Postdoctoral Research Associate in Stochastic Thermodynamics with Levitated Particles

Job id: 086747. Wage: £43,205 – £46,732 every year, together with London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 21 March 2024. Time limit: 21 April 2024.

Enterprise unit: Pure, Mathematical & Engineering Sci. Division: Physics.

Contact particulars:Dr James Millen. [email protected]

Location: Strand Campus. Class: Analysis.

Job description

The Levitated Nanophysics Group within the Division of Physics is trying to recruit a post-doctoral analysis assistant to affix their numerous and dynamic staff. The profitable candidate will be part of a gaggle on the coronary heart of the worldwide levitated nanoparticle analysis group, and a key participant within the UK’s Quantum Applied sciences panorama. See www.levi-nano.com for extra particulars. 

The Division of Physics at King’s School London is numerous, worldwide, and pleasant with a optimistic environment of collaboration and assist between analysis teams. We provide a welcoming surroundings and welcome functions from candidates of all backgrounds.  

The profitable candidate will work intently with Dr. James Millen on the idea and simulation of thermodynamic processes on the microscale, supporting a parallel experimental effort within the utility of levitated microparticles for analogue simulation. The candidate can have the chance to form the analysis agenda of the challenge, discover their very own concepts, and work with a large pool of collaborators from the bodily, mathematical and organic sciences. 

The profitable candidate will mentor PhD and Masters college students, have the chance to run summer time tasks, forge new collaborations and attend worldwide conferences. Our group not solely has an progressive analysis portfolio and imaginative and prescient, however undertakes an thrilling programme of public engagement actions.  

A profitable candidate might have abilities from a variety of backgrounds, together with (however not restricted to) stochastic thermodynamics, statistical physics, computational physics, and particle levitation, however the essential necessities are a confirmed means to be taught quick, to suppose creatively and to work in a staff. 

Inside King’s, you may be a part of the division of Physics, which belongs to the College of Pure, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES). Supporting our workers is necessary to us and we provide a variety of provision together with versatile working, caring assist, and coaching alternatives. The college is making important funding within the College and each pupil and workers numbers are rising. Our workers come from over 45 international locations and round 56% of our college students are from outdoors the UK.  

Additional particulars can be found at www.kcl.ac.uk/nmes 

The research of Physics at King’s dates again to the inspiration of the School in 1829. The Division is at present present process important progress with substantial funding in new appointments, analysis infrastructure and laboratory area refurbishment. We provide a variety of BSc (three-year) and MSci (four-year) undergraduate programs in addition to MSc and PhD programmes. 

Additional info could also be discovered at: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/physics 

Don’t hesitate to contact Dr. James Millen with any questions: [email protected] 

This publish can be provided on a hard and fast time period 18 months contract 

This can be a full-time  publish

Key tasks

Main analysis on stochastic thermodynamics with levitated particles in collaboration with the group chief Dr. James Millen. 

• Mentoring PhD college students.
• Managing collaborations.
• Drawback fixing and unbiased studying.
• Artistic challenge planning.
• Information evaluation and making ready scientific manuscripts.

Guaranteeing an inclusive and supportive working and studying surroundings is a key a part of the Division of Physics’ equality and variety technique. In 2019 the Division of Physics was awarded Juno Champion standing and an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of its work to embed equality of alternative in all areas of labor and to make sure that all members and potential members of workers and college students are handled solely on advantage, means and potential.  We wish new workers to embrace and assist our efforts on this space.

The above record of tasks is probably not exhaustive, and the publish holder can be required to undertake such duties and tasks as might fairly be anticipated throughout the scope and grading of the publish.

Expertise, data, and expertise 

Important standards

1.       The power to obviously specific your concepts and talk in a staff. 

2.       The power to work independently, and encourage junior members of the staff. 

3.       The power to see the larger image, to place analysis into context, and to develop imaginative and prescient for the long run. 

4.       The power to resolve issues in a inventive means. 

5.       Confirmed abilities at top quality information evaluation. 

Fascinating standards

1.       Familiarity with stochastic thermodynamics. 

2.       Familiarity with the sector of levitated particles. 

3.       The power to programme lab {hardware}.  

* Please notice that it is a PhD stage position however candidates who’ve submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs can be thought-about. In these circumstances the appointment can be made at Grade 5, backbone level 30 with the title of Analysis Assistant. Upon affirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will develop into Analysis Affiliate and the wage will enhance to Grade 6. 

Candidates are requested to supply a Curriculum Vitae and Private Assertion