Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Lead-Halide Perovskites

About the Role

Funded by The Royal Society, we are seeking a postdoctoral research assistant to work on lead-halide perovskites. The post holder will be required to prepare single crystals, nanocrystals, polycrystalline thin films, handle air sensitive materials and fabricate solar cells. Experimental work will include steady-state and time resolved optoelectronic characterisation of materials and devices. The role will target understanding radiative and non-radiative processes in lead-halide perovskites and the successful candidate will support PhD students in the group.

About You

The candidate must have experience in handling, preparing and optimising lead-halide perovskite materials. Essential skills include competence in optoelectronic and electronic device/film characterisation.

About the School

This post is within the School of Engineering and Materials Science, a large School with 110 academics and a similar number of postdoctoral research staff. There are around 1000 undergraduate and taught postgraduate students and 220 PhD students. These are supported by an administrative and technical staff team of 45. The staff and student body are international in make-up.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

The post is based at the Mile End Campus in London. It is a full-time (35 hours per week), fixed-term appointment for 12 months, with an expected start date of mid April 2023. The starting salary will be Grade 4, £37,348 per annum pro-rata, inclusive of London Allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to (Tom Macdonald) at t.j.macdonald@qmul.ac.uk

To apply for the role, please click the ‘apply’ button.

The closing date for applications is 09 April 2023.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.

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