Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mathematical Biology

Salary: Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049, with potential progression once in post to £48,822 .

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to March 2029

Background

The School of Mathematics at the University of Birmingham welcomes applications for a Research Fellow in Mathematical Biology to work with Professor Sara Jabbari (School of Mathematics), Professor Jessica Blair (Institute of Microbiology and Infection) and Dr Tim Overton (School of Chemical Engineering) on an exciting BBSRC funded project “Understanding the rules of impermeability in Gram negative bacteria”. 

The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, Imperial College London and the Quadram Institute, working together to understand how to maximise antibiotic accumulation inside bacterial cells. The successful candidate for this post will develop predictive mathematical models of accumulation, parameterising these against data provided by the microbiologists, mass spectrometrists, and bioinformaticians on the team (candidates with primary expertise in these three areas should direct their application to the relevant post). 

The post is available for a period of 36 months with the potential to extend to 60. The anticipated start date is 1^st March 2026 (with some flexibility). 

In addition to completing the application form, you should make sure to upload the following: a cover letter, a CV (including full publication list), and a summary of your previous research experience (2 pages maximum).

Role Summary

• Work within specified research grants and projects and contribute to writing bids 
• Operate within area of specialism
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results 
• Contribute to generating funding 
• Contribute to licensing or spin out deals with demonstrated commercial success (such as revenues, asset or company sales, IP generated) and/or public understanding of the discipline or similar

Main Duties

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

• Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor if required
• Contribute to writing bids for research funding
• Analyse and interpret data
• Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
• Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc
• Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
• Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods 

Person Specification

• First degree in the mathematical sciences or similar, and a PhD degree (or near to completion) in applied mathematics, ideally with experience of applying mathematics to problems in microbiology or a related field
• Ideally, experience of parameterisation of mathematical models from experimental data, and experience of interdisciplinary working
• High level analytical capability
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly  

Informal enquiries to Professor Sara Jabbari, email: s.jabbari@bham.ac.uk  

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