About the role
Join our thriving Department of Chemistry as a Lecturer in AI/ML applied to drug discovery
- You will develop an internationally leading independent research programme.
- You will teach applied AI/ML in a drug discovery context in both lectures and computational classes, more specialised units in the final year (in both departments) and contribute to our PGT course on Drug Discovery (joint with the department of Life Sciences), maintaining the University’s high standards in teaching and learning, and its inclusive and supportive learning environment.
- You will be supported to contribute at an appropriate level to the administration, leadership, and management of the Department’s activities.
At Bath we offer an exceptional environment for research teaching and learning and we wish to support you in reaching your potential for internationally leading research, in the broad field of AI/ML applied to drug discovery. We would be interested to hear from you if your research interests lie in applied AI/ML in the widest sense (a non-exhaustive list):
Generative AI for drug design and optimisation; Models to evaluate target-molecule interactions; Models to predict relevant properties of drugs; AI and ML methods to rapidly screen both drug targets and drug candidates; accelerating molecular simulation of biological systems with ML.
If you could interact with and complementing (and enhance) existing research within the department this would be advantageous.
About you
You should hold a PhD and be able to demonstrate the potential to develop an internationally leading research programme, to acquire significant funding from UK and international sources, and to produce high quality publications
Application Requirements & Selection Process:
Please provide both research and teaching statements of up to two pages for each in addition to a full CV.
Your research statement needs to outline your plans and intentions for research activity and grant capture over the coming five years. This document will be treated in the strictest confidence and with full respect for ownership. The teaching vision should outline your areas of teaching expertise and a range of potential teaching subjects as well as course development interests. These are mandatory components of the selection process, without which we will be unable to progress your application. In your teaching vision please outline how else you would see yourself contributing to a positive and inclusive environment at Bath.
The presentation about your research will be held on Monday 27th October, Interviews will be held on Tuesday 28th October.
Further information
For informal discussion about the role, please contact Professor Matthew Jones, Head of Department (mj205@bath.ac.uk), Dr Gan Shermer, director of teaching (g.shermer@bath.ac.uk), Dr Matthew Grayson, Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning (mng25@bath.ac.uk), Dr Ben Morgan head of Computational Chemistry (bjm42@bath.ac.uk) However, please submit your application via the University website.
If you would like to discuss working at Bath or the department in general with someone not on the interview panel please contact Professor Sofia Pascu (s.pascu@bath.ac.uk).
Deadline 30 September 2025
For more information and to apply visit https://www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy.aspx?ref=AP13001
