Nanostructured Photonic Metamaterials
Job Opportunities
Metamaterials: "Academic-track" advanced research positions at Southampton
Leverhulme Trust Advanced Research Fellows
University of Southampton - Optoelectronics Research Centre
£34,607 to £43,840 per annum
Following recent announcement of the £6 million EPSRC Programme on "Nanostructured Photonic Metamaterials" and the Leverhulme Trust grant Embedding of Emerging Disciplines "Metamaterials & the Control of Electromagnetic Fields", the University of Southampton is seeking to appoint at the Optoelectronics Research Centre two Leverhulme Advanced Research Fellows.
The research fellows will have the mission to establish and conduct an internationally leading research programme on electromagnetic metamaterials linked to the research agenda of the EPSRC Programme on Nanostructured Photonics materials (see more details at www.metamaterials.org.uk ). We are looking for research leaders at the earlier stage of their career with outstanding promise and profile. The Leverhulme Advanced Research Fellows will be expected to coordinating their research and work closely with that of the EPSRC Programme on Nanostructured Photonics materials and will be expected to obtain research funding for his/her research programme from the Research Councils UK, European union, industry and other sources. The Advance Fellowship posts are for five years and the University will aim to develop these researchers into full members of academic staff at the ORC, subject to successful development of their research programmes and probation procedures.
Candidates are expected to have a PhD in Physics or related subject, to possess leadership qualities and to have an outstanding record in publications in the fields of metamaterials and/or nanophotonics. Candidates are asked to provide a one page outline of their research plans with an outlook for five years and beyond. Research programmes centred on either theoretical or experimental metamaterial research or combination of both will be considered. We except that at least a part of the programme is focused on photonic metamaterials.
Informal inquiries shall be address to Prof. Nikolay Zheludev (niz@orc.soton.ac.uk).
The closing date for applications is 29 March 2010 at 12.00 noon.
For more information on this position or to apply online please visit www.jobs.soton.ac.uk . Alternatively please call 023 80 592750.
Please quote reference number 4217-10-E in all correspondence.
See more details at: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AAS453/leverhulme-trust-advanced-research-fellows/
PhD Studentships
We are looking to appoint four postgraduate research students to research
various aspects of Photonic Metamaterials within the PhD programme at the
university's Optoelectronics Research Centre (see
www.orc.soton.ac.uk/photonics_phd.html).
The work will cross normal boundaries between several science and
engineering disciplines so we will consider students with backgrounds in
Physics, Electronic Engineering, Materials Science and related subjects.
Applicants must have a first or upper second class degree (or equivalent) from a
recognised university, and a solid grounding in Mathematics. Please address
informal enquiries to the Admissions Administrator Miss Tanya Morrow (Send
E-mail).