Lecturer in Chemical Engineering

About us

The UCL Department of Chemical Engineering is routinely recognised among the top 20 chemical engineering departments in the world in the QS World University Subject Rankings. The department has an extensive research portfolio across a wealth of areas, from the molecular scale to the scale of large industrial plants, at the heart of which lie chemical transformations by which resources are converted to products such as fuels, commodity and specialty chemicals, pharmaceuticals, consumer products and advanced materials.
Our current awareness of the world’s finite material and energy resources demands that these products are obtained in a sustainable, efficient and environmentally acceptable fashion and that new energy solutions are implemented. Within this exciting and demanding context, the department develops innovative and impactful technological solutions that leverage advances in basic science addressing Global Grand Challenges in line with the UN’s Sustainab le Development Goals in domains such as Advanced Manufacturing, Functional Materials, Health, Energy, Water, CO2 removal, and Environment and Sustainability.

About the role

The key responsibilities of the role include leading on the development of impactful research within chemical engineering and its application to circular and sustainable process development within renewable energy, nuclear, resource efficiency/sustainability, critical materials circularity, ecodesign, and environmental systems. You will be expected to conduct world-class research that complements existing departmental and Faculty activities, securing research grant funding to support your programme and disseminating your work in high-quality journals. The role also involves developing national and international partnerships with industry, academic institutions, and other relevant organisations to maximise research impact. Additionally, you will support postdoctoral researchers, as well as PhD, MSc, and undergraduate students, and contribute to the teaching of current or new modules relevant to the post.

This is an open-ended role.

Salary is £54,931 - £64,644 per annum inclusive of London allowance.

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Academic Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/policies/2021/jun/conditions-service-academic-staff for more information.

About you

The key skills required for the post are a first degree and a postgraduate degree in engineering, sciences or other relevant disciplines, or equivalent qualifications and/or experience, with the first degree preferably in chemical engineering; an appropriate background and research expertise to make contributions at the forefront of research with emphasis on the areas of relevance to the post; combined with excellent people skills and the ability to build good relationships with students, colleagues and external partners.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Gold award, in recognition of our long-term commitment and 'beacon' status in advancing gender equality.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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