The Korteweg-de Vries Instituut voor Wiskunde (KdV Institute) at University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for 6 PhD positions in Mathematics. The KdV is the mathematical research institute of the Faculty of Science and offers a stimulating scientific environment in which research focuses mainly within the research programmes: Algebra, Geometry and Mathematical Physics; Pure, Applied and Numerical Analysis, and Stochastics.
Projects available for applying:
- Frobenius manifolds and integrable systems
- Lie Algebroids and deformation quantization
- Frobenius manifolds and their relation to homological mirror symmetry
- Infinite-dimensional affine and polynomial preserving processes
- Zeta functions of the Newton strata of Shimura varieties
- Harmonic analysis on affine symmetric pairs and boundary correlation functions
Requirements:
- Applicant must hold Master’s degree in Mathematics or related field
- Applicant must be highly motivated and fluent in English (both written and spoken).
- Applicants with experience in teaching would have advantage.
Duration: initially for 18 months; may be extended for a total duration of 4 years (after satisfactory evaluation)
Application:
- Submit application to application-science@uva.nl. Applications must include the following:
- Motivation letter explaining why you are the right candidate;
- CV (max 3 pages);
- Copy of Master’s thesis (when available). If not yet available, please include a copy of Bachelor’s thesis.
- Complete record of Bachelor and Master courses (including grades);
- Names and contact addresses of at least two academic references.
- All these should be grouped in one PDF attachment.
Note: candidate may apply to either one or more projects. When applying for one of the projects, please mention the project of interest. When applying for more projects, please indicate a ranked list of the top-3 of projects and why.
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Organization | University of Amsterdam (UvA) |
Fellowship Level | Doctoral |
Country | Netherlands |
Subject areas | Mathematics |
Fellowship amount | Varies |
Eligibility | Open to all nationalities |
Deadline | 31 March 2018 |
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