Postdoctoral Position - Dean's Postdoctoral Scholar

The Department of Mathematics at The Florida State University is accepting applications for postdoctoral fellowship positions in mathematics, starting in August 2019. The appointment is for a period of two years. One of the positions may be slated to begin in January 2019, subject to the availability of a suitable candidate.

Candidates must have a doctoral degree in mathematics or a closely related area, a strong research record, and a commitment to excellence in teaching. Preference will be given to candidates with research interests that have a strong overlap with the research interests of current faculty members. The candidates are encouraged to include the name or names of faculty at FSU who are closest to the candidate's research interests in their cover letter.

Qualified candidates must apply through the AMS mathjobs website: https://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/12586. Each applicant must submit a cover letter, a standard AMS cover sheet, a current vitae, a description of current and planned research, and a statement of teaching philosophy. Additionally, candidates should arrange to have four letters of recommendation (one of the letters should address the applicant's teaching capability) uploaded directly by their reference writers to mathjobs.org. Applications will be considered until the positions are filled. Information about the department is available at https://www.math.fsu.edu.

Florida State University is one of two flagship research universities in the State University System of Florida, with over 40,000 students in the main campus of Tallahassee. Tallahassee is located in north Florida and has a population of roughly 190,000. It is adjacent to the Apalachicola National Forest and about twenty-five miles from the Gulf of Mexico, with easy access to pristine beaches and other natural habitats. Tallahassee has a warm climate, with an annual average high temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit and an annual average low temperature of 56 degrees Fahrenheit.

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