Senior Research Associate: Solid-state NMR (Fixed Term)
Department of Chemistry
- Location
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Funding
- ERC starting grant (UKRI)
- Application deadline
About the project
- Study at Cambridge
- About the University
- Research at Cambridge
- For Cambridge students
- For staff
- For alumni
- For our researchers
- Business and enterprise
- Colleges and Departments
- Give to Cambridge
- Libraries
- Museums and collections
- Study at Cambridge
- Undergraduate Undergraduate courses Applying Events and open days Fees and finance
- Undergraduate courses
- Applying
- Events and open days
- Fees and finance
- Postgraduate Postgraduate courses How to apply Postgraduate events Fees and funding
- Postgraduate courses
- How to apply
- Postgraduate events
- Fees and funding
- International students
- Continuing education
- Lifelong learning
- Courses in education
- About the University
- How the University and Colleges work
- Term dates and calendars
- History
- Map
- Visiting the University
- News
- Annual reports
- A global university
- Equality and diversity
- Events
- Public engagement
- Jobs
- Give to Cambridge
- Research at Cambridge
- For Cambridge students
- For staff
- For alumni
- For our researchers
- Business and enterprise
- Colleges and Departments
- Give to Cambridge
- Libraries
- Museums and collections
Senior Research Associate: Solid-state NMR (Fixed Term)
Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 22 months in the first instance.
Applications are invited for a senior post-doctoral research associate to join the group of Prof. Alexander Forse at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge.
Essential requirement: candidates must have (or be about to obtain) a PhD in solid-state NMR spectroscopy, and at least 3 years post-doc experience (or equivalent in industry) in NMR spectroscopy.
Please detail in your cover letter how you experience matches the responsibilities of this role:
This project is part of an ERC starting grant (funded by UKRI) which seeks to understand and improve supercapacitor devices for energy storage, with a focus on using solid-state NMR techniques to gain structural insights. Research more generally in the Forse group centers around the development of new materials for climate change mitigation.
The successful applicant will benefit from access to 400 and 600 MHz NMR spectrometers (Bruker), potentiostats for electrochemistry measurements, gas sorption instruments, and diffraction resources, as required for this project.
Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.
Please ensure that you upload your Curriculum Vitae (CV), a covering letter and publications list in the upload section of the online application. If you upload any additional documents that have not been requested, we will not be able to consider these as part of your application.
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor A Forse - acf50@cam.ac.uk
Please quote reference MA51550 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
The School of Physical Sciences holds an Athena Swan Silver Award which recognises and supports progress in gender equality.
The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.
The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Apply online
- leading/managing the NMR facility in the Forse Group
- independently developing new magnetic resonance approaches to study materials for climate change mitigation
- leading on student training and development in magnetic resonance, and co-supervising PhD students
- supporting research proposal development
Download further information
- Further information
Department/location
Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry
Salary
£43,099-£57,666
Reference
MA51550
Category
Research
Date published
29 October 2026
Closing date
12 November 2026
Connect with us
© 2026 University of Cambridge
- X
- YouTube
- Contact the University
- Accessibility
- Freedom of information
- Privacy policy and cookies
- Statement on Modern Slavery
- Terms and conditions
- University A-Z
Study at Cambridge
- Undergraduate
- Postgraduate
- Lifelong learning
- Courses in education
About the University
- How the University and Colleges work
- Give to Cambridge
- Jobs
- Map
- Visiting the University
- Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Research at Cambridge
- Research news
- About research at Cambridge
- Public engagement