Job number: ACAD106108 Contract Type/Work Pattern: Open ended/Full time Salary: £35,555 - £39,745 per annum

The role Applications are invited for an 18 months postdoctoral Research Assistantship funded by the Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship of Dr Celine Maistret in the School of Mathematics at the University of Bristol. The research project will be focused on arithmetic of curves and/or the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.

What will you be doing? • Carrying out research related to the goals of the project, both independently and with the project supervisor. • Writing the results of research in a form that is appropriate for peer-reviewed scientific journals or conferences. • Presenting research results at seminars, scientific conferences and workshops.

You should apply if Applicants should have (or be about to receive) a PhD in mathematics and have a proven record in the broad area of Arithmetic Geometry. Experience in one or more of the following areas would be particularly relevant: Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, p-adic Hodge theory, computational number theory.

The preferred start date is 4 September 2023, but this is flexible.

Additional information It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure their referees send their letters of reference to maths-recruitment@bristol.ac.uk by 15 January 2023. This instruction supersedes any information in the online application form suggesting that referees are contacted directly by the University.

For informal queries, contact details: Dr Celine Maistret cm16281@bristol.ac.uk

We welcome applications from all members of our community and are particularly encouraging those from diverse groups, such as members of the LGBT+ and BAME communities, to join us.

Closing date: 15 January 2023.