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Departmental Research Fellow in Correlative Cryogenic Atom Probe and Electron Microscopy

Departmental Research Fellow in Correlative Cryogenic Atom Probe and Electron Microscopy

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To carry out research in advanced correlative cryo-enabled atom probe and electron microscopy, undertake project management and/or supervise students and/or work as part of multi-disciplinary teams. The Departmental Research Fellow will be expected to initiate new research projects, submit publications to refereed journals and to attract external research funding.

Reference ENG02081
Date posted 22 March 2022
Closing date 25 April 2022

Location

Position type Full time, fixed term
Salary £41,593 – £49,210 plus benefits

Department Department of Materials
Category Researcher / Non Clinical Researcher

Job description

Job summary

Duties and responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

To take initiatives in the planning of research
To identify and develop suitable techniques, and apparatus, for the collection and analysis of data
To conduct data analysis
To ensure the validity and reliability of data at all times
To maintain accurate and complete records of all findings
To write reports for submission to research sponsors
To present findings to colleagues and at conferences
To submit publications to refereed journals
To provide guidance to staff and students
To attend relevant workshops and conferences as necessary
To develop contacts and research collaborations within the College and the wider community
To promote the reputation of the Group, the Department and the College
Contribute to bids for research grants
To conduct and plan own scientific work with appropriate mentoring
To maintain highly organised and accurate record of experimental work
To participate in internal seminars
To collaborate with other scientists within Imperial College and elsewhere in London and abroad particularly the Max-Planck Institute für Eisenforschung (MPIE) in Düsseldorf, Germany
To contribute to the smooth running of the Group’s laboratories and, facilities with other scientists, clinicians, technicians and students within the laboratories
To comply with the College, Division, and Unit safety practices and to attend courses on safety when appropriate
Any other duties as may be deemed reasonable by Head of group as well as Head of Division/Department/Section

Essential requirements

Candidates/post holders will be expected to demonstrate the following:

Hold a PhD in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry or Engineering or a closely related discipline, or equivalent research, industrial or commercial experience
Practical experience within initiating projects
Experience of dealing with industry collaborators
Practical experience in a broad range of techniques including materials preparation, atom probe tomography, focused-ion beam
Knowledge of atom probe tomography & FIB
Knowledge of cryo-specimen preparation techniques
Knowledge of electron microscopy & spectroscopy
Knowledge of research methods and statistical procedures

Further information

Further information can be obtained from Professor Baptiste Gault, b.gault@imperial.ac.uk and Professor Finn Giuliani f.giuliani@imperial.ac.uk

Further guidance may be sought from Mrs Darakshan Khan (d.khan@imperial.ac.uk).

The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/

The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes where their use is shown to be necessary for developing new treatments and making medical advances. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is deemed essential, all animals in the College’s care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with this work show due consideration at every level.

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-integrity/animal-research/

Documents

Research Fellow -JD.pdf

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It’s our mission to achieve enduring excellence in all that we do for the benefit of society – and we are looking for the most talented people to help us get there.

Additional information

Please note that job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to undertake other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

Imperial College is committed to equality of opportunity and to eliminating discrimination. All employees are expected to follow the Imperial Values & Behaviours framework. Our values are:

Respect
Collaboration
Excellence
Integrity
Innovation

In addition to the above, employees are required to observe and comply with all College policies and regulations.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

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