Job description

Job summary

Applications are invited for a Research Associate position in the Centre for Plasmonics and Metamaterialsin the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Imperial College London. 

You will be working in the Centre for Plasmonics and Metamaterials in the Departments of Mathematics and Physics at Imperial College London. 

You will be integrated into a European project DYNAMO (Dynamic Spatio-Temporal Modulation of Light by Phononic Architectures: https://dynamo-project.eu/), which has multiple partners across Europe.

Duties and responsibilities

You will develop  the theoretical background for elastic and mechanical metasurfaces based around asymptotic, semi-analytic and numerical models for thin plates and substrates structured with pillars. In addition, you will be involved in scientific computation and numerical simulations that lead to physical and mathematical understanding and theoretical results.

Please see the job description for further information 

Essential requirements

You are required to hold a PhD (or equivalent) in Applied Mathematics, Physics, Mechanical Engineering or a subject relevant to the project.

You ideally should also possess:

• Expertise in multiple scattering techniques for the analysis of vibrational modes in elastic metasurfaces theory
• Familiarity with commercial finite element packages such as Comsol, or open source packages such as FreeFEM++, FEniCS, Specfem or other finite element software, or with developing their own software
• Experience in a coding language such as Python, C++, Julia, or Matlab
• Experience of giving talks at internationally recognised conferences and workshops
• Experience writing research papers in Engineering, Physics or Applied Mathematics
• A broad and strong background in Wave Physics, including Topological Physics
• Strong computational skills

Further information

The position is full time, fixed term for 24 months, and you will be based in our South Kensington Campus. The expected start date is flexible, with an aim of being 1 May 2023.

Please note that appointments will be made at the bottom point of the salary scale.

*Candidates who have not yet been officially awarded their PhD will be appointed as Research Assistant within the salary range £38,194 - £41,388 per annum.

For any specific queries regarding the post please contact Professor Richard Craster, (r.craster@imperial.ac.uk) or Dr Sébastien Guenneau (s.guenneau@imperial.ac.uk)

The College is currently trialling a Work Location Frameworkuntil early 2023.  Hybrid working may be considered for this role and the role holder may be expected to work 60% or more of their time onsite, with 40% the minimum time spent onsite.  The opportunity for hybrid working will be discussed at interview.

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 which are ultimately aimed towards finding new treatments and making scientific and medical advances, and where there are no satisfactory or reasonably practical alternatives to their use. 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

• JD - Research Associate in Metamaterials.pdf