Post-Doc: University of Oxford

Contributed by: Antonis Papachristodoulou, antonis@eng.ox.ac.uk

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Department of Engineering Science

University of Oxford

Grade 7: Salary in the range £29,249 - £35,938 p.a.

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join the Control Engineering group at the Department of Engineering Science (central Oxford). The position is funded by EPSRC under a 3-institution partnership grant, held by the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge and Imperial College London. The position is fixed-term for up to 29 months with a start date of 1 July 2012.

This post will involve working in Synthetic Biology from a Control Engineering perspective and will be collaborative with two other postdoctoral researchers at the partner institutions. The project involves developing control engineering- inspired design approaches for biological systems and the position would suit a theoretician with a control engineering or mathematical background. The successful candidate will benefit from the international collaboration with MIT, ETHZ and Caltech on this project and will become part of the growing and flourishing interdisciplinary environment in Oxford, working in Systems and Synthetic Biology.

You should have a good first degree in Engineering or Mathematics and have completed or be about to complete a doctorate in Control Engineering/Dynamical Systems or a relevant subject. A good publication record commensurate with your stage of career is expected. You must have the organisational skills and initiative to carry out independent research; be able to work as part of an interdisciplinary team; and have the written and verbal skills necessary to present scientific ideas clearly. Experience of developing mathematical algorithms and simulations in MATLAB, and of the analysis and design of feedback control systems, is essential.

Previous collaborative research experience in Synthetic and Systems Biology would be an advantage.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Antonis Papachristodoulou (email: antonis@eng.ox.ac.uk).

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this role and for further details, including a job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below:  

www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec

Only applications received before midday on 28 May 2012 can be considered. You will be required to upload a covering letter, a brief statement of research interests (no more than three pages, describing how past experience and future plans fit with the advertised position), CV and the details of three referees as part of your online application. Please do not upload any additional documents such as papers or reports, if they are important to your application make reference to them in your CV or research interests statement.

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