Assistant or Associate Professor (AI-Accelerated Mesoscale Materials Modelling) (111587-0526)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 per annum (Assistant Professor) / £58,225 to £67,468 per annum (Associate Professor)

About the Role  

Informal Queries

• For informal queries about the role, please contact Professor James Kermode, Professor and Research Cluster Leader for Predictive Modelling, at J.R.Kermode@warwick.ac.uk.

Flexible Working

• We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.

We invite applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor position in AI-accelerated Mesoscale Materials Modelling in the Predictive Modelling research cluster within the School of Engineering, University of Warwick. The post is on the Research and Teaching Pathway.

The successful applicant will pursue research that makes fundamental contributions to mesoscale modelling of materials while addressing real-world challenges of direct relevance to UK industrial strategy and the AI-for-Science agenda. We are particularly interested in AI-accelerated approaches that strengthen mesoscale modelling itself, for example surrogate models, data-centric engineering, and Bayesian techniques for uncertainty quantification and addressing model mis-specification, rather than AI/ML applied without a mesoscale modelling base. Applicants should demonstrate how their work complements the existing atomistic and quantum-scale strengths of the Predictive Modelling Cluster and how it can connect to experimental groups in the Quantum Devices, Multiscale Materials, and wider electronic and power-electronics communities within and beyond the School of Engineering.

Consideration will also be given to alignment with the University’s Research Technology Platforms, the Scientific Computing RTP, and the Warwick Centre for Predictive Modelling (WCPM). We are especially interested in candidates whose work can leverage or contribute to the School’s collaborative, translational, and industrially engaged research environment.

Candidates will be expected to teach to the highest quality on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes offered by the School of Engineering, including Finite Element Analysis for structural mechanics.

About You  

You will have a PhD in a relevant discipline. For an Assistant Professor appointment, you must be able to demonstrate the capability to establish an independent research activity, which has the ambition and potential to become internationally leading.

If appointed as an Assistant Professor, you will be appointed for a probationary period (usually five years) during which you will be given a reduced teaching and administration load to enable you to establish your research group. Successful completion of probation will coincide with promotion to a permanent Associate Professor position.

For an Associate Professor appointment, you will have already established a high-quality independent research activity and have been awarded substantial research funding from external sources, while having experience in successful delivery of teaching activities.

At either level, you will initiate, develop and deliver high quality research, publish top-tier journal papers and demonstrate the potential for impact from your research. You will also engage with higher education pedagogy and be willing to develop novel teaching methods, embracing changes in teaching technology and expectations.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description as a PDF below.

JD - Assistant or Associate Professor (AI-Accelerated Mesoscale Materials Modelling) (111587).pdf – 113KB

CLOSING DEADLINE: Sunday 21 June 2026 at 11:55pm (UK Time)

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.

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