The appointee will carry out research within the Photonics Group of the Advanced Technology Institute. As well as building a strong independent research programme you will be expected to contribute fully and enthusiastically to undergraduate and postgraduate physics teaching. You will also be expected to contribute to administrative activities within the department. Your research interests will be in the interaction of light with matter, and you will be expected to develop your own research programme in this area of theoretical condensed matter physics. A close synergy between experimental and theoretical activities is a key aspect of the position. You should therefore be able to demonstrate prior experience of working with experimental researchers.

Applications must be submitted electronically through the University of Surrey website, vacancy reference 8007. The closing date is Friday 1st April 2011. Applicants should include a curriculum vitae, list of publications and teaching records, list of grants received over the past five years. Applicants should also include a two-page outline research grant proposal, suitable, for example, for submission to the UK Engineering and Physics Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

For informal initial enquiries about this position please contact Professor Stephen Sweeney, Photonics Group Leader: s.sweeney@surrey.ac.uk