6 PhD positions in Mathematics: UvA 1055 views

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.