Postdoctoral Research Associate

About us

The Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES) comprises Chemistry, Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics, and Physics – all departments highly rated in research activities and a wide-ranging portfolio of education programmes.

Celebrating diversity and supporting staff is important to us and we offer a range of provision including flexible working, caring support (including a  Parenting and Carers Fund and the  Carer’s Career Development Fund), training, and a variety of diversity and inclusion networks. Staff can apply for flexible working to help them balance the demands of their professional and personal commitments and we offer comprehensive leave policies for parental, adoption, surrogacy, dependant and shared leave.

The university is making investment in NMES and both student and staff numbers are growing. Our staff come from over 45 countries and 56% of our students are from outside the UK. Principally located on the Strand Campus in the heart of central London, further details available at  www.kcl.ac.uk/nms.

Physics:

The study of Physics at King's dates back to the foundation of the College in 1829. The Department is currently undergoing significant growth with substantial investment in new appointments, research infrastructure and laboratory space refurbishment. We offer a range of UG courses in both three-year (BSc) and 4-year (MSci) versions as well as MSc and PhD programmes.

Further information may be found at: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/physics

About the role

We are seeking to fill a position of Postdoctoral Research Associate, working in close collaboration with Prof. Giovanna Tinetti and her team and collaborators at KCL.

The main purpose of this role is to develop new and/or to use existing models to simulate the atmospheres of exoplanets and use this information to interpret spectroscopic data from current observatories (e.g. JWST) and in preparation to future space telescopes (e.g. ESA Ariel).

The successful candidate will work on the development of data analysis algorithms for the observation and interpretation of existing and new spectroscopic data of exoplanet atmospheres. Experience on cloud/haze microphysics modelling and large scale simulations is desirable.

It is expected that the projects will yield a significant number of publications and opportunities to publicise the research, so that excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential.

Among the duties and responsibilities, the candidate will help the supervision of MSc and PhD students.

This is a full time post, and the candidate will be offered a fixed term contract until 30/07/2027 in the first instance.

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