Research Assistant or Research Fellow

£23,811 - £26,779 pa or £27,578 - £35,938 pa

Fixed Term Contract for 36 months

A postdoctoral position is available in the Department of Physics, funded by the Engineering and Physical Research Council (EPSRC) project "Digital Electron Diffraction"

You will join the new and expanding microscopy group at Warwick. The project aims to solve some long-standing problems in electron diffraction by employing computer control of a transmission electron microscope and associated data collection systems. You will use your expertise in scientific programming to automatically determine symmetry and information in diffraction patterns. There will be an opportunity to tackle significant theoretical challenges working with Prof. Römer in the theory group, developing robust techniques using Bloch-wave and multi slice models of electron diffraction, and with Prof. Thomas in the ferroelectrics and crystallography group to produce rapid and automatic crystal structure solution and refinement.

The work will be performed in the new Warwick centre for electron microscopy, using state of the art instrumentation including a double-corrected JEOL ARM200F and other transmission electron microscopes housed in the recently-completed Materials and Analytical Sciences building. The new technology you will participate in developing has direct applications in many areas, particularly multi-phase and multi-domain ferroelectrics, and opportunities for collaboration and interaction with several other research groups world-wide.

You should be about to attain or possess a PhD or equivalent in a relevant subject area (Physics, Mathematics, Computing, Engineering etc.) and are expected to have experience in scientific programming, preferably with some knowledge of the application of large-scale eigensystem solvers and multigrid methods for Schrödinger-type equations. Experience in image analysis and electron microscopy would be an advantage. You must be capable of working within a broader research team, demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, and maintaining a current knowledge of the simulation literature. The ability to communicate research to an interdisciplinary audience will also be required.

Informal inquiries: Dr Richard Beanland, Senior Research Fellow; e-mail: r.beanland@warwick.ac.uk

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The closing date/time for applications is midnight (British time) at the end of Tuesday 28 February 2012.