PhD jobs in Richmond upon Thames

About the Role This highly innovative PhD project, led by Swansea University and based at NPL in London, aims to create new tools for analysing semiconductor wafers and devices, focusing on the latest materials like compound semiconductors. Compound semiconductors, important in the UK's semiconductor strategy, are used in various technologies like electric vehicles, sensors, and quantum...

Company Description The NIHR is funded through the (DHSC) and was established with the aim of creating a health and care research system in which the NHS supports outstanding individuals, working in world-class facilities, conducting leading-edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public. The NIHR Research Infrastructure provides a platform to enable research by creating an...

You will become the knowledge holder in a funding area e.g. experimental or applied health research. The position also offers the opportunity for important collaborations with the UK government, academia, industry and the clinical community.

You will liaise with internal and external stakeholders, and provide our community of researchers with support and advice.

About the Role We are looking for up to 5 fully funded PhD candidates across a range of disciplines to carry out advanced research in building security and resilience in a digitalised world, as part of a partnership led academically by the Universities of Surrey and Strathclyde and supported by the Surrey-Strathclyde-NPL strategic partnership and a number of industry partners. The world is...

Job Description We are looking to recruit an experienced, inquisitive and motivating manager to provide leadership to a team managing a portfolio of high profile National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) experimental medicine research infrastructure funding schemes. Job Purpose The Programme Lead will provide leadership for the end-to-end grants and research management of NIHR’s...

You must be willing to occasionally work offsite or abroad for limited periods of time.

You will be encouraged to pursue continual professional development and to seek membership of the relevant professional bodies.

You will be a team player, enthusiastic, conscientious, and a quick learner with excellent attention to detail.

You will be a highly experienced scientist with good track record (a minimum of 5 years) of working at a National Metrology Institute (NMI) in the following optical radiation metrology areas: low temperature physics and cryogenic radiometry, predictable quantum efficiency detectors, absolute radiometry and primary spectral responsivity.

About the Role NPL is seeking to appoint an experienced research scientist for an exciting role based in Teddington, South West London, to join the Chemical and Biological Sciences Department. This permanent role will involve developing Raman and other optical spectroscopies for life science and health applications. The successful candidate will work as part of a research team on a variety of...

You will be joining our team at an exciting time – we are leading the national effort to develop compact and chip-based microresonator-based frequency combs, or microcombs, as part of the . Microcombs are a game-changer in: Astronomy Health monitoring Explosives detection Telecoms Lidar and radar, and Gravity sensing with portable optical clocks.

You will be asked about this throughout the recruitment process. To work at NPL, you will need to obtain BPSS security clearance.