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Dobson Professorship of Materials Science and Metallurgy

Cambridge, GB💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Establish an ambitious research programme focused on accelerating materials discovery, development, and translation of functional electronic materials and devices, with a specific interest in automation, computational materials discovery, and low-power electronic devices for information communication technologies.

Role type

Principal, strategy & mentorship (Dobson Professorship of Materials Science and Metallurgy)

Builds

World-leading research group in energy materials and materials discovery

Domain

Materials Science, Metallurgy, Energy Materials, Computational Materials Discovery

Deliverable

production ML models | research

Required skills

Computational materials discovery, automation in materials research, low-power electronic device design, intellectual leadership, strategic planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, external partnership engagement

Preferred skills

Experimental materials research, integrated experimental-computational approaches

Technologies

Computational tools for materials discovery, automation frameworks

Responsibilities

Lead research programme on functional electronic materials, build interdisciplinary collaborations, engage with external partners, provide intellectual and strategic leadership, supervise research, teach, examine, and administer departmental duties

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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