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Assistant Professor (Research) G7 - Research Fellow in Hydrogen Innovation
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The Department of Engineering is consistently one of the very best UK engineering departments with an outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching, research and employability of our students. The Department is ranked 4th in the Complete University Guide, 5th in the Guardian University Guide and 6th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022 in the UK for General Engineering. Ranked in the top six in the UK for overall profile in REF 2021 (with 95% of publications rated as 4* and 3*), this dynamic Department is an excellent place to work. The strategic vision for the Department includes a growth plan of over 50% over the next five years, with a significant enhancement of the research challenge portfolio and a drive to enrich our undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research provision. It is an exciting time to join this expanding Department and make your mark.
Professor Tony Roskilly leads a large Energy Systems Group in the Department of Engineering which includes academic, post-doctoral research staff, administration and technical personnel. A number of researchers from Anthropology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Biological Science and Durham University Business School also support the Group’s collaborative research activities directly. The group has a successful track record of attracting funding, primarily from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Innovate UK, EU and industry. Professor Roskilly is the Academic Lead for the Teesside Industrial Cluster and is working closely with Teesside University on a ground-breaking project to accelerate decarbonisation and the use of hydrogen through supporting industrial research and development and capacity building in the Tees Valley. Researchers from both universities will harness their complementary strengths in the ambitious four-year project, Growing Teesside’s Hydrogen Economy and Catalysing a Just Transition to Net Zero. The £11m project is led by Teesside University and funded from the Research England Development (RED) Fund, part of UK Research and Innovation, as well as funding from Teesside University, Durham University, and industrial partners. This new joint project will bring together a large cohort of industrial and policy research fellows who will work together with industrial partners to identify challenges and develop innovative solutions to overcome them. Examples of challenges include fuel switching to hydrogen for high-grade heating, the use of hydrogen in flexible and resilient power systems, and hydrogen fuelled heavy-duty transportation.
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The Department of Engineering at Durham University seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor (Research) - Research Fellow in Hydrogen Innovation and would welcome applications from those with experience and expertise in energy research, especially related to hydrogen technology innovation using plasma technology to produce hydrogen and carbon from syngas.
This post offers an exciting opportunity to make an important contribution to the development of the Department of Engineering’s research while allowing you excellent opportunities to develop your career in an exciting and progressive institution.
For more information, please visit our Department pages at Department of Engineering - Durham University
The Role
The Assistant Professor (Research) - Research Fellow in Hydrogen Innovation position is funded jointly by Research England and Durham University to work with industrial partners within the Teesside Industrial Cluster to support the development of Teesside’s Hydrogen Economy and Catalyse a Just Transition to Net Zero.
The successful candidate will be line-managed by Professor Tony Roskilly but will be independent researchers and expected to carry out high quality work closely with academic colleagues and industrial partners. They will contribute to a number of industrial research projects and will be responsible for them to be successfully delivered on time, within budget and meeting all objectives.
The candidate will focus on advancing research and innovation through direct engagement with industrial partners but will also interact with other stakeholders, such as policy makers and the general public, as part of the project.
Assistant Professors (Research) at Durham
The University is committed to enabling all of our colleagues to achieve their full potential. We promote and maintain an inclusive and supportive environment to ensure that all colleagues can thrive. Academic colleagues are supported to publish world-class research in their area of interest with a focus on quality in high impact journals, rather than quantity. We will fully support your research needs including practical help, such as resources to attend conferences and to fund research activity, as well as a generous research leave policy and a designated mentor.
All of our Assistant Professors (Research) are encouraged to focus on research but also to engage in wider citizenship to enhance their own development, to support their department and wider discipline.
Key responsibilities:
- Pursue research that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour, commensurate with the Department’s continuing emphasis on international excellence;
- To be developing clear plans for the pursuit of suitable national and international funding opportunities to support research and end-user engagement;
- Contribute to enhancing the quality of the research environment in the Department, the wider University and beyond through collaborative research activity;
- To contribute to attracting and supervising research students, and to enhance the Department’s commitment to its vibrant and international postgraduate culture.
- To undertake advanced research in the relevant discipline area, using or developing appropriate methods and/or techniques in collaboration with external partners and is commensurate with the Department’s continuing emphasis on international excellence.
- To play a significant role in the delivery of a portfolio of collaborative research projects relating to innovation in the hydrogen economy. This will include working with partners from industry, the public sector and the third sector, as appropriate to the projects.
- To engage in networks relevant for future collaboration and funding opportunities across the agreed project research domains, developing clear plans for the pursuit of suitable national and international funding opportunities to support research and end-user engagements.
- To develop proposals for research projects which will make a significant impact by leading to an increase in knowledge and understanding and the discovery or development of new explanations, insights, concepts, processes related to hydrogen.
- To work closely with the external partners involved in each research project, including spending time working at partner sites as required.
- To write up results of research work, present information on research progress and outcomes to internal and external partners in a clear and accurate manner.
- To deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines by discussing with the Professor Roskilly and offer creative or innovative solutions.
- To demonstrate a willingness to contribute to the administrative word, citizenship and values of the Department.
- To fully engage in and enhance the values of the Department.
- To carry out such other duties as specified by Professor Roskilly.
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Durham University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion
Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are a key component of the University’s Strategy and a central part of everything we do. We also live by our Purpose and Values and our Staff Code of Conduct. At Durham we actively work towards providing an environment where our staff and students can study, work and live in a community which is supportive and inclusive.
We welcome and encourage applications from those who are currently under-represented in our workforce, including people with disabilities and from racially minoritised ethnic groups.
If you have taken a career break or periods of leave that may have impacted on the volume and recency of your research outputs and other activities, such as maternity, adoption or parental leave, you may wish to disclose this in your application. The selection committee will take this into account when evaluating your application.
The University has been awarded the Disability Confident Leader status. If you are a candidate with a disability, we are committed to ensuring fair treatment throughout the recruitment process. We will make adjustments to support the interview process wherever it is reasonable to do so and, where successful, reasonable adjustments will be made to support people within their role.
Person Specification
Candidates applying for a grade 7 post will have recently completed or be concluding their PhD and while they may have limited direct experience of the requirements for the post, they must outline their experience, skills and achievements to date which demonstrate that they meet or that they have the potential to achieve the essential criteria.
Essential Research Criteria
- Qualifications – a good first degree and a PhD (or close to completion at the time of application) in Engineering or a related subject.
- Outputs - experience, skills and/or achievements which demonstrate experience of or the potential to produce high quality outputs that are recognised as world class or that have world-class potential. Candidates are asked to submit two research papers
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