Postdoctoral Scholar- Mathematics

The Department of Mathematics in Penn State's Eberly College of Science is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar beginning August 2025. The successful candidate will work with Professor John Harlim in the area of Applied and Computational Mathematics. The project encompasses learning dynamical systems and/or approximating solutions of PDEs on unknown manifolds.

Education and Experience:

Applicants must have recently completed a Ph.D. and have exceptional research potential. Teaching may be required. This is a term position funded for one year with an excellent possibility of renewal for a second year.

Qualified candidates are expected to have a background in differential geometry, numerical analysis/PDEs, and/or dynamical systems theory.

Additional Information:

Applicants must complete the Penn State application and must submit an application through Mathjobs.org (https://www.mathjobs.org/) with the following materials in order for the application to be complete:

• Cover letter

• Curriculum Vitae

• Teaching Statement

• Research Statement

• Publications List

• At least three reference letters (one letter must address in detail the candidate's abilities as a teacher.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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