Lecturer in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

Department: School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Salary: £49,785 - £58,595 per annum (Grade 5)
Reference: 1389
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 29 February 2024
Closing date: 1 April 2024

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About the Role

The Lecturer will contribute to the intellectual life of the School and wider institution and to the Centre for Condensed Matter Physics.  They will make contributions to student education and experience through curriculum development and the delivery of teaching activities in the subject areas of physics and artificial intelligence, machine learning, or data science.

About You

You should have a PhD in Physics, or a related subject, with an appropriate track-record of high-quality research. It is essential that you have clear and ambitious plans for your future research and can develop research proposals and effectively manage subsequent awards. 

You should have teaching experience, and should be able to design, develop and deliver high-quality teaching and assessment in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and/or the Department of Chemistry.

About the School

The School of Physical and Chemical Sciences consists of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Chemistry. It is one of five schools in the Faculty of Science and Engineering. The School is an exciting and dynamic environment, home to over 530 undergraduate students, 70 postgraduate taught students, and 130 teaching and research staff. Our research is highly collaborative, working with colleagues across all three faculties and supported by partnerships with industry, NHS and other stakeholders.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

How to apply

Please prepare your application as a single PDF document containing the following elements:

Within these statements, we encourage you to include reflection on how issues of equity and social inclusion inform your academic practice. 

Please upload this to the “CV” section of the online form. DO NOT upload anything to the “Research Paper” or “Supporting Statement” sections, as these will not be seen by the shortlisting panel.

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