Postdoctoral Research Associate in nonlinear dispersive PDEs

Job title:

Postdoctoral Research Associate in nonlinear dispersive PDEs

Company

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:Grade UE07: £39,347 to £46,974 per annumCollege of Science & Engineering / School of MathematicsFull time: 35 hours per weekFixed TermVacancies: 2

• One position with fixed term for 24 months with starting date [01/09/2024 or earlier]
• One position with fixed term for 12 months with starting date [01/09/2024 or earlier]

We are looking for Postdoctoral Research Associates in nonlinear dispersive PDEs.
Research experience in harmonic analysis and/or probability would be helpful.The Opportunity:The positions are funded by Tadahiro Oh’s ERC Consolidator Grant “SingStocDispDyn”. The projects include a variety of possible research directions in nonlinear dispersive PDEs, stochastic PDEs, harmonic analysis and probability. The successful candidates are expected to contribute to undergraduate teaching and projects for further enhancing their career development. The appointees will join our thriving and growing Analysis Group within the School of Mathematics.Your skills and attributes for success:

• Ability to conduct independent research.
• Ability to disseminate research outcomes.
• Collaborative skills and communication skills.
• Teaching skills for undergraduate lectures/tutorials/projects.
• Organisational skills (such as for seminars and workshops).

Please apply online and submit a CV and a brief research statement. In addition, please arrange for three referees to send their letters of recommendation to be sent toClick for a copy of the full job description.As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our

(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.Championing equality, diversity and inclusionThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab).The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.Key dates to noteThe closing date for applications is 18th July 2024.Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.Interviews will be held late July/early August, 2024.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The School of MathematicsThe University of Edinburgh’s School of Mathematics is one of the world’s leading mathematical sciences departments, home to world-class researchers and to an innovative educational environment for both undergraduates and postgraduates. We are proud to have a highly international faculty and students from around the world. As a School we value both the breadth and depth of our research and teaching.We have around 110 permanent faculty and around 45 research fellows and research associates, who cover a broad range of research topics in pure and applied mathematics, operational research and statistics. The School has an enviable record of attracting prestigious fellowships and currently hosts, for instance, 6 ERC grant holders and 7 Royal Society University Research and Dorothy Hodgkin Fellows. In the 2023 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects we are ranked 18th among the world’s best Mathematics departments. Together with the Departments of Mathematics and Actuarial Mathematics & Statistics at Heriot-Watt University, we form the Maxwell Institute; our joint submission to REF2021was ranked 3rd in the UK for Mathematical Sciences by research power, based on the quality and breadth of our combined research.The School delivers a world-leading educational experience for its students and is constantly exploring new evidence-based ideas in mathematical education in order to provide a stimulating learning environment. There are excellent possibilities for imaginative curriculum development, including online activities, and course design and delivery. The School teaches pure and applied Mathematics, operational research and statistics. We have approximately 1000 undergraduate students, around 210 MSc students, and our Graduate School has close to 160 PhD students.Edinburgh is home to the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, one of the UK’s two major conference centres in the mathematical sciences and operated jointly by the University with Heriot-Watt University. Over the past 30 years the centre has established a superb reputation for hosting workshops at the highest scientific level on all mathematical topics, attracting many of the best mathematicians in the world to the UK.The School is located in the James Clerk Maxwell Building which is situated on the King’s Buildings campus, approximately 3 kilometres south of the city centre.Further information about the School, our research and our teaching is available on the ( ) (Opens in new browser tab)

Expected salary

£39347 – 46974 per year

Location

United Kingdom

Job date

Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:41:15 GMT

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