Research Fellow (108735-0224) at University of Warwick

The Department of Physics seeks to appoint a Research Fellow to work as part of the EPSRC National Research Facility (NRF) ‘XMaS: X-ray Materials Science Facility at the ESRF’. The facility is a long running synchrotron x-ray beamline embedded in the European Photon and Neutron (EPN) Science Campus. Further details about the facility can be found at www.xmas.ac.uk.

Recently the beamline has been upgraded to match the ESRF EBS upgrade. It provides the UK research community with access to a state-of-the-art materials characterisation beamline with extended capabilities across a range of scattering and spectroscopy metrologies including:

• Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and wide-angle X-ray scattering (WAXS), including the ability to measure at grazing incidence.
• Resonant elastic X-ray scattering (REXS)
• High-resolution X-ray diffraction with polarisation analysis
• X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) and X-ray dichroism
• X-ray reflectivity (XRR), X-ray magnetic reflectivity (XRMS) and surface X-ray diffraction (SXRD)

The application of these techniques is possible in a range of specialist sample environments to allow in situ and operando studies with simultaneous control of external variables.

The role will augment the expertise of the staff on site and provide enhanced support to users. We would particularly welcome applications from those who have expertise in soft condensed matter and/or energy materials.

The role provides an exciting opportunity to develop an independent research programme individually, and in collaboration with user groups. You must be an excellent communicator capable of working effectively both independently and as part of collaborative research teams. You will possess excellent planning and time management skills to ensure your research objectives are achieved effectively.

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.  

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick’s jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.