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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.6pt;background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Postdoctoral
Research Associate in the Mathematics of Solid and Liquid
Crystals<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Grade:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Salary
Range: </span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> £29,249
- £35,938 p.a.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Appointment
Term: </span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> 2
years fixed terms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Applications
are invited for a two-year postdoctoral research associate post
to work on projects in the <i>Mathematics of Solid and Liquid
Crystals</i> under the direction of Professor Sir John Ball
FRS. The successful applicant will take up the post no later
than 1 October 2013, and will be based in the Oxford Centre for
Nonlinear PDE (OxPDE) to perform mathematical research on
projects outlined in the job description regarding solid phase
transformations and the Landau–de Gennes theory of liquid
crystals or related topics under the leadership of the
investigator and to write this up for publication and to fully
participate in the activities of the research group. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The
post is funded by a European Advanced Investigator grant awarded
to Professor Ball. The successful candidate will form part of a
team funded by the grant which currently consists of two
postdoctoral research associates and six PhD students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The
successful candidate will be expected to have a PhD awarded or
submitted, in mathematics or a related discipline, a good
publication record judged by the stage of his/her career,
expertise in analysis and other subject areas relevant for the
projects listed above together with a research record in some
aspect of nonlinear analysis applied to problems in mechanics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Please
direct informal enquiries to the Administrative Assistant and
arrange for two referees to send letters of recommendation to
(email: <a href="mailto:vacancies@maths.ox.ac.uk"><span
style="color:#CF7A30">vacancies@maths.ox.ac.uk</span></a>),
quoting vacancy reference 105521<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Applicants
should read the job description document before making an
application. You will be required to upload a supporting
statement setting out how you meet the selection criteria, a
curriculum vitae including, list of publications and a statement
of research interests, indicating how these fit in with the
projects described in the job description.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Applications
for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this role
and for further details, including a job description and
selection criteria, please click on the link below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a
href="https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=105521"><span
style="color:#CF7A30">https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=105521</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.0pt;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Only
applications received before 12:00 noon UK time on <b>Monday 17
December 2012 </b>can be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#323232;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Committed
to equality and valuing diversity.</span>
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