UK national research programme into skyrmions and skyrmionicsSkyrmions are excitations of matter whose occurrence and properties are mysterious, and which hold promise for technological deployment as highly efficient memory elements. The discovery of skyrmions in magnetic materials and of their self-organisation into a skyrmion lattice has made skyrmion physics arguably the hottest topic in magnetism. We are launching a major research programme intended to achieve a step-change in our understanding of skyrmions in magnetic materials and engineer them towards application. This EPSRC-funded programme is a six-year UK based project built around a consortium of five premier Universities, with input from international academic institutions and industrial partners, starting in July 2016. We are recruiting five three-year Post Doctoral Research Associates with expertise in (i) crystal growth and characterisation (ii) state-of-the-art experimentation (iii) thin film and device physics (iv) electron microscopy and (v) computational modelling. We will also shortly be recruiting PhD students at each institution. For enquiries about the project contact the Southampton lead Hans Fangohr (fangohr@soton.ac.uk) or the overall project lead Prof Peter D. Hatton (p.d.hatton@durham.ac.uk). 
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