CEDAR email: Assistant/Associate Professor in Space Environment : Birmingham, UK [deadline 6 January 2026]

[Oliver Allanson]

Dear CEDAR Community,

We’re Hiring: Assistant/Associate Professor in Space Environment

SERENE (Space Environment), School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK | Permanent | Full-Time

Closing date: 6 January 2026

Come and join us at the University of Birmingham as we invest boldly in people, facilities, and partnerships to grow our world-leading capability in understanding and engineering the near-Earth space environment.

This role is ideal for someone passionate about making a significant impact in both academic research and practical applications. The Space Environment and Radio Engineering (SERENE) research group is a multidisciplinary research group focused on understanding and addressing issues related to the space environment. The group's overarching purpose is to serve as a comprehensive resource or "one stop shop" for modelling, measuring, and mitigating the effects of the upper atmosphere and broader space environment on engineering and physical systems. SERENE’s work is used by over 70 institutions globally and plays a vital role in space weather policy and risk assessment.

SERENE are searching for a driven academic leader with expertise aligned to one or more of our priority themes, including (but certainly not limited to):

1. AI/ML and data-centric space environment modelling
2. Scintillation & ionospheric modelling – local to global scales
3. Advanced computational and uncertainty-aware forecasting

Please do consider applying if your research focusses on a different topic to one of those listed above, and that you feel may be complementary with our current research streams.

There is an expectation that a successful applicant will contribute to teaching across undergraduate, postgraduate taught, and professional development programmes (e.g. courses in space weather, mathematics, engineering AI applications, signal propagation, ML for physical systems, etc).

We recognise the strength that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and actively welcome applications from under-represented groups. We believe there is no such thing as a 'typical' member of University of Birmingham staff and that diversity in its many forms is a strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation and debate at the heart of University life. We are committed to proactively addressing the barriers experienced by some groups in our community and are proud to hold Athena SWAN, Race Equality Charter and Disability Confident accreditations.

For more information on the group and our research please see https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/research-in-electronic-electrical-and-systems-engineering/communications-and-sensing/serene and https://serene.bham.ac.uk/ .

For more information on the school of Engineering and the University of Birmingham please see https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/about/college-of-engineering-and-physical-sciences/engineering and https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/ respectively.

For informal enquiries please reach out to the Head of Group, Prof. Sean Elvidge (s.elvidge at bham.ac.uk)

Full details on the job and how to apply: https://edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_6001/job/8204

Best wishes,
Oliver Allanson

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Dr Oliver Allanson (he/him/his),
Assistant Professor, Uni. of Birmingham, Sch. of Engineering, Space Environment & Radio Engineering (SERENE)
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter
Homepage: https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/persons/oliver-allanson
Definitive publication list: https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/persons/oliver-allanson/publications/
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