Location: | London |
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Salary: | £42,405 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance. Grade 6, sp31 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 14th September 2023 |
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Closes: | 19th November 2023 |
Job Ref: | 074729 |
Building and Campus: Strand Building, Strand Campus
Job description
We invite applications for two Postdoctoral Research Associate positions in Probability/Combinatorics to work with Dr Matthew Jenssen at the Department of Mathematics at King’s College London.
The positions are full time, fixed-term for two years, with a start date no later than August 2024.
The successful candidates will join the newly-formed Probability group at King’s and be responsible for conducting research as part of the UKRI-funded project “Statistical Physics Methods in Combinatorics, Algorithms, and Geometry”. They will write up their results for publication, present papers at conferences and contribute ideas for new research projects. They will also contribute to the activities of the group, for instance by participating in internal seminar series and reading groups.
Applicants will have, or be close to completing, a PhD in mathematics or a related discipline. They will possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established research programmes and have excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results.
The posts are available from 3 January 2024.
Responsibility to: Matthew Jenssen (Principal Investigator)
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This post will be offered on an a fixed-term contract for 24 months
This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent
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The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.
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