Company: UCL EE
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Posted: May 6th, 2026
Organisation/Company UCL EE Department Electronic and Electrical Engineering Research Field Engineering › Electrical engineering Engineering › Electronic engineering Engineering › Materials engineering Physics › Optics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 28 May 2026 - 11:59 (Europe/London) Country United Kingdom Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 36.5 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - MSCA Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number 101226674 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
University College London is seeking to appoint one Doctoral Candidate (DC) to join the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network “neuroMorphic computIng aND signal processing training network” (MINDnet).
Position: Doctoral Candidate (DC), “Exploration of Memristive and Memcapacitive Properties in Nanoscale Oxide Memristors for Efficient Processing in Real and Complex Domains”
Location: Bloomsbury Campus, University College London, with secondments to project partners internationally
Working time: Full-time (36.5 hours per week)
Duration: Fixed term (3 years)
Salary: £36,433 - £47,033, depending on family and pension status.
These figures are before employer and employee deductions, including tax, national insurance and pension contributions, subject to the pension choices of the appointee.
The level of salary is also subject to the family status of the appointee as to whether they qualify for a family allowance, as well as whether the employee will make pension contributions. Due to potential future changes in the Euro/Pound Sterling exchange rate over the period of the appointment, where amendments are required, corrective payments will be made.
Salaries are not subject to either cost-of-living adjustments or increment progression and are inclusive of £5,197 annual London Allowance.
The DC will be enrolled on the PhD programme at UCL’s Electronic & Electrical Department and will write their thesis on a topic related to the Exploration of Memristive and Memcapacitive Properties in Nanoscale Oxide Memristors for Efficient Processing in Real and Complex Domains, supervised by Dr Adnan Mehonic at UCL and co-supervised by members of the other academic/industrial teams during the secondments.
For further details about the role, please access the job description at the bottom of the page.
Candidates should have a good Undergraduate degree in electronic or electrical engineering, physics, or a related subject. A solid background on semiconductor materials & devices, and/or photonics is essential.
Applicants should possess excellent written and verbal communication, including presentation skills. They should have excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and the ability to meet deadlines.
Willingness to travel and work across Europe is required.
Understanding, or familiarity with, principles of neuromorphic systems is desirable.
All candidates must meet the following requirements to be considered for this post:
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
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