Job id: 136106. Salary: £53,947 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 20 January 2026. Closing date: 25 January 2026.
Business unit: Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Department: Res Dept of ICAB.
Contact details:Rafael Torres. rafael.torres@kcl.ac.uk
Location: St Thomas Hospital. Category: Research.
THIS VACANCY IS OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
About Us
The post is part of an EPSRC Programme Grant involving 15 co-investigators in a range of disciplines related to development of PET imaging strategies for the development of healthcare nanomaterials for therapeutic and diagnostic applications, including clinical translation to benefit patients. The Programme is mainly hosted by the Research Department of Imaging Chemistry and Biology within the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s College London (KCL), with major additional contributions from colleagues at Queen Mary University of London and University of Leeds, as well as other Departments within KCL.
About The Role
As part of the EPSRC programme grant “Total Body Nuclear Imaging for the Development of Nanotheranostics”, this role is to develop novel radiolabelled nanomaterials for healthcare applications using PET imaging.
This position will be working within Theme 1 of the Programme: ‘Imaging-guided Drug Delivery”. Expertise is required in nanomaterial radiochemistry with a variety of radionuclides, clinical radiopharmacy, and clinical translation of radiopharmaceuticals. The post holder will also be expected to work collaboratively within the Programme and provide their expertise and support to a large multidisciplinary team of chemists, radiochemists, (radio)biologists, pharmacists, and clinicians.
This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 3 years.
Research staff at King’s are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers , applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the Centre for Research Staff Development for more information.
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
Desirable criteria
Downloading a copy of our Job Description
Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.
Further Information
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As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.
We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
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This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and/or Occupational Health clearances.