Professor in Quantum Technologies

Job title:

Professor in Quantum Applied sciences

Firm

King’s School London

Job description

Job id: 086311. Wage: Ranging from £80,324; together with London Weighting Allowance.Posted: 14 March 2024. Time limit: 14 April 2024.Enterprise unit: Pure, Mathematical & Engineering Sci. Division: NMES School Workplace.Contact particulars: Professor Mark French and Dr James Millen. Mark.french@kcl.ac.uk and james.millen@kcl.ac.ukLocation: Strand Campus. Class: Tutorial & Educating.Job descriptionWe’re recruiting a Professor in Quantum Applied sciences as a part of a serious growth in Quantum Applied sciences analysis and training at King’s School London.These positions type a part of a serious at King’s, targeted on boundary-breaking science analysis, training and innovation that advantages society. This funding is accelerating development throughout and stimulating new initiatives on the interfaces between conventional areas.We’re searching for gifted lecturers with robust monitor data in analysis and training. Particular areas of curiosity embody, however aren’t restricted to:

• Quantum sensors and units throughout a spread of platforms, together with photonics, nanotechnology, and atomic / molecular physics, in addition to quantum info processing applied sciences.
• Quantum imaging applied sciences, together with to assist life sciences analysis and the examine of quantum results in organic environments.
• Theoretical foundations for quantum applied sciences, together with quantum measurement concept, entanglement concept, and decoherence fashions. Exploring theoretical fashions and their utility in quantum computing and quantum communication.
• Quantum computing together with improvement and/or utility and improvement of quantum algorithms (each for dependable fault-tolerant and NISQ architectures), quantum emulation, improvement of units, programming languages, and software program engineering or programming languages for quantum computing applied sciences. Mathematical features of quantum info concept, equivalent to quantum error correction and topological quantum computing.
• Theoretical and mathematical instruments for quantum simulations, together with Hamiltonian dynamics, quantum section transitions, and the appliance of tensor community strategies.
• Quantum and post-quantum safety. Foundational features of quantum cryptography, together with safety proofs and the event of quantum-resistant cryptographic protocols.
• Quantum communication and data concept, together with distributed quantum computing and quantum key distribution.
• Quantum machine studying and optimisation.

Profitable candidates will play a key function in creating and executing internationally main analysis, working collaboratively throughout King’s. You’ll have a robust analysis monitor report, demonstrating interdisciplinary engagement, and be prepared to determine and develop a analysis programme that draws exterior funding. Additionally, you will be dedicated to educating scientists of the long run via a spread of undergraduate and postgraduate diploma programmes, together with revolutionary new programmes in Pure Sciences.This is a chance to contribute to the strategic development of world-class analysis, working synergistically throughout disciplines, and figuring out and rising promising early profession researchers. We additionally want to maximise the relevance of our work to society via engaged analysis that engages numerous audiences, particularly in our native communities in London and past.It will be important that King’s displays the variety of the inhabitants we serve, and we strongly encourage functions from candidates of all backgrounds.Shortlisted candidates will likely be consulted on applicable self-discipline areas and host departments as a part of the choice and interview course of.This put up will likely be supplied on an indefinite contract.This can be a full-time put up.Key duties

• Present educational management in an applicable space of analysis
• Set up, develop and maintain an internationally aggressive, externally-funded analysis programme in step with, or complementary to departmental / school / college analysis methods at King’s.
• Preserve a constant, excellent monitor report of publication (usually 2-4 analysis publications (relying on appointment stage) over a rolling five-year interval that features world main or internationally wonderful work, as first, final and/or corresponding writer).
• Contribute to instructing of undergraduate and postgraduate college students and curriculum improvement.
• Plan, organise and ship a spread of instructing and evaluation actions (e.g. lecturing, mission supervision and tutorials) and main on at the least one substantive module/programme.
• Supervise and prepare postgraduate and undergraduate college students to make sure their efficient improvement.
• Supervise and prepare analysis and technical workers employed on the put up holder’s analysis tasks to make sure their efficient improvement.
• Interact within the dissemination of analysis via data switch, outreach, persevering with skilled improvement, public engagement and so forth.
• Contribute absolutely to educational life and strategic planning inside a Division/Faculty and, the place required/applicable to the broader strategic planning processes in School and College at an applicable stage.
• Determine strategic improvement alternatives in instructing and analysis and contribute to the event of those concepts.
• Contribute to driving and guaranteeing a optimistic and inclusive analysis tradition.

The above record of duties might not be exhaustive, and the put up holder will likely be required to undertake such duties and duties as might fairly be anticipated inside the scope and grading of the put up.Expertise, data, and expertiseImportant standards * PhD/DPhil diploma

• Scientific synergy with present analysis at King’s
• Vital, established experience in an space of elementary science analysis associated space to quantum applied sciences
• Expertise in main excessive impression interdisciplinary analysis
• Excellent impartial monitor report of publication of worldwide stature
• Established and constant report of attracting peer reviewed analysis grant funding or fellowships
• Robust and constant monitor report of main educational analysis groups
• Expertise of main multi-disciplinary groups and sharing and inspiring good apply
• Vital expertise in management in educational administration
• Expertise in supervising and creating analysis college students and/or analysis workers
• Member of prestigious educational and/or industrial advisory boards
• Expertise of commercial/industrial funding alternatives to underpin utilized analysis

Fascinating standards * Vital expertise of supply of undergraduate instructingAdditional infoPurposes ought to embody:

• a 1 web page cowl letter highlighting your key scientific contributions, a short abstract of future plans and match with King’s. Please additionally point out which departments/schools you’re feeling that you simply finest align with.
• a CV with a full publication record
• a analysis assertion (as much as 2 pages)
• a instructing assertion (as much as 1 web page)
• particulars of three educational referees, together with one out of your present or most up-to-date employer. Do you have to be shortlisted, letters of advice will likely be sought forward of the interview from two of your references. The third reference, out of your present employer, will solely be requested together with your consent.

Candidates ought to element how they meet the important standards listed within the advert. If we obtain a robust subject of candidates, we might use the fascinating standards to decide on our shortlist, so please embody your proof in opposition to these the place attainable.The shortlisting / interview course of will happen in two levels: a panel interview and, if shortlisted, an invite to current a seminar and meet colleagues. Preliminary interviews are as a consequence of happen in early Might.We significantly welcome functions from feminine and minority ethnic candidates. We perceive that versatile working preparations or profession breaks could also be essential in sure circumstances and welcome the chance to debate this risk.We additionally welcome and assist proleptic appointments for candidates with present private fellowships.

Anticipated wage

Location

Strand, Central London

Job date

Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:42:17 GMT

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