About the role

We seek candidates with a strong focus on education and willingness to teach across a range of topics within the core chemical engineering syllabus. You will need to be strongly committed to supporting students in your teaching, as a personal tutor and through School leadership roles. It is likely that initially the appointee will be asked to support student placements, so we’re interested in hearing about any experience in that space.

We expect the appointee to join our Chemical Education group, with other education specialists from chemistry and chemical engineering. These staff have a range of interests in addition to education and student support including various leadership roles within the School, University and wider community, pedagogic research and outreach.

About you

The successful applicant will demonstrate:

• A track record in teaching a range of chemical engineering topics.
• An ability to inspire students and colleagues.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
• A flexible approach to taking on roles as necessary to achieve strong student support.

What we can offer you

• A collegiate research-led School that strongly values contributions in education.
• An established and growing chemical engineering activity.
• Membership of an education-focused staff group with experience of how to progress an education-focused career.

The University of Southampton values diversity and equality, and we actively encourage applications from under-represented groups. We are delighted to hold the Race Equality Charter Bronze Award 2022, and both institutional and departmental Athena SWAN silver awards. We recognise that employees may wish to have working patterns that fit with caring responsibilities or work-life balance. Due consideration will be given to applicants who have had career breaks for maternity, paternity or adoption leave, disability or illness.

Interviews will take place in person in Southampton. Southampton is well connected – just over an hour from central London and with an international airport, but with beautiful surroundings on the south coast and in the New Forest. Find out more about the University and the city here.

If you are interested or need advice about your suitability to the posts, you are encouraged to contact the Head of the Chemical Education group, Prof Paul Duckmanton, for further details.

Application Procedure:

To apply for these positions please select the “Apply Online” link below to submit your academic CV and provide details of your experience and what you feel you will bring to our School.

Closing Date: 21 May 2026

Section: Education, Research & Enterprise

Salary: £46,049 to £58,225 per annum
Full Time Permanent

The Programme aims to deliver a step-change in the understanding and control of electrochemical growth of functional TMDC semiconductors, combining precursor design and synthesis, electrochemistry, theory, advanced characterisation and device integration. In addition to the essential disciplinary research skills, candidates should demonstrate genuine enthusiasm for collaborative working, the ability to communicate effectively across disciplines, and well-developed organisational skills.

This position is primarily concerned with the electrodeposition of transition metal dichalcogenides. The successful candidate will work within the electrochemistry team led by Phil Bartlett in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Southampton, and will be required to be flexible and interact effectively with colleagues across the wider EXPRESS consortium to fulfil the scientific goals of the Programme. 

The position is offered for until 05/07/2028 in the first instance, with the possibility of extension for up to 3 further years.

Please upload a CV and cover letter, detailing how you skills and experience match the requirements of the role, with your application.

Closing Date: 29 May 2026

Section: Education, Research & Enterprise

Salary: £36,636 to £41,064 per annum
Full Time Fixed Term until 05/07/2028

This postdoctoral fellowship is part of the EXPRESS (Exploiting Single Source Precursors for the Electrochemical Growth of Functional 1D and 2D Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductors) Programme Grant recently announced by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). EXPRESS is a large (£10M) flagship, interdisciplinary research programme over 5-years. It is led jointly by the Universities of Southampton and Warwick, alongside several international and industrial partners, and brings together internationally leading teams from across chemistry, physics and electronic engineering. It aims to deliver a step-change in the understanding and control of electrochemical growth of high-quality mono/few-layer functional transition metal dichalcogenides TMDCs, combining precursor design and synthesis, electrochemistry, solution and surface computation, advanced characterisation and device integration. In addition to the essential disciplinary research skills, candidates should demonstrate a genuine enthusiasm for collaborative working, the ability to communicate effectively across disciplines, and well-developed organisational skills.

In this role your primary focus will be the synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterisation of a range of new molecular complexes that contain the pre-assembled metal dichalcogenide (ME₂) building block that forms the target TMDC. You will work in close collaboration with the electrochemistry experts who will investigate their effectiveness as single source precursors for the electrodeposition range of high quality semi-conducting and semi-metallic TMDCs. You will be required to be flexible and interact effectively with colleagues across the wider EXPRESS consortium to fulfil the scientific goals of the Programme.

The position is offered for 24 months in the first instance, with the possibility of extension for up to 3 further years.

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Closing Date: 28 May 2026

Section: Education, Research & Enterprise

Salary: £36,636 to £41,064 per annum
Full Time Fixed Term for 24 months