Research Associates in Renewable Electricity Grids

Imperial College London is seeking two post-doctoral Research Associates for a project on renewable electricity grids. The role involves planning research, supervising students, and publishing findings. Candidates will work closely with the team at the South Kensington Campus in London in a hybrid setting. The positions are full-time, fixed-term for up to 30 months, and focus on assessing services for 100% renewable grids.
Location: South Kensington Campus, London (hybrid)

About the role:

We are looking for two post-doctoral Research Associates as part of the project “System Services in 100% Renewable Grids.” The project is funded by the Leverhulme Professorship held by Professor Mark O’ Malley and aims to investigate services needed in 100% renewable electricity grids. The efficacy of the services will be assessed across multiple objectives for the electric grid including but not limited to reliability, cost-effectiveness, affordability, and resiliency. As part of the project, emerging resources enabled by the digitalization and hybridization of energy systems will be modelled and their contribution to existing and proposed services will be studied to identify any potential revisions to resource participation models. Emerging resources range from Inverter-Based Resources (e.g. Wind, Solar Photovoltaic and Batteries) to large scale seasonal demand management and storage.

The immediate Leverhulme team currently includes Professor Mark O'Malley (Leverhulme Professor), Dr Elina Spyrou (Leverhulme Lecturer), Professor Janusz Bialek (a part-time Principal Research Fellow), two post-doctoral Research Associates, four pre-doctoral Research Assistants, and two PhD students. The larger project team in the UK consists of about 32 staff and students at Imperial as part of the Global Centres in Electric Power Innovation for a Carbon-free Society (EPICS). EPICS globally currently has a team of around 50 people. The team has a diverse range of skills and these two posts will be focussed on filling gaps in our skill base.

The research direction of EPICS is aligned to the Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) initiative and its Research Agenda.

What you would be doing:
• Plan research and direct the work of small research teams.
• Assist in the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate research students and Research Assistants.
• Identify and develop suitable techniques to address research questions, managing data, applying data quality procedures.
• Write reports for submission to research sponsors, presenting research findings to colleagues at conferences.
• Publish in high-quality refereed journals and participate in attracting additional research funding.
• Conduct and plan your own scientific work with minimal supervision.
• Be based at Imperial, collaborate closely with colleagues at Imperial and in the G-PSTconsortium.
• Visit collaborators in the G-PST consortium, attending relevant workshops and conferences, developing and pursuing collaborations within Imperial and with the wider community.
• Maintain a highly organised and accurate record of experimental work and promote the reputation of the team, the Department and the University.

What we are looking for and What we can offer you sections are in the fuller advert on the Imperial website.

Further Information

Further information about the posts is available in the job description.

Each role is full-time and fixed-term for up to 30-months in the first instance.

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If you require any further details on the role please contact:

Prof Mark O’Malley via email at m.omalley@imperial.ac.uk.

£48,056 to £56,345 per annum