Graduate Research Assistant

The Faculty wishes to recruit a Graduate Research Assistant to support the work of Prof. Natalia Lawrence and Dr. Cassandra Lowe. This BBSRC Consumer Lab funded post is available from 1st October 2025 until 31st March 2026.

The successful applicant will support a novel study investigating how meat-free lunches influence subsequent meat and energy intake. Study participants will log their food intake using either a standard 24-hour dietary recall or an innovative AI-assisted food-tracking app developed by our commercial project partners.

The post will include managing participant recruitment and coordinating lunch sessions, processing dietary data and contributing to statistical analyses, and writing up reports and papers for publication. The post holder will also liaise with project partners to support app development and contribute to funding applications to extend the project.

About you: The successful applicant will be able to present information on research progress and outcomes, communicate complex information, orally, in writing and electronically and prepare proposals and applications to external bodies. Applicants will be educated to first degree level or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study or equivalent experience and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes. Applicants will be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge of behavioural or nutritional research, work collaboratively and manage participant-facing research activities. They will be confident using software for processing nutritional data and conducting statistical analysis, and able to manage competing research and administrative demands and deadlines.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

What we can offer you: Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research; Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly; An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development; Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career; A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy; A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Devon.

For further information please contact Prof. Natalia Lawrence, e-mail Natalia.Lawrence@exeter.ac.uk or telephone (01392) 724672. The closing date for completed applications is 21/09/25. Interviews are expected to take place w/c 29/09/25.