful candidate will have strong problem analysis/solving skills and be able to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team working at the interface between chemistry, biology and bioinformatics. This is a vital post and the applicant will join a small team, with two other bioinformaticians, applying their expertise across the group. The...

Ref Number B02-04520 Professional Expertise Research and Research Support Department School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary See advert text Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type On site (> 80% of working time) Available For Secondment No Closing Date 14-Feb-2023 About us Biosciences is one of the world’s foremost centres for research and teaching in the biological sciences and one of the largest Divisions within UCL, undertaking a significant amount of research and teaching. The Division has a diverse portfolio addressing all areas of biology from protein interactions to cell function, organism development, genetics, population studies and the environment. Computational modelling approaches are frequently used alongside experimental research programmes and much of our research crosses traditional boundaries, including the relationship of biodiversity to the health...

Ref Number B04-03285 Professional Expertise Research and Research Support Department UCL BEAMS (B04) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £38,308- £46,155 Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type On site (> 80% of working time) Available For Secondment No Closing Date 04-Apr-2023 About us The Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory (BORL) within the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at UCL is internationally recognized for developing optical methods for biological applications, including NIRS, optical imaging and photo acoustic. The laboratory has a substantial skill base in physics, engineering, mathematical modelling, and the development of optical systems. A significant strength of the BORL is the translation of laboratory-based research into reliable and robust systems which are being used to address a wide range of basic science and clinical questions. For Informal Enquires...

Ref Number B04-03120 Professional Expertise Research and Research Support Department UCL BEAMS (B04) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £47,414 - £55,805 Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type On site (> 80% of working time) Available For Secondment No Closing Date 05-Feb-2023 About us The Biomedical Optics Research Laboratory (BORL) within the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at UCL is internationally recognized for developing optical methods for biological applications, including NIRS, optical imaging and photo-acoustic. The laboratory has a substantial skill base in physics, engineering, mathematical modelling and the development of optical systems. A significant strength of the BORL is the translation of laboratory-based research into reliable and robust systems which are being used to address a wide range of basic science and clinical questions. This job will be within...

Ref Number B03-01494 Professional Expertise Academic Department UCL SLASH (B03) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £47,414 - £55,805 Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid (20% - 80% on site) Available For Secondment No Closing Date 26-Feb-2023 About us The UCL Department of Information Studies (DIS) in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities is launching a new BSc Information in Society programme at UCL East from 2024. The department also offers postgraduate qualifications for the library, archive, and information professions, publishing, information and data science and digital humanities, and collaborates in the delivery of an inter-faculty BSc in Information Management for Business. We have a strong international reputation for research. About the role We are seeking an innovative researcher to appoint to a full-time lectureship beginning in August 2023 who can teach and research in the...