Research Fellow in Mathematical Biology

About us

The Department of Mathematics at UCL is an internationally renowned department within one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Since its beginning, mathematics at UCL has been enhanced by its many outstanding members of staff. Indeed, two of its students (and later staff) Professor Klaus Roth (1958) and Professor Alan Baker (1970) have gone on to win the Fields Medal. Another former member of staff, Professor Tim Gowers, won the Fields Medal in 1998 for the work he did whilst at UCL.

About the role

Applications are invited for a full-time Research Fellow position to work with Prof. Karen Page on the project “Neuronal Trees: Linking Biology to Models”.

The responsibilities of the post will include carrying out vigorous, high-level research into mathematical modelling of the development of dendritic trees, using techniques from stochastic process theory, ordinary and partial differential equations. Submitting publications regularly in referred journals, participating in local seminars and in national and international conferences.

This post involves no compulsory teaching duties, but as part of their professional development the Research Fellow may be offered the opportunity to take on teaching and/or supervision responsibilities appropriate to their experience.

This post is available from 1^st October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

This post is funded until around 14^th July 2027 in the first instance.

About you

Candidates should either have a PhD or equivalent qualification in Mathematics, should be finalising their PhD or waiting for their viva date.

Please note: Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent on award and confirmation of a PhD (or equivalent). If this is not the case, the initial appointment will be at Research Assistant Grade 6B, point 25 (salary £38,607 per annum inclusive of London allowance) with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD thesis.

The successful candidate is expected to have experience and knowledge of stochastic processes and continuum modelling using partial differential equations, ideally in a biological context. A strong interest in biological research and commitment to high quality research and a proven track record in research and publishing. Have excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate participation in a research group and communication with experimental collaborators.

An outstanding candidate will have experience of research on chemotaxis, networks/graph theory and building mathematical models in close collaboration with experimental biologists.

For a full spectrum of duties and responsibilities as well as essential, and desired criteria please refer to the Further Particulars document attached to this advert.

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Anna Rutherford (anna.rutherford@ucl.ac.uk)

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Prof. Karen Page, email karen.page@ucl.ac.uk.

We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.

Available documents

• download: Further Particulars_Research Fellow_DendriticArbor2025.pdf

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