Research Fellow Computational Chemistry (Fixed term)

Area

Chemistry

Location

University Park

Salary

£35,116 to £46,735 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance.

Closing Date

Friday 04 July 2025

Reference

SCI159825

Applications are invited for the post of Research Fellow in the School of Chemistry. The research project is part of an exciting multi-disciplinary collaboration involving academia and industry focusing on the use QM/MM simulations to study targeted covalent inhibition and approaches to accelerate quantum chemistry calculations on quantum computers.

Candidates should have a PhD in computational chemistry and they should have a strong background in QM/MM simulation, quantum chemistry and quantum computing.

Salary will be within the range £35,116 to £46,735 per annum, depending on skills and experience. This post is available from 1st July 2025 and will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of 9 months.

The School values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity. The School of Chemistry holds a Silver Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our commitment to advancing women's careers in science. You can read more about what this means at www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan/ and on our website http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/about/athena-swan.aspx. The University of Nottingham is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

All applications must be submitted on-line through https://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/SCI159825

Informal enquiries only may be addressed to jonathan.hirst@nottingham.ac.uk

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