Contact

  • E-mail: james.cumby@ed.ac.uk
  • Phone: 0131 650 4761
  • Address: University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ

Current Vacancies

Fully funded PhD opportunity

We are hiring! If you are interested in joining the group to study local disorder in crystalline inorganic materials, please get in touch. More details can be found on FindAPhD.

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UK IC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

If you're an early career researcher (ECR) looking for a postdoctoral fellowship, and are interested in machine-driven materials discovery and/or synthesis please get in touch as we would love to work with you! More details available on the RAEng website; deadline 19th April.

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Funding Opportunities

We are always pleased to consider applications from potential group members. Our research is broadly described as materials chemistry, but occasionally crosses into aspects of physics and computer sciences, and involves both experimental and computational approaches. If you have a background and interest in these or related areas and would like to join the group, please get in touch.

Undergraduate

We regularly host a number of undergraduate students for their final year research projects or summer internships. Project topics and scope can be tailored to your degree requirements, and cover areas suitable for Chemistry, Physics or Computer Sciences. Please contact James to discuss potential opportunities.

Postgraduate

We welcome applications from candidates with a background in Chemistry, Physics or Computer Sciences. If no current positions are advertised, possible sources of funding may include:

Post-Doctoral

We welcome applications from postgraduate scientists hoping to join the group as a postdoctoral or early career fellow. A range of schemes are available depending on career stage, including:

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