The candidate is expected to work on a multi-institution research project, supported by the Department of Energy, on the development of technologies to improve the efficiency of highway traffic via the control of a few automated vehicles. The position includes a leadership role in the coordination of the multi-institutional collaborative research effort, including UC Berkeley, Rutgers University Camden, University of Arizona, and Vanderbilt University.

Expertise in traffic modeling, differential equations, computational methods for flows, high-performance computing, control theory, transportation, and/or robotics is desirable, and should be stressed in the cover letter. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Mathematics, or a related field, by the time of appointment.

Applications should be submitted through mathjobs.org and should include a cover letter, a CV, a research statement, a teaching statement, and three (3) letters of recommendation, one of which should address the candidate's teaching qualifications.

Please direct all inquiries to Benjamin Seibold (PI) and/or Irina Mitrea (Department Chair). For more information on the department and related research efforts, please visit http://math.temple.edu and http://math.temple.edu/~seibold/ .

Screening of applications will begin by 11/15/2020, and will continue until the position is filled. Temple University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. In a continuing effort to enrich its academic environment and provide equal educational and employment opportunities the department actively encourages applications from women and members of all ethnic groups underrepresented in Mathematics. The Department of Mathematics of Temple University abides by the AMS postdoctoral offer response date guidelines.