Postdoctoral and Research Positions (38) at The University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom

The University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom invites application for vacant Postdoctoral, Academic and Professional Positions, a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification12100DepartmentChemistry Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months28Apply Before04/14/2025

Be the First to ApplyThe School of Chemistry is looking for a highly motivated and skilled scientist to contribute to the development of spatially-resolved 14C measurement techniques by mass spectrometry. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge research involving the development and optimisation of spatially-resolved 14C mass spectrometry.

Research Fellow (IDI)

• Job Identification12217DepartmentNursing Studies Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months11Apply Before03/27/2025

Be the First to ApplySchool of Health in Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh is inviting applications for a Research Fellow position to join our established Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy (SCPHRP; https://www.ed.ac.uk/health/research/centres/scphrp). SCPHRP’s vision is to develop Scotland as a leader in public-health intervention research for equitable health improvement through catalysing strong researcher/research-user collaborations that ensure timely, robust, policy relevant research that is created with – and used by – key decision-makers.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – AI for Autonomy in Surgical Interventions

• Job Identification12119DepartmentCentre for Inflammation Research Edinburgh – BioQuarter, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before03/20/2025

Join the Baillie Gifford Pandemic Science Hub to develop AI-driven autonomy for lung interventions, leveraging reinforcement learning, computer vision, and robotics for precise navigation and lung sampling. This role involves research on sensor-driven localization, mapping, and autonomous navigation, contributing to cutting-edge surgical robotics while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team and disseminating findings through publications and conferences. This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Diagnostic Imaging

• Job Identification11823DepartmentVeterinary Clinical Services Edinburgh – Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before04/22/2025

Be the First to ApplyThe Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies offers an exciting opportunity for an ECVDI or ACVR board certified or board eligible veterinary radiologist to join our small animal diagnostic imaging team on the modern Easter Bush campus on the outskirts of the Scottish capital. Open Ended, full time – 35h/week.

Postdoctoral Researcher

• Job Identification12210DepartmentMRC University Unit for Human Genetics Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before04/08/2025

Our research is focused on understanding how genetic changes in the non-coding genome can impact gene regulatory mechanisms, alter developmental processes and ultimately affect human craniofacial shape and function in health and disease.

Lecturer in Corporate Law

• Job Identification12198DepartmentLaw United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before04/07/2025

This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic and innovative academic to join the School of Law as a Lecturer in Corporate Law. You should have an established teaching and research profile as well as a proven commitment to promoting the student experience. You will contribute to developing and delivering teaching and assessment (including dissertation supervision) in the subject area.

Research Assistant

• Job Identification12197DepartmentCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/24/2025

We are seeking a new research assistant to join our team on the Wellcome-funded AMBIENT-BD project. The appointee will work predominantly on the main data collection component of AMBIENT-BD (workstream four), which is an 18-month follow-up study of sleep, circadian rhythms and clinical/functional outcomes in people with bipolar disorder. This role is part of a broader multi-disciplinary team, led by the Principal Investigator (Professor Daniel Smith). This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.

Research Assistant in Electrical Machines & Power-Electronics

• Job Identification12209DepartmentInstitute for Energy Systems Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before03/24/2025

The School of Engineering seeks to appoint a Research Assistant in Machines & Power-Electronics. This Research Assistant position will contribute to the Wind2DC project within the Institute for Energy Systems.

Research Assistant (Edinburgh Mood Disorders Research Clinic)

• Job Identification12207DepartmentCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months33Apply Before03/24/2025

The Edinburgh Mood Disorders Research Clinic is funded by the Mental Health Mission / NIHR to deliver clinical assessments and research trial recruitment for patients with mood disorders. This innovative clinic will allow self-referral from community-based patients and will provide a ‘one-stop-shop’ offering clinical review and research eligibility screening of the patient’s mood disorder.

Research Associate

• Job Identification12212DepartmentInformatics Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before04/07/2025

The School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to work with Dr Pasquale Minervini in the Edinburgh NLP Group, a world-leading research group in Natural Language Processing. The project is funded by the AI Hub in Generative Models. The researcher will work on projects involving the evaluation and improvement of multi-modal foundation models.

Research Assistant

• Job Identification12213DepartmentGeoSciences Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermApply Before03/24/2025

The SharkScape project (https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/news/sharkscape-project-sharks-skate-masts) is seeking a Research Assistant for a 1-year post to support this exciting new research programme funded by the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS).

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification12202DepartmentThe Roslin Institute Edinburgh – Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months12Apply Before03/27/2025

Be the First to ApplyWe are looking for a brilliant Post-Doctoral Research fellow for the Digital One Health laboratory (DOHL) at The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh with Dr Adrian Muwonge.

Lecturer in Cyber Security and Privacy

• Job Identification12182DepartmentInformatics Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before04/04/2025

Applications are invited for an industry-funded academic position in Cyber Security & Privacy to join the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Fungal Molecular Cell Biology

• Job Identification12180DepartmentInstitute of Cell Biology United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months21Apply Before04/01/2025

We are looking for a post-doctoral level molecular cell biologist with an understanding of gene expression, epigenetic regulation and phenotypic analysis in fungal cells. 

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification12184DepartmentInstitute of Cell Biology United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months8Apply Before03/18/2025

Applications are invited Postdoctoral Research Associate in the laboratory of Prof. Julie Welburn, funded by BBSRC for 8 months. The laboratory investigates fundamental mechanisms the role of mitotic microtubule motors in cell division in first instance.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification12187DepartmentBiological Sciences United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before04/01/2025

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our group at the Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM) and the Institute for Regeneration and Repair (IRR), The University of Edinburgh.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Numerical simulations for biomolecular modelling

• Job Identification12195DepartmentMathematics United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before04/15/2025

We are looking for an outstanding candidate to work on project UNTauANGLE: Untangling the biophysics of tau aggregation through computational modelling, within the School of Mathematics at the prestigious University of Edinburgh, UK.

Lecturer in Criminal Law and Evidence

• Job Identification12194DepartmentLaw Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/31/2025

This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic and innovative academic to join the School of Law as a Lecturer in Criminal Law & Evidence. You should have an established teaching and research profile as well as a proven commitment to promoting the student experience. You will contribute to developing and delivering teaching and assessment (including dissertation supervision) in the subject area.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Cancer Informatics

• Job Identification12128DepartmentCentre for Cancer Research United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before03/17/2025

The Edinburgh Cancer Informatics Research Group are seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to join our team as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Health Informatics.

Postdoctoral Research Associate in geochemistry, palaeobiology and stratigraphy

• Job Identification12166DepartmentGeoSciences Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before04/18/2025

Be the First to ApplyWe seek a 2-year (24 month) postdoctoral research associate to join the research team on the NERC Pushing the Frontiers project “Determining the nature and drivers of Earth’s first metazoan radiation and subsequent extinction: The Cambrian ‘Explosion’ and Sinsk Event”.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification12176DepartmentCentre for Inflammation Research Edinburgh – BioQuarter, Midlothian, United Kingdom Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before03/31/2025

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Organic/Medicinal Chemistry This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week). The Opportunity: A postdoctoral position in drug development for pulmonary microdosing trials is funded by the EPSRC-backed MicroTex Hub, a multidisciplinary initiative combining robotics, AI, chemistry, physics, biology, and clinical medicine to rapidly test treatments for pulmonary inflammation and infection. Based at the Baillie Gifford Pandemic Science Hub, MicroTex unites scientists, clinicians, and researchers to accelerate drug discovery. The candidate will synthesize new and known drugs, develop formulations for microdosing, ensure bench-to-bedside translation, contribute to research strategy, and support commercialization and dissemination of findings.

Senior Research Fellow

• Job Identification12186DepartmentCentre for Clinical Brain Sciences United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months24Apply Before03/17/2025

We are looking for a Senior Research Fellow with expertise in statistics/data science/epidemiology to join our child and adolescent psychiatry research team to help drive new innovation in the prediction and prevention of severe mental illness. This post is full-time (35 hours per week). We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working. 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors)

• Job Identification12191DepartmentScience, Technology and Innovation Studies Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months66Apply Before03/31/2025

We are looking for a full time Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience of conducting ethnographic research and of design or creative methods for social research, to join a Wellcome-funded project ‘Medicine without Doctors: Re-imagining Care and Voice through Play’ for 5.5 years.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification12158DepartmentInstitute of Infection and Immunology Research United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/27/2025

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to investigate the regulation of mucosal immune responses to infection, focusing on cellular immunology readouts.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification12170DepartmentBiological Sciences United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months35Apply Before03/27/2025

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on a NERC-funded project on the interactions of host and microbiomes during population declines as seen through the lens of genomics.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification11577DepartmentThe Roslin Institute Edinburgh – Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months60Apply Before03/24/2025

A 5-year post-doctoral post to support the goals of the Engineering Biology hub at the Roslin Institute.

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification12079DepartmentArchaeology Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/24/2025

We are looking for a postdoctoral research fellow to work on the Leverhulme Trust-funded project, ‘Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution Of Heritage-based Hostility On Social Media’. You will undertake research focused on the cultural evolution of archaeological information using advanced text-mining techniques and statistics.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification12101DepartmentInstitute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months22Apply Before03/24/2025

We seek a postdoctoral research associate with a strong background in the deterministic and stochastic modelling of biochemical systems.

Core Scientist

• Job Identification12143DepartmentThe Roslin Institute Edinburgh – Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/24/2025

We are looking for a brilliant core scientist with Post-Doctoral Research experience for the Digital One Health laboratory (DOHL) at The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh with Dr Adrian Muwonge.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification12149DepartmentInstitute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before04/11/2025

We seek applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the field of Astrophysical and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. The successful candidate will join the research group led by Professor Steve Tobias at the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh.

Research Fellow

• Job Identification12150DepartmentInstitute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months60Apply Before04/11/2025

We are looking for an early career postdoctoral researcher who is ready to develop their own, independent research in a supportive environment in collaboration with and under the guidance of the newly appointed Tait Chair of Mathematical Physics, Professor Steve Tobias.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Job Identification12072DepartmentCentre for Discovery Brain Sciences Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months18Apply Before03/18/2025

Precise electrical signalling at a millisecond time scale is critical for healthy functioning of the brain. Future advances in understanding functions and disorders of the brain will require new tools to resolve fast electrical signals in identified cells in freely moving mouse models. Recently developed fluorescent indicators enable electrical signals to be observed with microscopes. However, because current microscopes able to do this are bulky, they can only be used with mice that are restrained, which severely limits their usefulness.

Postdoctoral Researcher

• Job Identification12129DepartmentLinguistics and English Language United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months30Apply Before03/14/2025

The Linguistics and English Language Department in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking a PDRA on a full time, fixed term basis for 30 months. This post is expected to commence in June 2025.

Bioinformatician

• Job Identification12105DepartmentWGH Infrastructure Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeOpen EndedApply Before03/31/2025

The Core Facility Bioinformatician will provide bioinformatics expertise and support to researchers across the institute. As a member of the established IGC Bioinformatics Analysis Core (BAC), the role involves working collaboratively with diverse research teams to develop computational workflows, analyze large-scale omics datasets, and deliver high-quality insights that drive cutting-edge biomedical discoveries.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Job Identification12107DepartmentInstitute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems Edinburgh – Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/17/2025

The Institute for Condensed Matter and Complex Systems is recruiting one Postdoctoral Research Associate to work with Dr Steven Thomson on the EPSRC funded project “Disorder in Open Quantum Systems”. The successful candidate will aid in the development of new numerical and analytical tools for the study of open quantum systems in two dimensions, with an emphasis on investigating thermalisation and equilibration in disordered quantum systems. Experience in high-performance computing and GPU acceleration will be beneficial, but not essential. This role offers significant scope for exploring fundamental physics in novel parameter regimes, including those relevant to cutting-edge quantum technologies.

Clinical Research Fellow in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• Job Identification12087DepartmentCentre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/14/2025

We are looking to appoint a clinical research fellow in Inflammatory Bowel Disease with a view to completing a 3-year PhD in the Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, at The University of Edinburgh. This post is fully funded for 3 years through the OPEN-IBD project that brings together 7 sites in the UK with the Welcome Sanger Institute in a collaboration to recruit 2,000 patients with suspected IBD and collect biologic samples at the time of diagnosis to create a unique inception cohort and biorepository for further research. This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

Transition Fellow (Cancer Research UK Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence)

• Job Identification11984DepartmentCentre for Cancer Research Edinburgh – Western General, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months36Apply Before03/19/2025

We are seeking transition fellows with a strong publication track record to develop an independent programme of research, relevant to the themes of the CoE. Fellows will be expected to apply for independent research funding supported by existing research programmes on brain tumours. They will receive a generous consumables budget and priority access to CoE infrastructure, including preclinical models, and will be supported by a variety of mentoring schemes.

Clinical Research Fellow

• Job Identification11923DepartmentCentre for Cardiovascular Science Edinburgh – BioQuarter, Midlothian, United Kingdom (Hybrid working) Contract TypeFixed TermWork Duration Months30Apply Before03/21/2025

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Clinical Research Fellow to join our team, exploring a drug therapy aimed at counteracting hypoglycaemia and improving the quality of life for individuals living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).