2 Years/20 Months, Fixed-Term, Whole-Time Posts
Position Summary
Applications are invited for two Post-Doctoral Researchers in The School of Mathematical Science. The School of Mathematical Science has a permanent staff of 35 academics in addition to 6 support staff. The school comprises the disciplines of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics, each led by a Chair in the discipline. Its flagship undergraduate degree programmes in Mathematical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and Physics, Financial Mathematics and Actuarial Science, and Data Science and Analytics, attract some of the highest performing students in the College of Science, Engineering and Food Science. All programmes incorporate a significant final year capstone undergraduate research project in which students are free to explore research topics and prepare the groundwork for postgraduate studies. The disciplines together deliver teacher education programmes and supporting modules across the four Colleges, in particular to support programmes in Engineering and Commerce, with an FTE of 800+ attributed to the school. At postgraduate level, the School runs three successful master’s degrees in financial and computational mathematics, Mathematical Modelling and Self-Learning Systems, and Data Science and Analytics as well as a strong PhD programme.
The Mathematics Group comprises nine permanent members of staff working across the areas of Quantum Probability and Operator Algebras, Differential Geometry, Algebraic Geometry, Numerical Methods especially for Stochastic Differential Equations, Harmonic Analysis, and Classical Analysis, each publishing in top-tier international journals and with strong international collaboration networks. It is the ambition of the school to build on its research strengths to attract research funding and support a dynamic PhD research programme in Mathematics.
Achievement of the expected progression within Post Doc and Senior Post Doc is transferable between the Irish HEI’s. This can be reflected in the starting pay of a PD researcher. Similarly, as the PD scheme is an intergenerational training scheme completion of PD1 or PD 2 levels in one HEI will normally render that researcher ineligible for appointment at a similar level in another Irish HEI Researcher Career Development Framework | Irish Universities Association
Project Title: qKIM ; q-series, quantum knot invariants and modularity
Post Duration: Post 1 (24 months), Post 2 (20 months)
Salary: €45,847 - €52,339 p.a. IUA PD1 Scale
For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/
Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr Tom Carroll, Acting Head of School, School of Mathematical Sciences Tel: + 353 (0) 21 4905811; Email t.carroll@ucc.ie
Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal https://ore.ucc.ie/ Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to recruitment@ucc.ie quoting the job-title and project name.
Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Thursday 3rd July 2025.
No late applications will be accepted.
Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.
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