Job id: 104966. Salary: £44,105 – £51,485 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 21 January 2025. Closing date: 18 February 2025.

Business unit: Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sci. Department: Physics.

Contact details: Sergi Garcia-Manyes. sergi.garcia-manyes@kcl.ac.uk

Location: Strand Campus. Category: Research.

About Us

King’s College London has one of the UK’s best Physics Departments with the QS World University Rankings placing us in the top 10 universities in the country.

Our research-intensive department houses internationally renowned scientists working across diverse and interdisciplinary fields, including biological physics and soft matter, photonics and nanotechnology, the theory and simulation of condensed matter, theoretical particle physics and cosmology; and experimental particle and astroparticle physics.

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced researcher, holding a PhD in biophysics, biochemistry or related disciplines that has experience and is interested in different aspects of single molecule mechanobiology. The candidate will work with single molecule AFM and magnetic tweezers to study the nanomechanical properties of cell-cell junction proteins.

The project is funded by a BBSRC sLOLA programme. The project will be developed between the Francis Crick Institute and the Department of Physics at King’s College London.

Within King’s, you will be part of the department of Physics, which belongs to the Faculty of Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sciences (NMES). Supporting our staff is important to us and we offer a range of provision including flexible working, caring support, and training opportunities. The university is making significant investment in the Faculty and both student and staff numbers are growing. Our staff come from over 45 countries and around 56% of our students are from outside the UK.

Further details are available at www.kcl.ac.uk/nms

Further information may be found at: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/physics

Key responsibilities

Develop high quality research in the field of mechanobiology

Contribute to publications arising from this project

Contribute fully to developing and enhancing the research profile of the Department, Faculty, and University, including establishing a track record of high-quality publications

Use new research techniques and methods

Identify areas for research, develop new research methods and extend the research portfolio

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed-term contract, start date – (subject to lab refurbishment completion) until 31/03/2026.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Hold a PhD in Biophysics, Physical Chemistry, Cell/Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering or equivalent

2. Extensive demonstrable experience with single molecule AFM/Magnetic Tweezers/Optical Tweezers nanomechanical experiments.

3. Research experience, laboratory skills & ability to use/manage lab instrumentation.

4. Experience in student supervision, grant writing and project design

5. Strong track record in the biophysics field according to experience

Desirable criteria

1. Experience in protein design, cloning, expression and purification

2. Programming skills

3. Experience with confocal/spinning disk microscopy

4. Experience with cell mechanics (AFM, Cell Magnetic tweezers, cyclic stretching, microfluidics, etc) experiments; Experience in Mass spectrometry characterization of proteins

• Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community. We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King’s.

Benefits of working at King’s College London. KCL provides an extensive and varied range of career-focussed training and on-the-job learning as follows:

We support staff to maintain a work/life balance

Flexible working, parental leave opportunities, and subsidised childcare costs.

Reduced membership rates for staff at gyms at three of our campuses

Employee Assistance Programme provides free, confidential advice on both home and work concerns

30 days annual leave (plus UK bank holidays and four additional concessionary closure days over Christmas)

Occupational pension scheme with generous employer contributions, and opt-in additional personal contributions

Season ticket loans and cycle-to-work scheme

Membership of My King’s Discounts offering preferential rates to a wide range of groceries, holidays, entertainment, home, health, beauty and fashion

Full information on staff benefits: Staff Benefits – King’s College London (kcl.ac.uk)

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet each essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

This role does meet the requirements of the Home Office and therefore we are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who require the right to work in the UK.

Job id: 104905. Salary: £44,105 – £47,632 (inc. London Allowance).

Posted: 21 January 2025. Closing date: 09 February 2025.

Business unit: IoPPN. Department: Psychosis Studies.

Contact details: Prof Sagnik Bhattacharyya. sagnik.2.bhattacharyya@kcl.ac.uk

Location: Denmark Hill. Category: Research.

About King’s:

From its earliest years, the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) has been fundamentally changing and shaping how we understand, prevent and treat mental illness and other conditions that affect the brain. The legacy, ethos and drive of the IoPPN has ensured its position at the forefront of mental health care, redefining mental illness, its treatment and its place in society.

The IoPPN is divided into 14 academic departments across three major academic Schools: Academic Psychiatry, Mental Health & Psychological Sciences, and Neuroscience.

The Department of Psychosis Studies, part of the School of Academic Psychiatry, is one of the world’s leading centres for research into psychotic disorders. Our research includes the following major themes: Comorbidities & transdiagnostic approaches; Interventions; Neuroscience & biological mechanisms; Prediction and analytics; Risk factors and population health; and Treatment resistance. Our work involves a wide range of methodologies, including artificial intelligence/ digital technologies and interventions, cognitive neuroscience approaches, epidemiology, experimental medicine and clinical trials, ex vivo analyses, genomics, health service and applied research, meta-analysis and evidence synthesis, prevention and early intervention, psychological approaches, psychopathology/ phenomenology, neuroimaging, real world data analyses and natural language processing, and stem cell techniques.

About the role:

This is an exciting position where the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work as part of an internationally leading team of researchers investigating biological bases of neuro-psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders and the mechanism of action of treatments. The team has a particular interest in investigating the mechanism of action of cannabinoids and a key component of this program of work will involve the application of cutting-edge neuroimaging techniques (such as fMRI) to investigate the neural substrates underpinning the harmful effects of recreational cannabis use as well as potential therapeutic effects of cannabinoids. They will take the lead role in coordinating the neuroimaging components of ongoing studies and guiding doctoral students or other researchers involved in this aspect. They will also be involved in the analysis of data, drafting publications, taking part in knowledge exchange and dissemination activities, teaching and/ or supervision of other researchers, PhD/ MSc students as appropriate.

The person will be based in the Department of Psychosis Studies, School of Academic Psychiatry, IoPPN at KCL and will work closely with Prof Sagnik Bhattacharyya (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/professor-sagnikbhattacharyya) and other investigators based at King’s College London, in particular Dr Latha Velayudhan (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-latha-velayudhan), based in the Psychological Medicine department at King’s College London. They will also interact with clinical fellows, research assistants, postdoctoral researchers and PhD students working in the group.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in neuroimaging or a related field and will need excellent communication skills. Previous experience in the acquisition and analysis of neuroimaging data is essential. This position may also suit a researcher who has either had their PhD viva and/ or have submitted corrections and are awaiting the award of their PhD.

This is a full-time, fixed term post, currently funded for 12 months with potential for extension. The successful candidate will be encouraged to apply for postdoctoral fellowships.

About You:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Full details of the role and the skills and experience required, can be found in the attached job description which provided on the next page.

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King’s.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

This role does meet the requirements of the Home Office and therefore we are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who require the right to work in the UK.

Job id: 104645. Salary: £44,105 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 20 January 2025. Closing date: 16 March 2025.

Business unit: Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sci. Department: Engineering.

Contact details: Osvaldo Simeone. Osvaldo.simeone@kcl.ac.uk

Location: Strand Campus. Category: Research.

About us

The Centre for Intelligent Information Processing Systems (CIIPS) brings together interdisciplinary and diverse expertise synergistically to address future challenges in intelligent information systems, encompassing hardware-software co-design, nanoscale information systems, signal processing, information engineering, and quantum information processing.

About the role

We are advertising for a one-year Post-Doc positions at King’s College London to work with Prof. Osvaldo Simeone on reliable AI, with topics including distributed conformal prediction and Bayesian learning. The post will be based in the King’s Communications, Learning & Information Processing lab, at the Centre for Intelligent Information Processing Systems within the Department of Engineering.

The department is located at the Strand campus of King’s, located in the centre of London.

The successful candidate should have a PhD in Electrical Engineering and should meet the following criteria

Background in probabilistic machine learning

Track record of high-quality research publications in peer reviewed conferences and journals.

This is a full time post, and you will be offered a fixed term contract for one year.

For an informal discussion to find out more about the role please contact Professor Osvaldo Simeone via email at

osvaldo.simeone@kcl.ac.uk.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. PhD qualified in relevant subject area (or pending results)

2. Effective communication (oral and written) skills, ability to write research reports and papers in style accessible to academic audiences

3. Track record of high-quality research publications in peer reviewed conferences and journals

Desirable criteria

1. Background in communication systems

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

• Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King’s.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘ How we Recruit’ pages.

We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

Job id: 103567. Salary: £44,355 including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 08 January 2025. Closing date: 29 January 2025.

Business unit: Social Science & Public Policy. Department: Policy Institute at King’s.

Contact details: Dr Monica Leverton. Monica.leverton@kcl.ac.uk

Location: Strand Campus. Category: Research.

About us

The study is located in the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health & Social Care Workforce (HSCWRU) at King’s College London, that exists to develop research knowledge in the health and social care workforce field and to disseminate findings to policymakers, service providers, employers and patient, service user and carer groups. HSCWRU’s Director is Professor Annette Boaz, and Deputy Director is Professor Ann-Marie Towers. We have an active programme of Patient & Public, Service User and Carer Involvement and Engagement and conduct a wide range of studies.

HSCWRU is part of the Policy Institute within the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. Our offices are in the Virginia Woolf Building, of King’s Strand Campus. The Policy Institute is engaged in the translation of academic research at King’s College for the benefit of society.

About the role

This is a 30-month research project, funded by the NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme. The Research Associate will be employed full-time for the duration of the project. The post-holder will be involved in innovative and fast-paced research using a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, with an opportunity to directly influence health and social care policy and practice. The project’s focus is on building knowledge, and co-producing guidance and practical resources to support homecare workforce role expansion at the interface of health and social care. This work will look specifically at healthcare interventions for older people that are delegated to, and undertaken by, homecare workers.

The Research Associate will be responsible for the following tasks: setting up the study (i.e. obtaining ethical approval); supporting an evidence-based review; conducting consultations with key health and social care stakeholders; developing a mixed-methods survey and supporting data collection and analysis; conducting qualitative interviews and using diary methodology; qualitative analysis; and facilitating co-production workshops. The post-holder will work closely with diverse community partners, homecare providers (including care staff and service users), PPI advisory group members, and science communication specialists. They will be supported by an experienced research team at King’s College London, with wider connections to the University of York, and Aston University.

Due to the ambitious nature of this research project, appropriate methodological experience and knowledge of the adult social care/domiciliary homecare sector is essential. Enthusiasm in developing a career in health and social care research will be beneficial and we are a supportive team that can assist with developing future grants and taking ideas forward.

Please note, this is a fixed-term contract, ending 31/08/2027.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6.

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King’s. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearances.