Research Fellow

About us

UCL School of Pharmacy is one of the world’s leading centres of excellence for pharmaceutical science, education and professional engagement, ranked third in the world by QS (2025, Pharmacy and Pharmacology). The Division has a track record in high-quality research across a broad range of drug discovery, pharmacy and patient safety-related areas, and for developing spinout companies that have brought new therapeutic strategies to patients.

Further information can be found on our website http://www.ucl.ac.uk/pharmacy/

The Division is housed in an iconic, dedicated building in Brunswick Square, with additional offices in Tavistock Square.

About the role

The postholder will be affiliated with the Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC), an international biomedical research charity that focuses on understanding human biology through protein science and the discovery of small molecule protein modulators (“chemical probes”). A major theme of the SGC in the next five years will be to accelerate greatly the discovery of small molecule binders for novel protein classes as part of the SGC’s Target 2035 initiative (https://www.thesgc.org/target2035). The current role is part of the recent EU-funded Ligand-AI project within Target2035 (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/jan/ai-driven-drug-discovery-project-launches-eu60m-budget). This role is a major component of growing this project as a global collaboration.

We will consider applications to work on part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

In the first instance, this post will run up until the 31/05/2030.

About you

We are seeking someone with extensive experience in working collaboratively, the ability to present clearly to an audience, the ability to write up summaries of outcomes to a high level and the ability to travel. The successful candidate will be a highly organised individual with outstanding initiative and with a track record in a relevant scientific discipline.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

On-Site nursery

On-site gym

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

Discounted medical insurance

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.

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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