Pennsylvania State University, Department of Mathematics

Position ID:

PennState-POSTDOC2 [#27138, REQ72094]

Position Title:

Postdoctoral Scholar

Position Type:

Postdoctoral

Position Location:

University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States of America

Subject Area:

Mathematics

Appl Deadline:

(posted 2025/09/26, listed until 2026/05/09)

Position Description:

The Department of Mathematics in Penn State's Eberly College of Science is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar beginning August 2026. The successful candidate will work with Professor John Harlim and his collaborators, Yan Li in the Electrical Engineering department, and Daning Huang in the Aerospace Engineering department in the area of Scientific Machine Learning. The project is to develop computationally efficient reduced-order dynamical systems on graph with modern power grid systems as an application.

Education and Experience: Applicants must have recently completed a Ph.D. and have exceptional research potential. Teaching may be required.

Qualified candidates are expected to have a background in scientific machine learning, numerical analysis, and dynamical systems. Preference will be given to candidates that are proficient with graph neural networks and other scientific machine learning tools.

Additional Information: Applicants must complete the Penn State application and must also submit an application through Mathjobs.org (https://www.mathjobs.org/) with the following materials for the application to be complete:

• Cover letter • Curriculum Vitae • Teaching Statement • Research Statement • Publications List • At least three reference letters uploaded to Mathjobs.org with your application (one letter must address in detail the candidate’s abilities as a teacher.)

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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Application Materials Required:

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

Cover letter
Curriculum Vitae
Research statement
Teaching statement
Publication list
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://www.math.psu.edu/

+1(814)863-7520

Department of Mathematics
107 McAllister Building
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802 U.S.A.