Organisation/Company: Cranfield University
Department: HR & Development
Research Field: Environmental Science
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)
Positions: PhD Positions
Country: United Kingdom
Application Deadline: 9 Apr 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/London)
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Hours Per Week: 37
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Reference Number: 5038
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Environmental Sustainability
Research Fellow in Sensing Wastewater for Real-Time Public Health
Fixed Term Contract for 3 years
Full-time starting salary is normally in the range of £37,337 per annum
Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire
We welcome applications from a Research Fellow with a strong passion for and experience in biosensing, microfluidics, and microbiology. The successful candidate will join our Advanced Sensors team and contribute to the 5-year Leverhulme Research Leadership Award project, Sensing Wastewater for Real-time Public Health.
About the Role
The primary responsibility of the Research Fellow is to conduct cutting-edge research on environmental sensor development for biodiversity monitoring, utilising state-of-the-art facilities in the Advanced Sensors Laboratory at Cranfield University.
Cranfield University has a proud reputation for its research on the science, engineering, and management of water. You will contribute to the delivery of Cranfield University’s research portfolio in the Advanced Sensors Laboratory for Water-Environment-Health led by Professor Zhugen Yang. The group’s pioneering work on wastewater sensing, especially on origami-paper sensors, has garnered significant national and international recognition, including features in Science and prominent media outlets such as BBC News and The Washington Post. The origami-paper device is currently featured at the London Science Museum.
About You
You will hold a doctoral degree (or be near completion) in biosensing, environmental science, microbiology, or a related discipline. You will have demonstrable experience with experimental skill sets, including sensor development, wastewater surveillance, or reverse inference modelling for source tracking. You will bring laboratory expertise in designing experiments, handling advanced instruments, and troubleshooting. Collaboration and mentoring within interdisciplinary teams are also desirable.
About Us
As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities, and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally.
Our Values and Commitments
Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community.
We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family-friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families.
Working Arrangements
Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients, and partners.
How to apply
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Professor Zhugen Yang, Professor of Biosensing and Environmental Health, on (T): +44 1234 758310, or (E): zhugen.yang@cranfield.ac.uk.
Closing date for receipt of applications: 9 April 2025.
Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert prior to the stated closing date should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Therefore, we would encourage you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.
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