Birmingham University in United Kingdom invites applications for vacant Research Positions, one of the largest and most diverse employers in the United Kingdom.
We are seeking to appoint a postdoctoral researcher to work on improving our understanding of black holes and neutron stars from gravitational-wave observations. The applicant will join the Institute for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom – one of the globally leading institutes in gravitational wave-research. The successful applicant should have a background in data analysis techniques and analytical and/or numerical modelling of compact binaries.
The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, Imperial College London and the Quadram Institute, working together to understand how to maximise antibiotic accumulation inside bacterial cells. The successful candidate for this post will develop predictive mathematical models of accumulation, parameterising these against data provided by the microbiologists, mass spectrometrists, and bioinformaticians on the team (candidates with primary expertise in these three areas should direct their application to the relevant post).
We seek an individual with theoretical background primarily in the research areas of nanophotonics and/or quantum optics. The successful candidate will perform computational calculations to design various nanophotonic and nanoplasmonic devices that allow for quantum entanglement and quantum interferometry to be realized. The successful candidate will also need to develop the necessary schemes and theoretical models for these systems.
This role will be part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Next Generations Therapies theme which translates new scientific discoveries into treatments and diagnostics to improve people’s health. The project focuses on inflammation and the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of its associated long-term diseases.
This exciting BBSRC funded project will seek to understand how Gram-negative bacteria control the influx and efflux of antibiotics. We are seeking applications for a Research Fellow to work with Professor Jessica Blair (School of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunology), Dr Tim Overton (School of Chemical Engineering) and Professor Sara Jabbari (School of Mathematics), on the BBSRC funded project “Understanding the rules of impermeability in Gram negative bacteria”.
To create and disseminate knowledge through initiating, leading and conducting original research and through publication as appropriate to the disciplinary area. Specifically, the post will support the new EPSRC Manufacturing Research Hub in Robotics, Automation & Smart Machine Enabled Sustainable Circular Manufacturing & Materials (RESCu-M2) led by the University of Birmingham with partners from Loughborough, Sheffield, Strathclyde, Brighton, and Leeds Universities plus the Manufacturing Technology Centre.
We seek to recruit a postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mass Spectrometry to undertake research as part of the Wellcome-funded project “Transforming spatial and structural biology: Native ambient mass spectrometry”. The post holder will undertake research in ambient mass spectrometry (including Nano-DESI and LESA), top-down mass spectrometry and mass spectrometry imaging of proteins and their assemblies.
This post is an excellent opportunity for a Public Health researcher to join a multidisciplinary academic consortium across the Universities of Birmingham, Warwick and Keele (the PHRESH Consortium). The post is based in the School of Health Sciences within the Applied Health Sciences Department, and the post holder will assist with delivering the programme of work associated with the PHRESH consortium within the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Interventions Responsive Studies Team (PHIRST
We are seeking applications for a 12-month research fellow position to support all activities in Dr Ruchi Gupta’s group, and specifically to develop electrospun meshes and/ or microfluidically produced beads. The meshes and/ or beads will have the functionality to capture, fluorescently label and release proteins. The meshes and beads will be applied for the measurement of protein biomarkers in biological fluids such as whole blood, serum and saliva. Successful delivery will have revolutionary impact on early detection of diseases such as cancer.
We are looking for a Research Fellow to work on advancing the state-of-the-art in the design of fully circular 3D printing resins. In particular, this project will focus on enhancing the thermomechanical properties of the printed resins, to enable the design of circular light curable resins that have enhance strength and stiffness, compared to the state of the art. The project will be hosted in the group of Prof. Andrew Dove in the School of Chemistry and is part of an ERC advanced grant project.
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge on the European Commission-funded research project entitled ‘Circular Light-Based 3D Printable Lipoate-based Polymers’.
To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge on the European Commission-funded research project entitled ‘Circular Light-Based 3D Printable Lipoate-based Polymers’.
A unique opportunity for a successful applicant to undertake research in electrochemistry, surface chemistry and bionanotechnology, developing smart peptide interfaces that can be switched ON and OFF electrochemically for real-time protein detection in complex biological systems.
The successful candidate will contribute to the project “New algebraic structures for computational effects”, led by Dr Paul Levy (University of Birmingham), which aims to develop categorical and denotational semantics for general effects, for stateful effects in particular and for polymorphism in effectful languages. The project will involve categorical structures, call-by-push-value and game semantics, so any background in these and related areas would be valuable.
This post forms part of an international multi-site programme with the title: Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia (SOCIAL), which is based at the University of Lund. It is funded under the auspices of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral Networks. The Principal Investigator at Birmingham University is Prof Chris Thornhill (Law). This post is focused on the analysis of Security Narratives & Legal Change in Central Asia, and the appointee will examine how some security discourses—such as counterterrorism and digital surveillance—drive constitutional and legal reforms in authoritarian regimes. The research will study how, in some contexts, law is instrumentalized to expand executive power and suppress dissent.
This post forms part of an international multi-site programme with the title: Sociology of Authoritarian Law: Insights from Central Asia (SOCIAL), which is based at the University of Lund. It is funded under the auspices of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral Networks. The Principal Investigator at Birmingham University is Prof Chris Thornhill (School of Law). This post is focused on analyzing discrepancies between public reform narratives and actual legal outcomes under authoritarian elites. The appointee will assess the contradictory nature of legal reforms in Central Asia and will examine how some reforms aim to entrench authoritarian rule through constitutional engineering, while others introduce mechanisms aligned with international standards—such as administrative courts and accountability structures.
To create and disseminate knowledge through initiating, leading and conducting original research and through publication as appropriate to the disciplinary area.
The Astrophysics and Space Research group at the University of Birmingham (UK) invites applications for a 3-year postdoc position in theoretical high-energy astrophysics. This position will focus on the modelling of tidal disruption events and their potential to study supermassive
