University of Utah, Department of Mathematics

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The Department of Mathematics invites applications for the following positions:

Full-time tenure-track or tenured appointments at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor in all areas of mathematics.

Full-time tenure-track or tenured appointments at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor in all areas of statistics. These positions are part of a University-wide cluster hiring effort in statistics, with particular emphasis in mathematics, computer science, and bioengineering. Successful candidates will have strong interdisciplinary interests.

The University of Utah's Department of Mathematics, in conjunction with the Scientific Computing and Imaging (SCI) Institute, is seeking to hire outstanding tenure-track faculty members at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor level in the area of computational and applied mathematics. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise and an excellent research record in scientific computing, uncertainty quantification, and/or mathematical data science. These areas reflect our strong research reputation in scientific visualization, image analysis, and interdisciplinary scientific computing within the SCI Institute.

Full-time career-line, non-tenure-track, appointments at the level of Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Associate Professor (Lecturer), Professor (Lecturer) or Instructor (Lecturer). This is a 3-year renewable contract pending review and the needs of the department.

Three-year Burgess, Kollár, Tucker, and Wylie Assistant Professor (Lecturer) [postdoctoral] positions.

Three-year Instructor (Lecturer) [teaching postdoctoral] positions.

A non-tenure-track faculty member to teach at the University of Utah Asia Campus (UAC) in Incheon, South Korea.

All applicants must have earned a Ph.D. in Mathematics or a closely-related field. However, those interested in career-line, non-tenure-track Assistant, Associate, Professor or Instructor (Lecturer) positions must have either a Masters’ degree, or Ph.D., in Mathematics or a closely-related field, as well as demonstrated evidence of successful teaching at a post-secondary level and related professional accomplishments.

Please see our website at www.math.utah.edu/positions for information regarding available positions and application requirements. Applications must be completed through www.mathjobs.org/jobs/Utah. Review of complete applications for tenure-track positions will begin on October 7, 2019, and will continue until the positions are filled. Completed applications for postdoctoral positions received before January 1, 2020, will receive full consideration. A complete application includes a cover letter, CV, research statement, teaching statement, and at least four letters of recommendation (at least one of which should address the applicant's teaching).

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