Research Fellow (110710-0725)

About the Role

For informal enquiries, please contact Alexander Darlington (Assistant Professor) A.Darlington.1@warwick.ac.uk.

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so. 

This is a full-time (36.5 hours/week) fixed-term contract for approximately 12 months (with final contract length subject to negotiation based on start date and agreed salary).

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow with interests in biological systems modelling to support our new BBSRC-funded project which forms part of the USA-led “CIRCLE: Center for innovative recycling and circular economy”. See BBSRC press release online.

About the wider consortium project:
The development of efficient microorganism-driven processes that generate bioactive natural products is of immense biotechnological, biomedical, environmental and economic importance. The CIRCLE consortium seeks to tackle global waste challenges (including agricultural biproducts and plastics) by transforming their waste carbon into valuable chemicals using microbes. Using these advanced biotechnological and engineering biology approaches, the interdisciplinary centre aims to drive the replacement of petrochemical feedstocks and significantly improve the sustainability in industries from the traditional chemicals industry to pharmaceuticals and personal care products.

About this Modelling Role
This post-doctoral role seeks to advance the systems modelling methods of microbial cells. Using our modelling frameworks which capture metabolic and gene expression constraints and recently benchmarked computational tools for systems identification and model calibration, you will develop new optimal experimental design methods to establish a realistic set of experiments for characterising microbial growth within time and cost constraints. There is significant flexibility in the post with scope for the successful applicant to drive the project in their own direction.

You will both take the initiative into your own work and work collaboratively to support the project goals, as well as support members of the wider research teams. You will present your work at national and international conferences and be expected to write up your research for publication.

You will work closely with the wider project team, including working with the project partners, and may need to deal with any management/administration problems that may arise from time to time, produce and present regular project reports to ensure that the project objectives and deadlines are met.

You will be expected to keep diligent records and computer code.

This post is based at the University of Warwick (in The Control and Engineering Biology group at the School of Engineering).

There will be scope for working with experimental experts (both national and international and both academic and industrial) to benchmark approaches.

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.

CLOSING DATE: Tuesday, 19th August 2025 at 23:55 (BST).

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