Postdoctoral Research Associate in Universal Statistics in Number Theory

We are currently inviting applications for two Postdoctoral Research Associate positions to work with Professors Jon Keating and James Maynard at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. These are three-year, fixed-term positions, supported by a Simons Collaboration grant funded the Simons Foundation that commences in January 2027. The starting date of the positions is flexible, between January 2027 and October 2027.

The successful candidates will be part of an international collaboration carrying out research at the interface between number theory and probability theory, funded by a Simons Collaboration on Universal Statistics in Number Theory. The other partners in the collaboration are based in Harvard, Montreal, New York, Princeton, Stanford, Turku, and Warwick. The appointees will be expected to conduct research that falls within the remit of this large-scale project and will have the opportunity to do so in several ways including independently, collaboratively with other members of the group at Oxford and/or with other mathematicians in the Collaboration. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in Analytic Number Theory and/or Probability Theory (especially Random Matrix Theory).

They will contribute to the activities of the wider Number Theory and/or Mathematical Physics research groups and write up the results of their work, either singly or with co-authors, for publication in refereed journals and proceedings. There will be opportunities to contribute a small amount of teaching to the department, of at most three hours a week during the academic terms.

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Please direct informal enquiries to the HR Administrator (email: recruitment@maths.ox.ac.uk), quoting vacancy reference 189692.

Please note: Applicants are responsible for asking two referees to upload their references to the portal by the closing date.

Full details are contained in the job description. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online.

Only applications received before 12.00 noon UK time on Friday 11th December can be considered.