University of Alabama, Mathematics/A&S

Position ID:

530-AP [#25266]

Position Title:

Assistant Professor in Topology

Position Type:

Tenured/Tenure-track faculty

Position Location:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States of America

Subject Area:

Geometry and Topology

Appl Deadline:

2025/08/01 11:59PM help popup

** (posted 2024/09/24, listed until 2025/08/01)

Position Description:

The Department of Mathematics at The University of Alabama invites applications for one tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Pure Mathematics. The appointment will begin on August 16, 2025.

The department is seeking applicants with research and teaching expertise in the area of Topology. We are especially interested in candidates who can strengthen our existing faculty/research in topology, which is broadly in Geometric Topology, and it specifically includes: Low Dimensional Geometry and Topology, Symplectic and Contact geometry, and Floer and Khovanov homologies. Applicants are expected to have postdoctoral experience and show solid evidence of research productivity beyond the doctoral dissertation.

The University of Alabama is a student-centered research university. The successful candidate is expected to develop a strong research program and to pursue external funding and should be committed to providing stellar education to undergraduate and graduate students. In addition, the candidate should be committed to supervising undergraduate research and graduate dissertations. Candidates must possess a doctoral degree in mathematics or a very closely related field by August 16, 2025.

Applicants should complete the online application at http://careers.ua.edu/cw/en-us/job/524751 .The application should include a letter of application, a current curriculum vita, a research statement, a teaching statement, and at least three letters of recommendation (one of which concerns teaching). The recommendation letters should be submitted electronically through MathJobs (www.mathjobs.org).

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis starting November 1, 2024, and will continue to be accepted until the position is filled. The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution.

Application Materials Required:

Submit the following item online at this website to complete your application:

Three reference letters (to be submitted online by the reference writers on this site )

And anything else requested in the position description.

Further Info:

http://careers.ua.edu/cw/en-us/job/524751

Department of Mathematics
University of Alabama
Box 870350
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487