Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Salary Details
The starting salary will be from £43,482 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience.

The post
The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in an exciting project on AI for biology. This project funded post is available from 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2027. The successful applicant will work on a highly interdisciplinary team, researching and developing cutting-edge AI technology for understanding and designing biological systems.

About you
The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, projects and proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds and make presentations at conferences and other events.

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in AI (including but not limited to computer vision, natural language processing, optimization) and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leader as required. Applicants will be able to carry out world-class research and publish in premier venues such as top AI conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI) or premier journals (e.g., Nature Machine Intelligence, Nature Methods).

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role, by clicking on the 'Apply' button.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research.
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly.
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development.
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career.
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy.
• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon.

The University of Exeter
We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today. More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

Further information
For further information please contact Prof. Ke Li, email: k.li@exeter.ac.uk.

The closing date for completed applications is 7^th January 2026 at midnight. Interviews are expected to take place shortly after the closing date.

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