Assistant Professor x6 (111522-0426)

University of Warwick – School of Life Sciences

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry, Stratford Campus

Informal Queries

• For informal queries about the role, please contact Professor Miriam Gifford (Head of School) Miriam.Gifford@warwick.ac.uk or Professor Gary Bending (Incoming Head of School, from August 2026) at Gary.Bending@warwick.ac.uk.

About the Group/Team

The School of Life Sciences (SLS) wishes to appoint six excellent and ambitious early career principal investigators to our academic research and teaching staff.

We are looking for individuals who develop innovative and original research programmes that address current and future challenges with strong potential for translation and impact, in or across the following specific areas of life science:

• Biomedical microbiology and infectious disease.
• Biomedical cellular disease or immunity pathways
• Environmental biology or environmental microbiology
• Plant/crop science including phenomics, plant physiology, genetics/breeding or virology.

We and the wider University of Warwick environment offer substantial opportunities for professional development including regular opportunities to attend international conferences.

About You

Individuals whose research has strong potential for industrial collaborations and who are developing work with translatable and societal impact are particularly encouraged. Those taking engineering biology, computational, mathematical, or artificial intelligence-based approaches (in any area listed above) would also be particularly encouraged. Candidates must explain how they will benefit from, and enhance, the existing research being carried out in the School via collaborations, student co-supervisions or interactions within our research clusters and with other departments.

Researchers who can bridge between disciplines and with other departments are particularly encouraged and will benefit from Warwick’s continuing investment in STEM as well as our strong interdisciplinary and international research community (https://warwick.ac.uk/research/spotlights/). All applicants must be able to demonstrate proven track records in publication and diverse sources of research income, and we particularly welcome applicants with independent fellowships.

You will benefit from the provision of high-quality research administrative support and research infrastructure within the School of Life Sciences and also via the University of Warwick’s flagship Research Technology Platforms, which includes advanced bioimaging, proteomics, genomics, mass spectrometry, bioinformatics, growth facilities for experimental plants and animals and CL2 and CL3 laboratories (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/tic/).

You will be positioned to attract PhD students from the large BBSRC (MIBTP)- MRC- and NERC (CENTA)-funded Doctoral Training Programs at Warwick. In addition to developing your independent research programme, you will be expected to contribute to and develop various undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes in areas that reflect your research expertise and interests. The teaching areas of our strategic interest include Biomedical Science, Engineering Biology and Computational Biology. Applicants must evidence a strong commitment to education and training as well as an interest in enhancing their own practice.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description as a PDF below.

JD Assistant Professor x6 (111522).pdf – 221KB

CLOSING DEADLINE: Sunday 31 May 2026 at 11:55pm (UK Time)

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.