Requisition ID: 25394
Location:
Newcastle, GB
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Working Pattern: Full Time
Posted Date: 24 Aug 2023
Salary: £45,585 to £48,350 per annum
Closing Date: 14th September 2023
Please click here to download the candidate briefing pack for full details on how to apply for this vacancy.
Please note we will only consider applications which have attached all the supporting documents listed on pages 16 and 17 of the candidate briefing pack
Our research in whole energy systems is expanding with new projects on hydrogen integration, and we are ready to welcome candidates who can support this growth.
Our NUAcT Fellowship on Hydrogen Integration into Whole Energy Systems will build on research momentum, embedding the Fellow into a multi-disciplinary environment which includes our Centre for Energy and the cohort of existing Fellows. Our existing hydrogen expertise covers a broad range of topics including combustion, subsurface storage, transport, production, attitudes, and whole energy systems. There therefore exists a strong community across several Schools, to offer the Fellow a wide range of collaboration opportunities.
Our vision is to ensure that hydrogen (and hydrogen-based alternative liquid) fuels are appropriately integrated in a future equitable energy system, through holistic multi-disciplinary research. There are significant gaps between current levels of hydrogen production, transportation, storage, conversion, and usage, and those anticipated as a requirement for achieving net zero by 2050. At Newcastle University, we are looking to grow our team and welcome candidates working on: hydrogen and Whole Energy Systems analysis; supply chain availability and security (including generation, transport and storage of hydrogen); opportunities, risks and dependencies of hydrogen applications; cyber-physical energy infrastructure; and policy making and social interventions.
Energy Systems research at Newcastle University
The School of Engineering is active in research around the transition to net zero energy systems, with teaching and research in the broad areas of power systems, electrification, renewable energy, digitalization and AI, and energy systems. The School maintains strong connections with industry and has a long and successful track record in completing both industrial and publicly funded research projects; more recently for example it has been successful in bidding as the Co-ordinator of a Hub on Hydrogen Integration.
The bulk of this research activity is hosted within the Electrical Power Group. We are the UK’s largest academic research group in Electrical Power, and our activities are highly cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary. We work closely with industry to deliver research that is innovative and relevant. Our vision is to lead the agenda on power-related electrification in the world such as electrical transport, smart grids, and hybrid energy storage including batteries and others.
The candidate
Candidates can come from a range of backgrounds, with the expectation that they be working on hydrogen integration in some aspect of:
- Fundamental Whole Energy Systems Modelling with hydrogen: including multi-agent modelling, optimisation modelling, planning models, stochastic modelling, data and digitalization;
- Scenario narratives: qualitative development of scenarios and pathways for hydrogen integration;
- Hydrogen circular economy analysis: input-output models, carbon accounting of hydrogen pathways, supply chain mapping;
- End use analysis of hydrogen, for example in marine and aviation, industry (with an integration focus);
- Economic and business model analysis of hydrogen scenarios.
Candidates working on particular hydrogen technologies or materials will ONLY be considered if they are also considering technology roadmaps and have a wider perspective on the technology “fit” to the whole energy system.
We welcome interest from candidates across the broad discipline areas which are relevant to Whole Energy Systems and Hydrogen Integration. You should:
- Have a recent PhD (1-5) years with evidence of a strong research trajectory;
- Ideally have some international experience / orientation;
- Be capable of working with other disciplines to progress solutions to complex problems that require interdisciplinary solutions;
- Be a team player but with the intellectual independence to allow pursuing own initiative and take a lead on progressing research initiatives.
The Fellow will also have a unique opportunity to develop their specialist teaching interests via our range of degree programmes and in particular our MSc in Power Systems, and MSc in Renewable Energy Enterprise and Management, which both attract students from all over the world.
This is a fixed term role for a duration of 5 years.
At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.
In addition we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.
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