Are you looking to take your education and career to the next level? Do you have a passion for research and a desire to make meaningful contributions to your field of study? If so, a Postdoctoral Fellowships may be the perfect choice for you.
Attention all aspiring scholars and researchers! The University of Exeter, England has multiple postdoctoral fellowships. Apply to the University of Exeter, England’s postdoctoral fellowships today and take the first step towards a rewarding and fulfilling academic career.
1. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Faculty wishes to recruit either a Postdoctoral Research Associate or Fellow to investigate the formation of exoKuiper belts (debris discs). This Royal Society funded post is available for 3 years with a start date in October 2024. Earlier or later starting times in 2024 are possible. The successful applicant will use numerical simulations of dust evolution in protoplanetary discs to investigate how exoKuiper belts form. The output of those simulations will be compared with the latest ALMA and JWST observations. The post will include details of duties: adapting exisiting software to simulate exoKuiper belts formation, simulating observations of protoplanetary and exoKuiper belts, and comparing simulations to ALMA observations. The successful applicant will also have the opportunity to work and co-supervise PhD, Masters and summer students.
2. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate to support the work of Prof. Daniel Bebber. This Horizon Europe funded post is available from 1 April 2024. The successful applicant will conduct data analysis and mathematical modelling of plant parasitic nematode distributions in Europe, working closely with colleagues in the NEM-EMERGE project consortium. The postholder will be responsible for data integration and species distribution model development within Work Package 1 of NEM-EMERGE, and dissemination of results via scientific publications, conference papers and policy papers.
3. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The post will include carrying out extensive evaluation and development of the UK Earth System model (UKESM). Experience with developing complex computational models on HPC platforms is essential. Additionally, it is essential that applicants have experience handling and analysing large (model) data-sets. Experience working with chemistry transport/climate models is desirable, as is knowledge of high-latitude and/or marine aerosol systems. Successful applicants will be required to contribute to the planning of the upcoming SOC cruise in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic seas so some knowledge of observational techniques in aerosol science is desirable. The successful applicant should be able to demonstrate the ability to communicate information on research progress and outcomes orally and in writing.
4. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The successful applicant will be able to present information on research progress and outcomes, communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically and prepare proposals and applications to external bodies. Applicants will possess a relevant PhD for PDRA role or nearing completion, or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study, and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes. Applicants will be able to perform basic molecular biology and insect infection lab protocols including some of RNA extraction, protein isolation, genetic cloning, insect care, microbe culturing, experiment planning, data collection and analysis, and laboratory stocking.
5. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Recruiting either a Postdoctoral Research Associate or Fellow. You will be responsible for conducting experimental investigations, ranging from microwave spectroscopy and time-resolved microscopy to design, experimental implementation, and testing of magnonic logic gates, reservoir computers and artificial neural networks. This post will also include preparation of reports to the funder; liaising with the other partners of the MANNGA collaboration; presenting results in scientific publications, and at scientific meetings and conferences; working within a larger team of PhD students and postdoctoral workers.
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6. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Faculty wishes to recruit a computational Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in a Wellcome funded interdisciplinary project studying the sequence code underlying regulatory regions in disease. This post is available immediately for three to four years. The successful applicant will lead analysis efforts to understand how changes in regulatory sequences impact gene regulation through transcription factor binding. The applicant will study how multiple transcription factors combine to regulate gene expression with single-molecule footprinting data (also known as NOMe-seq, Fiber-seq, SMAC-seq, nanoNOMe) with Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read sequencing.
7. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The applicant will undertake in vitro differentiation of pancreatic cells from embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent cells, and they will perform perturbation studies through genome editing and RNA interference. The project will assess the simultaneous binding of multiple transcription factors measured by base-pair resolution chromatin accessibility from single-molecule footprinting (also known as NOMe-seq, Fiber-seq, SMAC-seq, nanoNOMe) using Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read sequencing. A range of functional genomic transcription factor binding and chromatin assays will also be used, such as ChIP-seq, CUT&RUN, CUT&TAG, and ATAC-seq at single-cell and bulk level.
8. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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You will work primarily with single cell NGS data from stem cell self-renewal, differentiation and perturbation studies, from natural embryos, and from embryoid models. Studies will include comparative analyses between human, non-human primates and other mammals, using stem cells and embryos. You will create and implement algorithms, analysis methods, visualisation tools and machine learning approaches to interrogate multimodal ‘omics datasets. You will create mathematical and/or computational models of the pluripotency gene regulatory network and of cell fate transitions that will iteratively inform experimental analyses.
9. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Faculty wishes to recruit two Postdoctoral Researchers to study the biology of pluripotency in the team of Prof Austin Smith. These European Research Council funded posts are available from 2 January 2024 to 30 June 2026. Based in the interdisciplinary Living Systems Institute, the successful applicants will join a world-leading programme of investigations into the plasticity of the pluripotency network in different mammals. Applicants should be motivated by fundamental curiosity with a particular interest in early development and/or cell fate decision-making.
Post 1: Naïve pluripotent stem cells have to date been established only from rodents and primates. Our goal is to design signalling environments for capturing naïve pluripotent stem cells from livestock and other mammals, including marsupials. Approaches will include pluripotency network resetting and somatic cell reprogramming, as well as direct derivations from livestock embryos. This post requires cell culture aptitude, experience with genetic manipulations, and knowledge of developmental signalling.
Post 2: Mouse and human naïve pluripotent stem cells have overlapping but distinct gene regulatory networks and exhibit different direct lineage potencies. Our goal is to uncover the core gene regulatory network shared across mammalian species. Approaches will include genetic perturbations, transcriptome and chromatin analyses, and network inference. This post requires advanced skills in molecular cell genetics, ability to use basic sequencing analysis pipelines, and an interest in molecular networks.
10. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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An exciting opportunity has become available to work on a 28 month Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between the University of Exeter and Agile Applications Ltd. The KTP will create AI able to analyse architectural drawings within the planning process. Agile Applications Ltd is a software development company that specialises in software systems for Planning, Building Control, Waste Management, Land Charges and Regulatory Services to improve efficiency, productivity and citizen engagement for Local Government in the UK.
11. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in EPSRC project on Software Enabled Quantum Computation, titled “Quantum digital twins based on hardware-tailored tensor networks for computing quantum dynamics”. This is a collaborative project between the University of Exeter (led by Dr. Oleksandr Kyriienko at the Department of Physics; https://kyriienko.github.io/) and the UK National Physical Laboratory (Dr Ivan Rungger; https://www.npl.co.uk/people/ivan-rungger). The project targets the development of quantum simulators and algorithms based on tensor networks, with the ultimate goal of creating efficient quantum digital twins.
12. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in EPSRC New Horizons project 2D polaritons for optoelectronic devices” and join the group of Dr. Oleksandr Kyriienko at the Department of Physics (see our webpage https://kyriienko.github.io/ for more details). The project targets the boundary between quantum optics and condensed matter physics. Our aim is developing a theory for optoelectronic computing devices based on two-dimensional materials strongly coupled to light. This funded post is available from 01 Jan 2024 to 28 Feb 2025. The successful applicant will do research in the field of theoretical quantum optics, 2D materials, and optical computing. We welcome the applicants with background in various research subjects, including but not limited to two-dimensional semiconductor materials, strong light-matter coupling, quantum computing, machine learning etc.
13. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The temperature dependence of microbial respiration remains one of the largest uncertainties in the response of the carbon cycle to climate change. Over short timescales, metabolic rates increase exponentially with temperature. A temperature-induced increase in microbial respiration will lead to an increase in the flux of carbon into the atmosphere, which may lead to more warming, resulting in a positive feedback. However, studies from multiple ecosystem types, have shown a decrease in the temperature sensitivity of community respiration under long-term warming. A dampened response of respiration to temperature would reduce or remove the positive feedback and current anthropogenic emissions would lead to less warming. The underlying ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that contribute to a dampening of the temperature sensitivity of microbial respiration are still up for debate and no consensus has been reached on their relative importance, hindering efforts to capture this important phenomenon in predictive models.
14. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The successful applicant will design and build ultrafast optics experiments for a range of nonlinear optical systems for optical computation. The project brings together a team with the necessary expertise in wavefront manipulation [Bertolotti, PI] with expertise in ultrafast laser measurement [Hendry, CI] to develop the next generation of optical computing systems.
15. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The University of Exeter’s Department of Engineering is inviting applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Researcher position within the Hydrogen Storage Research team. The successful candidate will engage in our pioneering research under the leadership of Dr. Mi Tian. This role is a unique opportunity to explore innovative hydrogen storage solutions, supported by EPSRC funding.
16. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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We are seeking an experienced researcher (up to 0.8 FTE) to join a small, focused team that will be conducting responsive, high quality systematic reviews to support pressing public health issues. The team will form the core of the Public Health Review Team, a group funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Public Health Research Programme to address public health priorities. The new review team is a collaboration between the University of Exeter with Cardiff University and the University of Birmingham. For the successful applicant, this new programme of work represents an exciting opportunity to conduct innovative evidence syntheses which aim to embed evidence into the development and implementation of public health.
17. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The successful applicant will be able to present information on research progress and outcomes, communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically and prepare proposals and applications to external bodies. Applicants will possess a relevant PhD (or be nearing completion) or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes. Applicants will be able to insert skills and knowledge required.
18. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The successful applicant will be able to work independently, in collaboration with others on the project, to advance scientific understanding, present information on research progress and outcomes, and communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically. Applicants will possess a relevant PhD (or be nearing completion) or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline, and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes. Applicants will be able to understand the scientific background underpinning the research, including physical and biogeochemical oceanography; assimilate information from the relevant scientific literature; and apply problem solving skills to tackling the project objectives. Strong mathematical and programming skills are essential.
19. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The post will include modelling fire, management and soil organic carbon (SOC) fractions under climate change using a state-of-the-art land surface model. This will include evaluating and improving the novel parameterisation of SOC fractions, including pyrogenic carbon (PyC), in JULES. The research will evaluate: i) the impact of PyC both on forest regrowth after burning and future soil C storage and ii) whether land management (fire frequency, selective logging) can control the quantities of stabilised SOC stored in soil; and iii) develop PyC modelling in JULES.
20. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The post will include field work in remote locations in the tropics. In particular, it is envisage that the post holder will help set up an eddy covariance tower in the Colombian amazon and will assist in other field tasks such as taking peat soil samples and performing methane and carbon dioxide measurements in the field. The post will very importantly involve complex eddy covariance data analysis stemming from several eddy covariance towers set up across the tropics. The post holder will be expected to write up results in publications and to present the work in conferences, i.e. be part of the team that brings the project to a successful completion.
21. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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ACCESS: Advancing Capacity for Climate and Environment Social Science is an exciting £6.25m five year climate and environment social science project funded by ERSC, headed by Professor Patrick-Devine Wright of the University of Exeter. It is led by the universities of Exeter and Surrey in a core team that includes the universities of Bath, Leeds and Sussex and the Natural Environment Social Research Network (Natural Resources Wales, NatureScot, Natural England, Environment Agency and Forest Research). Programme partners include other major UK and international universities, devolved governments, energy and water companies, local councils, science centres and the National Trust.
22. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The project started in July 2022 and involves a realist evaluation approach, building on a realist review of interventions to tackle doctors’ mental ill-health completed previously by the same research team. We are strongly committed to improving the mental health of doctors in their workplace and, consequently, patient care. Therefore, we are working with and learning from eight purposively selected NHS Trusts in the UK, to develop an implementation toolkit to help all NHS Trusts reduce doctors’ mental ill-health. Key tasks for the postholder will include developing strong links with the existing research team, engaging with the project advisory group and other stakeholders, and leading on the dissemination and impact arising from the project. The post provides an excellent opportunity for the successful applicant to develop research, dissemination and impact skills with support and training (where needed) from an experienced team and apply these skills to a priority NHS issue.
23. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Large-scale psychiatric genomics studies have catalogued a suite of chromosomal deletions or duplications (copy number variants, CNVs) associated with significantly increased risk of intellectual dysfunction and neurodevelopmental disorders, including schizophrenia. Children carrying these psych-CNVs have high risk of early-onset insomnia, exhibit restless sleep and abnormal sleep-dependent EEG oscillations. This project will therefore work with young psych-CNV carriers to map links between sleep problems and daily challenges arising from impaired memory, attention and social interactions.
24. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Faculty wishes to recruit two Postdoctoral Research Fellows for the SPOtting Cancer among Comorbidities (SPOCC) programme. This NIHR-funded programme is examining how pre-existing medical conditions put patients at higher risk of having a delayed cancer diagnosis and how an intervention could address this. The successful applicant will support the development and early feasibility testing of the intervention to reduce delays in cancer diagnosis for one or more patient group. They will conduct this part of the study using techniques such as intervention mapping, implementation frameworks, and logic models, and will also help to develop evaluation plans. They will conduct qualitative interviews or focus groups with patients and primary care clinicians for an early feasibility study of the intervention, analyse qualitative data, and write up findings. This role will also involve recruiting and engaging GP practices in the study, including site set-up, and collecting and analysing data on implementation factors such as recruitment, retention, dose, and reach.
25. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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This project explores how explanatory frameworks and beliefs affect how South Asian Muslims in the West Midlands perceive and categorise narratives in education and health settings. Focusing on recurring and commonly-used words and phrases it will locate those aspects of narrative that are most successful in encouraging empathy and consider how identification with narrative elements is influenced by faith and culture-specific aspects of underpinning values. We aim to develop more effective, culturally sensitive modes of communication in the key areas of health and education, thereby addressing inequalities and enhancing professional practice and outcomes in the future.