Reader in the Physical Sciences of Life and/or Engineering Biology

Organisation/Company: KINGS COLLEGE LONDON

Research Field: Biological sciences

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country: United Kingdom

Application Deadline: 6 Apr 2025 - 00:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract: Permanent

Job Status: Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

About us:

King’s College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. We are dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place.

About the role:

We are looking for interdisciplinary scientists focused on applying and integrating physical and life sciences approaches to understand the complexity of living systems and enable technologies seeking to engineer biology. This includes combining empirical, theoretical and computational/AI methods from different disciplines and across scales, spanning molecules, cells, organs, organisms and populations.

Successful candidates will play a key role in developing and executing internationally leading research and work collaboratively across King’s. You will have a strong research track record, demonstrating interdisciplinary engagement, and be ready to grow a research programme that attracts external funding. You will also be committed to educating scientists and researchers of the future through a range of interdisciplinary undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes.

It is important that King’s reflects the diversity of the population we serve, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

There are up to 2 positions available. These are full-time positions and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you:

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

• PhD qualified in relevant subject area
• Scientific synergy with current research at King’s
• Significant, established expertise in an area of interdisciplinary science research
• Strong and consistent record of attracting peer-reviewed research grant funding or fellowships
• Ability to define and lead a research area, taking responsibility for planning and undertaking own work.
• Ability to work well as an effective member of a wider multi-disciplinary team and to share and encourage good practice
• Outstanding independent track record of publication in peer-reviewed journals
• Excellent presentational, organisational and administrative skills
• Significant experience in contribution to academic administration
• Experience in supervising and developing research students and/or research staff
• Experience of serving on professional scientific boards and committees
• Active membership of peer-reviewing bodies, for UK and overseas research councils
• Experience of industrial/commercial funding opportunities to underpin applied research

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 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.

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.

Grade and Salary: £65,321 - £72,757 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance

Job ID: 108225

Close Date: 06-Apr-2025

Contact Person: Professor Michael Malim

Contact Details: michael.malim@kcl.ac.uk