Postdoctoral Research Associate

The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Durham University seeks to appoint a talented individual to the role of postdoctoral research assistant within the Applied Mathematics research group. The Department of Mathematical Sciences is one of the UK’s leading Mathematics departments with an outstanding reputation in teaching, research and employability of our students. It has an active programme of internationally recognized research in Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics (including Magnetohydrodynamics, Applied Analysis and PDE, Theoretical Particle Physics and Mathematical Biology) and Statistics and Probability. The research culture is vibrant, with many visitors, seminars, international conferences and workshops. We aim to provide a supportive ! and frien dly environment with a strong sense of community.

The Department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award. Athena SWAN is a national initiative that recognises the advancement of gender equality, representation, progression and success for all in academia. The Department also supports the London Mathematical Society Good Practice Scheme, whose aim is to support mathematics departments to embed equal opportunities for women within their working practices.

Durham University is committed to the Concordat to support the career development of researchers. For further information please visit the Research Staff web pages on www.dur.ac.uk/hr/researchstaff

The Role

Applications are invited for a 12 month postdoctoral position within the Applied Mathematics research group, to begin in April 2024. The position is funded by an STFC consolidated grant on “Solar Magnetic Evolution and Complexity”, held jointly with the University of Dundee. Candidates with strong track records in computational MHD, solar physics, or magnetic field modelling are particularly encouraged to apply.

The position will be under the direction of Dr Christopher Prior, as part of an ongoing project on the influence of active region substructure on the large-scale corona. The aim is to determine, primarily through numerical simulations and solar magnetogram data analysis, the importance of accounting for substructure in emerging active regions when determining the large-scale magnetic field in the Sun’s corona (outer atmosphere). The successful applicant will also be encouraged to interact with other members of the Applied Mathematics research group () and to begin developing independent research ideas.