105 research associate research assistant jobs found in Cambridge

Applications are invited for a Post-doctoral Research Associate/Research Assistant position in Ultrafast Microscopy of Functional Materials in the group of Prof. Akshay Rao at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge (http://www.rao.oe.phy.cam.ac.uk/). We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic candidate with a strong background in ultrafast spectroscopy/microscopy. To be successful in this role you should have: 1. A PhD or be about to obtain your PhD in Physics, Chemistry or a related area, and should have demonstrated excellency in multi-disciplinary research projects. 2. An interest in designing and constructing novel ultrafast experiments and a strong background in non-linear optics, the photophysics of semiconductor and solid-state systems Experience with ultra-short pulse generation, time-resolved microscopy, pulse shaping techniques, high-speed data acquisition and optical holography/tomography would be a plus. The group has a broad research...

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position in the development and use of optical microscopy to study electrochemical process in battery electrode materials. The successful candidates will work between the groups of Prof. Akshay Rao (http://www.rao.oe.phy.cam.ac.uk/) and Prof. Dame Clare Grey (https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/group/grey/index), and build on our recent advances is developing optical microscopy to study ion dynamics, phase transitions and degradation in battery electrodes [References 1-3]. The project is part of the Faraday Institution Degradation Project (https://degradationproject.com/) and will involve close collaboration with consortium members across the UK. The ideal candidate should have a PhD or be about to obtain a PhD in Chemistry, Physics or a related area, and a strong background in optical microscopy, electrochemistry and battery materials. A strong track record of high-quality research and an excellent publication record publication are...

PCA Engineers Limited (PCA) and Cambridge University's Whittle Laboratory have secured funding for a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project to develop and enable the commercialisation of a novel low-cost, high-efficiency turbine for Waste Heat Recovery systems. The 2-year project involves the manufacture of a turbine design, and the design, assembly and commissioning of an experimental rig on which to test a baseline and a redesigned turbine. PCA and Cambridge University are looking to recruit a graduate to work as an Associate on this project. Ideally, the Associate will be an engineer with turbomachinery or aerothermodynamics as their key area of expertise, combined with at least an entry level knowledge of structural mechanics, electrical machinery and manufacturing. The position is for a fixed term of 24 months, with the opportunity of further employment with PCA once the project concludes. The successful candidate will be employed by Cambridge University and will...

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a postdoctoral position at the Institute of Astronomy, funded by the Leverhulme Centre for Life in the Universe. The post-holder will work collaboratively between the groups of Dr. Amy Bonsor, Institute of Astronomy, Dr Paul Rimmer, Battcock Institute, Cavendish Laboratory and Dr. Auriol Rae, Department of Earth Sciences. For the present position, interest and expertise in delivery of cometary material to early Earth, either from an astronomical perspective (dynamical expertise), from a planetary science perspective (impact processes) or from a chemistry perspective (chemical kinetics) and ideally an interest in the interdisciplinary connections between these domains. In addition to leadership of core projects in this area, applicants are encouraged to develop independent research programs, in particular those that contribute to the broader aims of the Leverhulme Centre. The preferred candidate will have a PhD (or be near to completion)...

A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on AI for Additive Manufacturing. The post holder will be located in West Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. Additive manufacturing, commonly also known as 3D printing, offers virtually limitless opportunities to make devices by controlling geometry, material composition, and processing conditions at every point in an object. The wider adoption of additive manufacturing is limited, though, by challenges including manufacturing process errors, poor design for additive manufacturing, lack of trained staff, and material quality. This project will involve using AI to address these challenges, for instance by using camera and other sensor data to correct and prevent manufacturing errors in additive processes. There will also be diverse opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations. The key responsibilities and duties are research, planning and organising, and liaison and networking....

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Research Assistant/Associate to join our Spoken Language Processing (SLP) project team within the virtual Automated Language Teaching and Assessment (ALTA) Institute in the Department of Engineering. You will extend our research into automatic assessment and feedback for learning spoken English as an additional language. We work on real-life free speaking and conversational exams and practice tests, funded and closely collaborating with Cambridge University Press and Assessment (CUP&A). The post holder will be located in Central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. The key responsibilities and duties are to design and develop appropriate methodologies to address the above research objectives. This will involve planning and managing their own research activity and liaising with colleagues in the Speech Research Group at Cambridge and with the partner groups in ALTA and CUP&A. The skills, qualifications and experience...

A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate, in the Department of Engineering as part of the Signal Processing and Communications Laboratory. The post holder will be located in Central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. The researcher will work on the Meerkat project, a collaboration between the Departments of Engineering and Paediatrics, that aims to develop a non-contact camera-based monitoring system for babies in intensive care. Computer vision algorithms will be used to measure vital signs and detect seizures and other abnormal movements of the infant to ultimately improve monitoring and enhance clinical care. The project will also include data collection from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and the development of an integrated unit that includes the imaging and analysis hardware. The unit will be co-developed with input from nurses, other clinical staff, and parents. Key functions of the role include: Developing an integrated device including...

A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, to work on multiple cross-disciplinary projects within the context of sustainable and resilient infrastructure. The successful candidate will join a large dynamic team of researchers working on different challenges. The key responsibilities are driving, planning and conducting innovative research within their own area of expertise as well as broader areas in collaboration with others; consolidating, integrating, producing and disseminating research outputs from multiple projects; developing new and strategic research initiatives and opportunities; developing research training activities, collaborating with academic and industry partners and leading and managing multiple research activities. The post holder will be located in the Civil Engineering Building, West Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. Applicants must have (or be close to obtaining) a PhD in Civil...

We are excited to announce a new opening for a Research Assistant/Associate position at Cambridge University as part of S2UPPlant: Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging from Plants. S2UPPlant is a NERC-funded interdisciplinary research project which aims to produce and characterise new compostable materials from natural feedstocks, with the highest potential for industrial scale-up and a rigorous assessment of their environmental and economic impact and changes required for widespread adoption. The outcomes will be an improved scientific understanding of naturally derived plastics and a suite of prototype materials suitable for emerging markets in compostable films and fibres. The position available is in the following research area: Fabrication and Characterisation Plastic Packaging from Natural Feedstocks: manufacture of films and fibres from cellulose nanofibrils and characterising mechanical properties and smart functional properties relevant to their use in food packaging....

The Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge is looking to appoint a full-time Research Assistant/Associate to work within PEDAL (the Faculty of Education's research centre for play in education, development and learning) providing research support for projects investigating the role of play in schools, with a specific focus on the influence of playful pedagogy. The holder of this post will be a key part of the team (funded by the LEGO Foundation) and will work closely with Professor Sara Baker in the Play in Schools research group. They will be involved in a range of projects relating to playful pedagogy. The projects include early years educators, teachers and teaching assistants, with a focus on early years and primary education. Writing academic papers will be a core responsibility of the post, alongside broader communication of research findings with the public. Applicants will have a PhD (or be close to completion) in developmental psychology, education, or...

Applications are invited for a researcher position in the laboratory of Dr Catherine Lindon at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge. We are seeking a motivated cell biologist to undertake studies of the mode of action of novel tools for Targeted Protein Degradation (TPD). Small molecule PROTACs harnessing the cellular ubiquitination machinery to destroy targets of clinical importance are at the forefront of a revolution in therapeutic strategies, yet there are still many parameters of the relevant ubiquitination pathways that are not well understood. This study is a great opportunity to gain experience in a novel and rapidly expanding field and to contribute to important and timely research questions about how PROTACs find and ubiquitinate their targets, and what cellular factors modify the success of TPD strategies. This knowledge will feed into therapeutic strategies of the future. More information about the laboratory is available...

A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on a reactor-physics based assessment of the role of uncertainty in a severe nuclear accident. The post-holder will be located in Central Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. The key responsibilities and duties are: completing a review of relevant existing literature; continually updating knowledge and understanding of relevant modelling and uncertainty quantification methods; development and validation of suitable reactor - and multi-physics models of a 4-loop Westinghouse PWR; application of suitable uncertainty quantification methodologies to enable the impact of uncertainties on the progression of loss of coolant accidents to be assessed; writing research publications and attending conferences; writing reports and participating in meetings with project partners. Additional responsibilities include: assisting in the supervision of student projects; assisting in the...

A position exists for a Research Assistant/Associate in the University of Cambridge Policy Evidence Unit for University Commercialisation and Innovation (UCI) based in the Department of Engineering to deliver a project developing and validating a practical framework able to capture, track and benchmark developments and performance in technology transfer at leading research universities. The project is being delivered in collaboration with the TenU, an international collaboration of leading technology transfer offices (Cambridge, Columbia, Edinburgh, Imperial, KU Leuven, Manchester, MIT, Oxford, Stanford, and UCL). The framework needs to be developed to enable international comparisons. The project will investigate the feasibility and utility of additional data collection, and will build on previous efforts in this area and the latest developments in academic research and technology transfer practice. Our ambition is to create better tools and evidence to inform strategic...

A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on Optical Diagnostics in Turbulent Hydrogen Flames. The key responsibilities and duties are to plan, design and safely conduct experiments on the structure and behaviour of turbulent hydrogen flames. The activities will include imaging fluorescence and Rayleigh scattering, particle image velocimetry and stimulated Raman measurements. The role holder will process and analyse the results after reading and understanding the latest literature on the methods and questions posed; prepare presentations for discussion with the local and partner research group at Newcastle University; to plan, prepare and write publications for journals and conferences, in communication with members of the group; and to advise and train incoming PhD students on experimental and analytical methods, as well as safe working methods. The skills, qualifications and experience required to perform the...

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION Department of Computer Science and Technology, West Cambridge SALARY £27,929-£42,155 REFERENCE NR34769 CATEGORY Research PUBLISHED 20 December 2022 CLOSING DATE 10 February 2023 Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 24 months. A position is available to work on visual models and metrics for deep learning and optimisation. The project aims to develop a family of image/video cost functions and evaluation metrics that predict the perceived degradation of visual quality while accounting for important factors like display size or colour gamut. We are especially interested in novel display modes, such as AR and VR. This work is done in a collaboration with our industrial partner, Meta Reality Labs. Developing improved cost functions and metrics could accelerate research on deep learning and optimization-based rendering techniques. It could have a major impact on visual computing and improve...

An opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate to work on a funded research project on the impact of climate change on infectious diseases. The post is split between the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment. Quantifying the potential public health impact of climate change on infectious diseases is an increasing priority for the global health policymaking... Job listing information Reference MED03603 Date posted 18 January 2023 Closing date 15 February 2023 Job summary An opportunity has arisen for a Research Associate to work on a funded research project on the impact of climate change on infectious diseases. The post is split between the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment. Quantifying the potential public health impact of climate change on infectious diseases is an increasing priority for the...

Job description The King’s India Institute at King’s College London invites applications for a Research Assistant (Masters level) or Research Associate (PhD level) in trade and business and economics.   The post will be based in the research team of Dr Sunil Mitra Kumar (King’s India Institute) and Dr Kamini Gupta (King’s Business School) at KCL’s Strand Campus in central London as part of a 3-year project Enablers and Obstacles for UK-India Trade: Banks and Diasporas (UKIT- ENOB) funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and Indian Council of Social Science Research.   UKIT-ENOB aims to understand key enablers and obstacles to UK-India trade from the perspective of small export-oriented firms in India. Key project collaborators also include India-based Primary Investigator Dr Prateek Gupta (IIM, Bangalore) as well as non-academic partner FICCI UK. The project focuses on understanding macro questions...

Job description Reporting to the project leader, Professor David Demeritt, the postholder will work as a part of a small research team exploring the regulation of veterinary medicines and anti-microbial resistance (AMR) in Argentina. The post holder will be responsible for contributing research assistance, in particular the design, administration, and analysis of a questionnaire surveys of farmers, as well as interviews with regulators and other stakeholders in Argentina to understand the regulatory system, and the preparation of final reports and publications. Fluency in Spanish is therefore essential, while knowledge of regulation, livestock production systems and veterinary medicine are desirable. The postholder may be required to travel and will be expected to work closely with other team members and research partners in Argentina and at the University of Bristol. The postholder will also be expected to be a full collaborator in authoring publications and other means...

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...

Applications are invited for self-motivated individuals to join our exciting research into new nanomagnetic and magneto-optic technologies. We have had a number of synergistic recent breakthroughs on low-power neuromorphic computing (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-022-01091-7),low-power all-optical magnetic writing https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.00697and functional magnonics. We are looking for two motivated PDRAs, keen to join us and... Job listing information Reference NAT01376 Date posted 1 February 2023 Closing date 1 March 2023 Job summary Applications are invited for self-motivated individuals to join our exciting research into new nanomagnetic and magneto-optic technologies. We have had a number of synergistic recent breakthroughs on low-power neuromorphic computing (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-022-01091-7),low-power all-optical magnetic writing https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.00697and functional magnonics....