Postdoctoral Research Fellow

College of Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences

This full-time Innovate UK funded post is available immediately until the 11th July 2022.

The post

The College wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in the “Development of a regional green hydrogen plan for the South West” project, an exciting collaboration between the University of Exeter and two innovative industrial partners, Emerald Green Power and CityScience. The successful applicant will develop simulation, visualisation and optimisation tools for the strategic planning of green hydrogen generation in the South West. 

The post will involve the investigation of existing simulation, visualisation and optimisation approaches to energy network infrastructure and planning (including hardware); identifying the most appropriate approaches and performing gap analysis on the literature; developing appropriate methods, and assisting in the writing of scholarly publications.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

About you

The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, projects and proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds and make presentations at conferences and other events.

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in Computer Science and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leader as required. Applicants will be able to program in a high-level language (preferably C++ or Python), conduct literature reviews and write reports and have an established level of experience working with simulation and visualisation applied to energy infrastructure or similar problems.

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The University of Exeter is a Russell Group university in the top 150 of universities worldwide. We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, and have achieved a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2017. We have over 22,000 students and 4600 staff from 180 different countries and have been rated the WhatUni2017 International Student Choice. Our research focuses on some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today, with 98% of our research rated as being of international quality in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework. We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research;
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career

• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon

For further information please contact Professor Ed Keedwell, e-mail [email protected] or telephone (01392) 724014.