Ref: A6350
Role: Research Assistant, FIND Project (Agri-tec)
Faculty of Science & Engineering
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
Salary: £25,482– £29,515 pa Grade 5 (pro-rata)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant commencing as soon as possible to work on the Fluorescence Imaging for Nutrition and Disease (FIND) project at the University of Plymouth until March 2020. This Agri-tec Cornwall project is ERDF funded and will involve the development of an image-based early warning system for plant disease.
Food security is one of the great global challenges of the 21st century and global crop losses caused by microbial pathogens can be 25% or more. Development of technology to ensure safe, reliable and efficient food production will be key in rising to this challenge. This project will develop an image-based system for routine monitoring of plant health and early diagnosis of disease in the context of Cornish Agriculture. The project will involve working closely with Cornish businesses.
You will work within the legal constraints of any agreed non-disclosure agreement (NDA’s) and Intellectual property (IP) protection agreed between Delivery Partners and collaborating businesses.
Further details may be found in the detailed Job Description.
Please demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria outlined in the knowledge, qualifications, training and experience elements of the job description in your supporting statement.
For an informal discussion to find out more about the role then please contact Dr. George Littlejohn by email
[email protected] or by telephone on +44(0)1752 584487
Closing date: 3rd February 2019
Interviews: Expected to take place on 15th February 2019 and you will be notified if you have been shortlisted or not.
This is a part-time position working 18.5 hours per week on a fixed term basis until march 2020 due to funding.
The University of Plymouth is committed to equality of opportunity, promoting a diverse and inclusive culture, demonstrated through our commitment to the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and as a Stonewall diversity champion. All applications will be judged solely on merit, however, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently under-represented in the workforce, for example black and minority ethnic groups.
University of Plymouth holds a TEF (Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework) Silver by the Office for Students.
