Research Fellow London, England
Job description
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 work he did whilst at UCL. Since 2011 the department has grown considerably. There are now 80 academic members of whom 32 are full professors, and a number of Honorary members of staff, including four Fellows of the Royal Society. The department also has 22 Postdoctoral Research Fellows, around 100 PhD students and 34 MSc students. We also welcome a regular stream of distinguished visiting academics from home and abroad. The broad range of research interests is reflected in the large choice of courses available in the third and fourth years of the degree programmes, from spectral theory, groups and geometry to fluid mechanics and from mathematical ideas in biology to cosmology. Research funding in the department from EPSRC, ERC, Leverhulme Trust and the Wellcome Trust has grown significantly in recent years with an increase of 70% in total funding since 2011.
About the role
The department has internationally recognised research groups in pure and applied analysis; fluid mechanics; mathematical physics; geometry and topology; algebra, number theory and combinatorics; mathematical modelling in biology, finance, industry and society.
Applications are invited for a full-time Research Fellow position to work with Dr Lorenzo Foscolo on the project Instantons and codimension-1 collapse. The project focuses on the study of gauge theory on manifolds with special holonomy under codimension-1 collapse of the ambient geometry.
The responsibilities of the post will include: carrying out vigorous, high-level research in differential geometry and one or more related areas including, but not limited to, algebraic geometry, geometric analysis, and theoretical physics, submitting publications regularly in refereed journals; participating in local seminars and working groups and in national and international conferences.
This post is available from 01 October 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. Salary will be UCL Grade 7, point 29 which is £38,308 per annum inclusive of London Allowance.
This post is funded from 01 October 2023 to 23 March 2025 in the first instance.
About you
Candidates should either have a PhD or equivalent qualification in mathematics or 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, initial appointment will be at Research Assistant Grade 6B, point 26 (salary £35,411 per annum inclusive of London allowance) with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD thesis.
A successful candidate will have a proven track record in research areas relevant to the project, they will have excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate participation in a research group. As well as excellent communication skills, both written and oral and the ability to work independently and in a team.
An outstanding candidate will have interest and research experience with at least one of the following subjects: gauge theory; manifolds with special holonomy; geometric analysis, in particular analysis on non-compact/singular spaces. Have a track record in publishing in areas relevant to the project.
For 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 Adrianna Mickiewicz ([email protected])
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr Lorenzo Foscolo, email: [email protected]
We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
UCL Department of Mathematics is committed to developing the careers of all its staff by providing a supportive environment in which they can flourish. We believe that inclusive teams produce the best student experience and we strive for an environment in which all staff can bring their whole selves to work. The Department actively promotes UCL's work-life balance policy which acknowledges that its staff are most productive when they have achieved a balance that enables them to meet their responsibilities outside work.
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.
