About us
UCL Department of Chemical Engineering is one of the top research and teaching departments in the UK and has world-class standing. The department offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, and has an extensive research portfolio across a wealth of areas, from molecular scale to complex systems.
The Electrochemical Innovation Lab (EIL) and Advanced Propulsion Lab (APL) are world-leading centres for electrochemical materials research. How charge moves in these compounds is of paramount importance, but how it interacts with the defects found in real materials is poorly understood and difficult to reveal. Single crystals can offer unparalleled insights into material properties, charge transport and defect chemistry. The Facility for Advanced Crystals for Emerging Technologies (FACET) at the Research Complex at Harwell has recently opened to allow access to these powerful scientific platforms for energy storage and conversion. Research will be conducted both at UCL East and the Harwell Research campuses flexibly as the project demands, with significant use of national facilities.
About the role
The post holder will be required to carry out research on charge transport in energy materials – specifically iron oxide (a candidate photocatalyst, battery electrode and supercapacitor material) and nickel oxide (an emerging supercapacitor electrode material and hole transport layer for photovoltaics) – with the goal to elucidate the effects of dopants on their antiferromagnetic structure and electron small polaron hopping. In particular, they will apply advanced neutron and X-ray scattering techniques at national facilities to reveal short-range correlated disorder, invisible to long-range structure probes.
Salary is £45,103 per annum inclusive of London allowance.
This is a fixed term role until 28/02/2029 in the first instance.
This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.
About you
The successful candidate will hold (or shortly expect to obtain) a Ph.D. in Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science or cognate discipline.
The candidate will be required to have knowledge and expertise in synthesis and characterisation of inorganic crystaline materials, and ideally working knowledge of floating zone crystal growth, charge transport measurements, and / or X-ray neutron scattering and analysis.
The candidate will be comfortable working in a research environment, and alongside a research team.
Application deadline: 29 January 2026
For more information and to apply visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=16858&nPostingTargetId=40822&id=Q1KFK026203F3VBQBLO8M8M07&LG=UK&languageSelect=UK&mask=ext
