Research Fellow

About the Role

Please direct informal enquiries and requests for further information to Prof. Scott Habershon (S.Habershon@warwick.ac.uk).  

The research fellow will engage in development and implementation of new computer simulation methods – merging trajectory-based approaches and machine-learning algorithms – to push the limits of accessible system-sizes and time-scales in predictive quantum dynamics modelling across a range of thermal and non-adiabatic processes, including energy transport, photocatalysis, energy dissipation and photodissociation.

The appointed research fellow will join the COSMOS EPSRC Programme Grant [EP/X026973/1], A Universal Approach for Solving Real-World Problems Using Quantum Dynamics: Coherent States for Molecular Simulations (COSMOS)] which started in October 2023. The research fellow will join a cohort of researchers across the UK that is developing a new community code with a range of versatile simulation approaches for modelling quantum dynamics across application domains from photochemistry to quantum computing. 

As a research fellow within the COSMOS project, there will be regular opportunities to engage and collaborate with a network of project partners through regular meetings, workshops, hack-a-thons, and visits to other COSMOS team members at UCL, Oxford, Newcastle, Leeds and Bristol.At Warwick, the appointed research fellow will be part of the Computational and Theoretical Chemistry (CaTCh) research centre, comprising 6 academic computational chemistry groups, and have access to outstanding research computing facilities through Warwick’s Scientific Computing Research Technology platform. Further information on the Habershon group is available at: https://go.warwick.ac.uk/habershongroup   

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here). 

How to Apply

To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by 11.59pm on the closing date of Sunday 11th October 2026.

Applications will only be accepted through the University of Warwick’s job application portal; direct applications by e-mail cannot be accepted.

Your application should only include a Curriculum Vitae (2 pages max.) and a Cover Letter (4 pages max.). Please note that these limits should be strictly observed; applications that do not adhere to these limits will be rejected. 

Your CV should include:

• Your education and employment history (including your most recent employment).
• Any other relevant experience (e.g. volunteering, extracurricular, etc.).

Your cover letter should explain:

• Your motivations for applying to the role.
• Using examples, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the job description.

All essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview. You are welcome to include details of any career breaks (e.g. parental leave, caring responsibilities, sick leave).

Interview date to be confirmed

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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