Tag: Research Staff

Fully funded PhD Studentships available at The Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London (Apply by 12 Jan 2026)

Fully funded PhD Studentships available at The Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London

The Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London is inviting applications for fully funded PhD studentships that support our current priority areas of research in climate and environmental science.

We are interested in supporting PhD students in:

  • pesticides in the environment (projects available in the Departments of Bioengineering, Chemistry, Life Sciences and School of Public Health)
  • climate damage tracker (projects available in the Departments of Earth Science and Engineering and Physics)
  • geothermal energy (project available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering)

In addition, two Grantham lecturers are also currently recruiting for a funded PhD studentship (Dr Adrien Lefauve, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dr Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Department of Mechanical Engineering).

Further project details and information on how to apply are listed here. The deadline for student applications is Monday 12 January.

The Bioengineering Christmas Seminar (12 Dec)

Naked to the Bone: Advances in Biomedical Imaging

With Professor Mark Lythgoe
Founder and Director of the UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI), UCL
Co-Director of the UCL Department of Imaging, UCL
Director of Biomedical Imaging Research, The Francis Crick Institute

Our Christmas Seminar is a chance to hear cutting-edge science in a relaxed, end-of-year setting, and this year we are joined by a truly exceptional guest.

Biomedical imaging has changed how we see the body, revealing structures and systems once unimaginable. But what comes next for a field that already lets us look so deeply inside ourselves?

In this special holiday edition of our seminar series, Professor Mark Lythgoe will share some of his most forward-thinking projects, including MRI-guided magnetic thermoseeds and emerging methods for visualising the brain’s glymphatic system.

As the Founder of UCL’s Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging and the current Director of the Cheltenham Science Festival, Mark is known for both scientific innovation and public engagement at the highest level.

Join us for an inspiring and festive look at the future of imaging and the ideas shaping tomorrow’s medicine!

Register to attend

Friday, 12th December 2025, 16:00
U1202, Level 12, Sir Michael Uren Hub
Department of Bioengineering
White City Campus

Event contact: Kemi Aofolaju

Friday Forum – To hide or not to hide: the transparency dilemma of animal facilities (28 Nov)

All early career researchers are invited to an important and timely Friday Forum on the ethics of animal experimentation and on the need to involve the public in discussions in those ethics. We will be considering in particular the age-old question, when should our work be in private, and when should our work be open for the outside world to see? Our discussion, on November 28th, includes a panel discussion, with generous time allotted for audience Q and A.

Friday Forums are congenial in-person discussions, with lunch included, where for a short hour we can step back from our busy lives, consider new perspectives, and meet colleagues from outside our normal circle. More details, and registration link here

Race Equality Staff Survey – live until 7 December 2025

The REC Staff Survey is now live until 7 December via this link.

The survey is anonymous, consists of 30 multiple choice questions along with the option to give your comments and suggestions on what Imperial can do to help support colleagues from Minority Ethnic Backgrounds. It should take up to 10 minutes to complete, and all questions are optional.

More information on how your data will be used and why it is being collected is available on the REC Staff Survey webpage. The page also illustrates some of the actions that were taken from the last REC Staff Survey in 2019 and how this year’s results will be reported.

All staff are encouraged to complete the survey so that Imperial can create a complete picture of how ethnicity impacts career development, wellbeing and sense of belonging.

Take part in the UK Reproducibility Network’s Open Research Survey!

Dear colleagues

I am Imperial College London’s Local Network Lead (LNL) for the UK Reproducibility Network, and I would like to invite you to complete a short survey to identify current awareness and use of Open Research practices. This will take less than 5 minutes.

This survey is being conducted along with LNLs across the country to identify areas for initiatives and training across UK institutions. To take part, you can be a researcher in any discipline or career stage, including academic staff, research staff and doctoral students. We would like to hear from any researcher, even if you are completely unaware of Open Research/Open Science – this is intended to help us identify where there are gaps in knowledge.

Click here to take part in the survey

The study has received approval from the Brunel Research Ethics Office (30088-A-Jan/2025- 53666-1), and all responses will be anonymous and confidential.

Thank you in advance for taking part.

To discuss how you can embed Open Research into your research in a meaningful way – to address challenges like the reproducibility crisis, publication bias, research waste and publish-or-perish culture – get in touch with me via the details in my signature.

Best wishes

Hamid

Dr Hamid Khan

Open Research Manager, Imperial College London

Local Network Lead, UK Reproducibility Network

 

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Imperial College London

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Call for Participants: PhD research on intersectionality of neurodivergence and gender in teamworking environments

My PhD research explores the intersectionality of neurodivergence and gender in teamworking environments, focusing on research teams within UK academia. I am currently looking for people interested to participate in my main study. This involves a semi-structured interview of approx. 60 minutes and a short pre-interview questionnaire. All gender identities are welcome, this research is trans and non-binary inclusive and values diverse perspectives and experiences. You do not need to have disclosed your neurodivergence to anyone in your team.

Criteria to participate:

  1. You work in an academic research team in the UK
  2. AND you identify as neurodivergent (incl. autism, ADHD, Tourette’s Syndrome, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia). Medical and self-diagnosis welcome.

How do you benefit from participating?

  • you take an active role in knowledge building on neurodivergence and gender
  • you contribute to identifying ways to make research more inclusive
  • it is an opportunity to openly talk about your experiences, good and bad, in an anonymised way!

How to take part:

If you are interested in participating, are not sure if you meet the criteria, or would like to find out more, please get in touch with me via email: L.Biermann@hw.ac.uk

Department of Mechanical Engineering Research Showcase (11 Feb 2026)

The Department of Mechanical Engineering Research Showcase 2026 is taking place on 11 February and the guest speaker will be Alan Newby, Director of Research & Technology at Rolls-Royce plc.

Schedule

15:00 – Lecture Theatre 200, City & Guilds Building: Mechanical Engineering research topics

Talks to be given by Mechanical Engineering staff:

  • Dr Sina Stapelfeldt- “Aeroelastic phenomena in aircraft engines“
  • Dr Paul Hooper– “From data deluge to actionable insights: Enabling Real-Time Quality Assurance in Metal Additive Manufacturing”
  • Dr Matt Eaton– “Nuclear future”

16:00 – Level 2 Concourse, City & Guilds Building : Tea/Coffee and Poster presentations

17:30 – CAGB LT 200: Invited lecture with Alan Newby

18:00 – CAGB Level 2 Concourse: Refreshments

Find out more & Register

Help shape Imperial’s Research Commercialisation Services

The world-changing research generated by our academic research community is central to Imperial’s mission and impact. Imperial Enterprise supports the translation of this work through intellectual property protection, research commercialisation, industry partnerships, consultancy and spinout formation.

To ensure our services meet the needs of a world-leading university, we invite you to share your views through this short (10 minutes) survey.

Complete the survey

Your feedback will help us understand what works well, identify barriers to engagement, and improve the support we provide for all enterprising activities. Though the survey can be completed anonymously, participants can choose to enter a prize draw to win one of three £50 shopping vouchers.

Please contact Dr Emma Toumi, Associate Director of Intellectual Property Strategy, with any questions.

KAUST Global Postdoctoral Fellowship (15 January 2026 deadline)

The KAUST Global Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is accepting application.  This is an opportunity for early-career researchers to advance their work at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) with funding, mentorship, and access to world-class facilities.

📅Application deadline: 15th January 2026

🔗Application information: https://kgfp.kaust.edu.sa/how-to-apply