08 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Surrey, England

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work with Dr Alessia Gualandris in the Astrophysics group within the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Surrey. The position is fully funded by the STFC Astronomy Small Award “The dawn of low frequency Gravitational Wave astronomy”. 

The primary aim of the grant is to translate Pulsar Timing Array measurements of the amplitude of the gravitational wave background into inferences about the black hole-galaxy connection. The project will combine state-of-the-art simulations of galaxy mergers, sampled from cosmological merger trees, with machine learning tools to calculate the gravitational wave background based on black hole and galaxy properties. The successful applicant will assess the efficiency of massive black hole mergers and construct a theoretical model for the amplitude and shape of the observed signal.

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work with Prof Justin Read in the Astrophysics group within the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Surrey. The position is fully funded by the STFC Astronomy Small Award “The Emergence of Globular Clusters”.

The primary goal of this research position is to understand the origins and evolution of globular star clusters in the state-of-the-art EDGE simulations, and to leverage new data to understand how to distinguish star clusters from the smallest dwarf galaxies in the nearby Universe.

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Associate to work with Dr Michelle Collins in the Astrophysics group within the School of Mathematics and Physics at the University of Surrey. The position is fully funded by the STFC Astronomy Small Award “Understanding the diversity of low mass galaxies”. 

The primary goal of this research position is to understand the diversity in both the number of satellites around galaxies at fixed halo mass, and the shape of the dark matter density profiles of dwarf galaxies by combining state-of-the-art data from wide-field surveys — including the Vera Rubin Observatory’s LSST and Euclid – with cutting-edge in-house simulations of the lowest mass galaxies.

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow in design of electrochemical materials, devices and processes with advanced AI and digital tools as part of the EPSRC Open Fellowship project on the IDEA: Inverse Design of Electrochemical Interfaces with Explainable AI (grant number EP/W03722X/1) which aims to deliver the IDEA framework, standing for “Inverse Design with Explainable AI”, that can offer ground-breaking electrochemical interface designs for energy applications in an explainable and rationalised manner. Here, ‘inverse design’ means desired life-cycle performance indicators are used as input, for the Explainable AI models to generate electrochemical interface designs that would satisfy the requirements, underpinned by interpretable and physically-meaningful decision-making across multiple scales. The post will be based within the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (SCCE) at the University of Surrey. 

We are seeking a highly motivated Research Fellow wishing to advance their career in a research-driven, interdisciplinary environment, beginning 1 April 2024 or soon after, for 24 months. The Fellow will support the Dr Lirong Liu in delivering the UKRI funded project Energy Demand Research Centre. The project offers an excellent opportunity to develop research expertise in a collaborative project by working with an interdisciplinary team involving diverse partners. 

The Research Fellow will carry out research for the project in Equity theme that is finding out how different energy demand solutions can deliver an affordable, clean and more equitable net zero energy system. You will focus predominantly on develop an energy-demand focused optimisation model with the equity maximisation as the function and apply this model for examples of communities. You will use AI techniques to address the multi-objective and diverse challenges. Your work will also include literature reviews, data-analysis, writing reports, supporting project management, as well as liaising with team members (external and internal). UK and international travel may be required.

Applications are invited for a Dementia Research Institute funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow position (24 months in the first instance) based in the Surrey Sleep Research Centre led by Professor Derk-Jan Dijk and Professor Anne Skeldon in the School of Mathematics and Physics.

 This post is funded by the Dementia Research Institute (DRI) Care Research & Technology Centre, which is a collaboration between Imperial College London and the University of Surrey. The UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) was created through a joint investment from the Medical Research Council (MRC), Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK.

 This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a comprehensive research programme into the development and validation of methods to assess and improve circadian rhythmicity with an emphasis on sleep and circadian disturbances in dementia. The successful candidate will work across a variety of tasks and research methods to develop and evaluate mathematical models, model data fusion methods, and machine learning algorithms for circadian rhythms and sleep in humans.

Applications are invited from talented and enthusiastic candidates to conduct research on developing data-driven indirect damage detection systems for railway bridges. An automated, reliable and efficient monitoring system that automatically monitors bridges while passing over drives down the human, economic and environmental costs associated with a visual inspection, results in transforming maintenance regime optimisation whilst avoiding premature/immediate replacements results in a step-change increase in productivity.