Assistant Research Professor: Surface Chemistry & DFT Lead

University of Cambridge; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Cambridge invites applications for an Assistant Research Professor (Grade 9) to help run Professor Stephen Jenkins's research group and to cover some teaching commitments during his first three years in this post. The post is fixed-term and available from 01 October 2026, with funds until 30 September 2029.

Applications are invited from post-doctoral chemists with extensive knowledge of surface physics and chemistry, significant experience with first-principles density functional

Qualifications

• Post-doctoral chemists with extensive knowledge of surface physics and chemistry.
• Experience with first-principles density functional theory (DFT) using CASTEP.
• Experience supervising graduate students and teaching physical chemistry at undergraduate level.

Responsibilities

• Help run Professor Jenkins's research group.
• Cover teaching commitments during the first three years of the post.

Skills

Surface physics

DFT CASTEP

Graduate supervision

Undergraduate teaching

Communication skills

Education

PhD in Chemistry

Tools

CASTEP

Job description

University of Cambridge invites applications for an Assistant Research Professor (Grade 9) to help run Professor Stephen Jenkins's research group and to cover some teaching commitments during his first three years in this post. The post is fixed-term and available from 01 October 2026, with funds until 30 September 2029.

Applications are invited from post-doctoral chemists with extensive knowledge of surface physics and chemistry, significant experience with first-principles density functional