4 Associate Professor jobs in the United Kingdom

About the role

Imperial College London, one of the world's foremost centres for research and teaching in the Natural and Physical Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, and Business, invites applications for up to 3 permanent faculty member positions at Assistant/ Associate Professor level, starting in the academic year.

The appointee will conduct research, teach and mentor students at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in any area of Life Sciences , at the following scales:

1. Molecules and cells
2. Tissues and organisms
3. Ecology, sustainability and planetary health

To help assign review panels, in your application, please indicate in which of the streams above you would like to be considered. As we are looking for candidates in all areas of Life Sciences, please choose the stream you feel is closest to your research, even if it is not an exact match or even if you feel your research would fit into several of these scales.

Multi-disciplinary approaches are particularly welcome. AI/ML approaches are of growing importance in all areas and we encourage pioneers of these methods to apply. The positions are open to candidates whose research and teaching is focused on seeking solutions for global challenges across the breadth of Life Sciences.

Imperial is a multidisciplinary space for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle global challenges. Appointees are expected to broaden the Department's research capabilities, while complementing our existing strengths:

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We especially welcome applicants who are women or from any under-represented groups.

What you would be doing

Research

• To develop a broad range of research within the department.
• To supervise, train and mentor research staff and students.
• To manage research projects.
• To publish research in peer reviewed journals.
• To attend and present work at national and international conferences.
• To collaborate and strengthen links with colleagues within the Department of Life Sciences and across all departments.
• To play a role in the national and international research community and/or learned societies.

Education

• To teach at all levels - undergraduate, masters and higher research degrees - through lectures and seminars
• To examine courses at all levels - undergraduate, masters and higher research degrees - exam setting, coursework setting, marking and viva style examinations
• To mentor students of all levels, undergraduate, masters and higher research degrees through personal tutorials, and supervision.
• To contribute to curriculum development.
• To contribute to the enhancement of teaching within the field.

Contribution to the running of the department and college

• To participate in the planning and objective setting process for the department and campus
• To show initiative in managing your individual performance and academic group
• To contribute to the leadership of academic teams, the department, Faculty, College, and national/international initiatives commensurate with the grade of your post and as directed by the Head of Department.
• To work collaboratively with all members of the department and other parts of the college.
• To attend relevant academic or management committees

Full information on duties, responsibilities and criteria can be found in the Job Description.

What we are looking for

Essential requirements

• A PhD (or equivalent) in Life Sciences or a related discipline.
• A proven track record in conducting high quality independent research, as evidenced by high quality publications in peer reviewed journals.
• Experience of training undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Experience of preparing grant applications for submission
• Experience of developing skills in leading, motivating, developing and managing the performance of colleagues
• An effective communicator, conveying ideas and concepts clearly and effectively to a range of audiences through a variety of methods and media.
• An ability to raise significant research funding from a variety of sources, commensurate with your career stage.

What we can offer you

• The opportunity to continue your career at a world-leading institution and be part of our interdisciplinary mission to use science for humanity.
• Grow in your career with tailored training programmes for clinical staff including dedicated support with navigating your career and managing research as well as a transparent promotion process.
• Sector-leading salary and remuneration package (including 41 days off a year and generous pension schemes).
• Be part of a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative work culture with various staff networks and resources designed to support your personal and professional wellbeing .

Please see Further Particulars for more information about Imperial and the benefits available to staff.

Further information

Salary:
Assistant Professor: £70, 8 - 0,148 per annum
Associate Professor: Minimum starting salary of 2,969 per annum

This is a full time and open-ended role based at the Imperial College South Kensington Campus.

Closing date: Monday 6 Oct 2025 at 23:59 hours

Open Information session:

Date & Time : Wednesday 10 Sept 2025, 11:00am
MS Teams Link: Click Here (Link)

1-hour open meeting with candidates to answer any question they may have before the closing of applications.

Shortlisting: 7th Oct-7th November 2025
Short Online Presentations to Department: 17 - 28 November 2025

Interviews (by invitation): 2 December - 12 December 2025

Candidates are advised that, where the information requested in the application form is already provided in their curriculum vitae (CV), it is not necessary to duplicate the same details in the form. In such cases, applicants should insert a clear note stating "See attached CV" in the relevant section. If only part of the information is in your CV, please complete the remaining fields in the form as necessary.

If you require any further details about the role, please contact: Professor Mark Isalan,

Should you have queries about the application process, please contact Maria Monteiro, Senior Appointments Manager, Email: ; Telephone .

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.

We have an exciting opportunity in the Department of Earth Sciences at Durham University to appoint an Associate Professor (Research and Education) in Sustainable Earth Energy to help strengthen our existing research, teaching and impact that addresses the major energy transition from an Earth Sciences perspective. We seek an outstanding individual to take a leadership role in low carbon geoenergy, energy transition including storage and/or energy transition resource sustainability.

We believe that education and research are a vital part of our response in this time of unprecedented change on Earth. We seek an outstanding individual to take a leadership role in research and teaching in this area as part of Durham Earth Sciences. This post offers an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the development of internationally excellent research and teaching while allowing unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution.

You will have an established, internationally recognised, and active research programme in environmental geosciences, earth system science, sustainability, or related fields, combining field, lab, and/or computational approaches on topics such as, but not limited to, global carbon cycle dynamics, carbon sequestration, environmental sustainability, climate change and mitigation, energy transition or sustainable resource management. You will be expected and supported to conduct cutting-edge research at the highest level, build your own externally funded research group, collaborate widely within and without the department and to explore the full potential of the impact of your research. Your work will contribute to research and impact themes in the Department, the Science Faculty and across the University, including cross-disciplinary and collaborative vehicles such as the Durham Energy Institute and the Institute for Hazard, Risk and Resilience.

Durham is a UK top 5 Earth Sciences department and is committed to helping you to develop your full potential in both education and research. Start-up packages can be negotiated and there are many examples of flexible working practices. The Department strives for a collegial, collaborative and flexible working environment and is a member of the Athena SWAN Charter, currently holding a departmental Silver Athena SWAN award.

Please visit our website for more information on the department, its research and facilities:

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Interviews will take place in December/January 2025 and successful applicants will, ideally, be in post by 1 September 2026.

The Department of Engineering at Durham University is currently undergoing a period of strategic growth and now seeks to appoint a talented individual to the role of Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering or Fluid Mechanics . We welcome applications from those with research and teaching interests in the broad field of electrical engineering, power electronics, machines and drives. We are particularly eager to hear from candidates working in experimental electrical engineering research, or in fluid mechanics with applications associated with the energy, aerospace or vehicle aerodynamics sectors. Applicants who have a track record of current funding they could bring to Durham are likely to be in a stronger position than those that do not. Applicants much also balance their research expertise with the ability to teach our students to an exceptional standard and to fully engage in the services, citizenship and values of the University.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding, unified Engineering Department which is recognised as one of the very best in the UK, with a reputation for excellence in teaching, research and employability of our graduates. In the REF2021 exercise, 95% of our Engineering outputs were graded "Internationally Excellent" or "World Leading", and the Department is committed to an ethos of research-led education at all levels of our taught programmes. Engineering at Durham University was ranked 5th in The Complete University Guide 2026, 6th in The Guardian University Guide 2025, and 6th in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025. We were ranked 2nd in Engineering behind only Cambridge in a recent Institute for Fiscal Studies report on the difference in graduate earnings by UK university choice. We are a scholarly community that is open, representative and diverse: our commitment to this is expressed through work of the Department's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Group, and our Athena Swan Silver award.

The Department of Engineering demonstrates significant depth of research excellence across a range of disciplines, with activities that are currently concentrated across eight Research Nodes which group together our day-to-day activities and expertise, yet feed into the UN Sustainable Development Goals . This role nominally falls into either the Electrical Power node or Fluid Mechanics node . We are particularly proud of the collaborative interdisciplinary nature of our research, which also includes strong industrial partnerships.

This post offers an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the leadership and development of world leading and internationally excellent research and teaching while allowing you unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution. For more information, please visit our Department pages at .

We are keen to hear from outstanding candidates who have already achieved Chartered Engineer status. As a minimum, if not already professionally qualified, candidates will be expected to demonstrate the ability and desire to become Chartered.

Job Title: Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering / Fluid Mechanics

Vacancy Reference:

Department: Engineering

Responsible to: Head of Department

Salary Grade: Professor (Grade 9) - £59,966 - £67,468

Working arrangements: Full Time (we will consider requests for flexible working arrangements)

Closing date: 23:59 on 2 November 2025

Start Date: Ideally 1 May 2026

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