英国赫尔大学化学系招聘博士后助理研究员

The University of Hull is making a significant investment in the Department of Chemistry. The Department has undergone expansion over recent years with investment both in staff and facilities – making us one of the largest and most prestigious departments within the University.

The Department currently has 32 academic staff and a cohort of 65 postgraduate and 689 undergraduate students. The Department’s vibrant research activity falls into three main themes Biological Chemistry, Chemical Process Technology and Materials Chemistry. The Department occupies two buildings at the heart of the main campus and was recently joined to the new Allam Building for Biomedical Research and Centre for Positron Emission Tomography.

We are seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to perform research in the interdisciplinary area of Biological Chemistry in support of the bionanoscience research programme of Professor David Evans, Head of Department. The duties will include innovative research, establishing a well-founded bionanoscience laboratory, laboratory management and day-to-day supervision of members of the research group including postgraduate and undergraduate students.

The bionanoscience research programme utilises plant viruses and virus-like particles as nanobuilding blocks, scaffolds or templates. The research in this exciting multidisciplinary field sits at the interface of chemistry, biology, materials science and medicine. The Evans Group has shown that inorganic, organometallic, organic and biomolecular moieties can be chemically linked to the virus surface, that the virus particles can be assembled into arrays on solid supports in a controlled fashion and that the external surface of the virus can template mineralisation for the preparation of narrowly disperse metallic nanoparticles. Further, the internal cavity of empty virus-like particles is being assessed as a carrier of cargo. These and related systems are being developed for applications such as targeted drug delivery, diagnostics and imaging.

Candidates should already have obtained a PhD or equivalent in Chemistry, Biology or a relevant discipline. Those with research experience in bionanoscience and/or interdisciplinary research at the interface of chemistry/ biology/ materials science/medicine are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will need to work independently, effectively and reliably.

The post is available immediately and will be offered on a fixed-term basis for a period of 48 months.