Research Fellow in Geometric Topology
University of Melbourne
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Closing date: 18th March 2013 Position no.: 0031009
Employment type: Full-time Fixed Term (Available for 3 years)
Campus: Parkville
Salary: $75,404 - $80,939 p.a. plus employer superannuation contributions of 9%.
This postdoctoral position will conduct research on an Australian Research Council Discovery Project with the Chief Investigators Professor Hyam Rubinstein, Associate Professor Craig Hodgson, and Dr Stephan Tillmann (University of Sydney). The title of the project is "Triangulations in dimensions three and four: discrete and geometric structures". It is administered by the Universities of Melbourne and Sydney and is funded for the three year period 2013-2015.
The successful applicant will undertake research in the areas of low dimensional topology and geometric structures, using techniques of triangulations and normal surfaces. Research will focus on building geometric structures explicitly by solving the hyperbolic gluing equations for triangulations and related topics of angle structures, triangulations and algorithms. Invariants from triangulations of 3-manifolds using quantum topology and triangulations of 4-manifolds will also be research topics.
The successful applicant will participate in all aspects of the project, will present research results at seminars and conferences, and will, as part of the research team, write scholarly papers for publication in academic journals. Regular visits to the University of Sydney are required to work with Dr Tillmann during the project. Applicants would be expected to have a PhD in mathematics. A publication record is expected in geometry and topology.
More information about the Department and the Geometry and Topology group is available at the website:
For Position Description, Selection Criteria, and details of how to apply, please visit the website
http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/job0031009/
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