Knowledge Exchange Fellow

牛津大学物理系拥有大量由STFC资助的研究项目，包括天体物理学、空间科学、粒子物理学和加速器科学。其中一些研究已经在其他地方得到应用，包括在其他学科和商业开发方面，但还有许多潜力有待充分探索。为我们的研究和合作研究项目寻找新的应用程序，将需要对我们的产品组合有密切的直接了解，以及专门的时间和精力来探索潜在的机会。其中一些应用可能是完全出乎意料的，并且存在于工业、商业和学术研究的非常不同的领域，这使得成功地识别和利用它们成为一个重大挑战。在这个项目中，我们将在物理系设立一个新的“知识交流研究员”职位，为期四年。他或她将与学者和研究人员一起工作，但重点是确定和开发他们开发的技术可以转移到其他领域的方法。这将包括调查特定技术的潜在应用，寻找新的工业合作伙伴，并协助建立新的项目或合同。更广泛地说，该研究员将通过查明障碍、培训需要和传播我们研究成果的最有效手段，发展该部对技术转让的准备、能力和程序。因此，他或她将在改变我们与大学，国家实验室和工业环境中的研究人员交流知识的能力方面发挥独特的作用，我们完全期望这将对我们的研究产生更大的影响。

The Department of Physics at the University of Oxford has a very large and diverse portfolio of STFC-funded research, including astrophysics, space science, particle physics and accelerator science. Some of this research has already found application elsewhere, in both other academic disciplines and for commercial development, but much has potential yet to be fully explored. Finding new applications for our research, and for collaborative research projects, will require a close, direct knowledge of our portfolio as well as dedicated time and effort to explore potential opportunities. Some of these applications may be quite unexpected and lie in very different areas of industry, commerce and academic research, making it a significant challenge to identify and exploit them successfully.In this project we will create a new post of 'Knowledge Exchange Fellow' to be based in the Department of Physics for four years. He or she will work alongside academics and researchers, but be focussed on identifying and developing ways in which the technology they develop can be transferred to other domains. This will include investigating potential applications of specific technologies, finding new industrial partners and assisting with setting up new projects or contracts. More widely, the Fellow will be developing the preparedness, capabilities and processes of the Department for technology transfer, by identifying barriers, training needs and the most effective means of disseminating our research results. He or she will thus play a unique role in transforming our ability to exchange knowledge with researchers in university, national laboratory and industrial contexts, which we fully expect to bring greater impact to our research.