Associate Professorship or Professorship of Materials

Location: Parks Road, Oxford and The Queen's College, Oxford

Salary: £58,265 - £77,645 p.a. plus additional benefits as detailed below including a Housing Allowance of £21,413 per annum. An additional allowance of £3,155 p.a. would be payable upon award of Full Professor title.

The Department of Materials and The Queen’s College seek to recruit an Associate Professor or Professor of Materials with effect from 1st September 2026 or soon thereafter. The successful candidate will work at the Department of Materials and also will be appointed to a Tutorial Fellowship at The Queen’s College.

The Department of Materials at Oxford University is a world leader in Materials research and teaching, ranking in the top 10 of university Materials departments globally. Research in the Department covers the full breadth of topics in Materials Science, with a particular focus on materials for a sustainable future across a range of materials systems and technologies, including energy generation and storage. Other areas of strategic focus include materials for information technologies including quantum, and materials for health. The work of the department is underpinned by excellence in the theory and modelling of materials, microstructural and nanoscale characterisation, and materials synthesis and processing.

The postholder may specialise in any aspect of Materials Science, laboratory based or modelling. We are seeking an exceptional candidate who will complement our existing activities and align with our strategic priorities, and who will contribute to strengthening our teaching and research. The successful candidate will have a doctorate in materials science or a closely related subject, a record of internationally excellent research supported by strong publications commensurate with their career stage, and a compelling vision for their research programme going forwards. They will be able to demonstrate excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level, both in lecturing and in small tutorial groups. 

Within the Department, the successful candidate will build an independent research group that delivers Materials research of the highest international quality, creating impact from their research outputs though publication and technology transfer. They will teach, supervise and examine undergraduate and postgraduate research students, and participate in administration as directed by the Head of Department. 

At The Queen’s College, there will be one of two Materials Scientists with Tutorial Fellowships. You will help to manage a lively group of undergraduate and graduate materials scientists, and play a full part in the teaching and organisation of Materials Science at undergraduate level.

Queries about the post should be addressed to the Deputy Head of Department, Professor Jason Smith at head.department@materials.ox.ac.uk, or to the Senior Tutor at The Queen’s College at senior.tutor@queens.ox.ac.uk. All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence and will not form part of the selection decision.

We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, Living Wage employer, holding an Athena Swan Bronze Award and Race Equality Charter Bronze Award.

All applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Wednesday 15 April 2026.

Interviews are expected to be held during the week commencing Monday 11th May 2026. 

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