Floer Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Floer Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Mathematics


The Floer Centre of Geometry (FCG) invites applications for a 3 year postdoctoral fellowship to pursue research in mathematics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. We are looking for an outstanding, independent and highly motivated scholar with a strong research record in one of the fields covered by the FCG (see http://www.floer.rub.de/).

Payment is based on the German TVL-13 scale. The fellowship includes a research grant of 2000 € per year for conference travel support. The position comes with a teaching load of 4 hours per week at the advanced level. Knowledge of German is not required.

The starting date is September 1, 2020.

Applicants should hold a PhD in mathematics. The topic of the PhD Thesis should be related to the fields covered by the FCG (see again http://www.floer.rub.de/).

Applications should be sent by e-mail to
Prof. Dr. Alberto Abbondandolo
(cc to Corina Minzlaff).

The application material (covering letter, curriculum vitae, relevant degree certificates, list of publications, description of research interests (2-3 pages)) should be sent as a single pdf file. The PhD Thesis should be sent as a further pdf file.

At least one and up to three letters of recommendation should be sent directly by the recommenders to
Prof. Dr. Alberto Abbondandolo
(cc to Corina Minzlaff).

Deadline for applications: Sunday, January 12, 2020.