Calculus of Variations and Geometric Measure Theory

Open call for a Research Assistant position (unipv)

created by paolini on 14 Mar 2014

Deadline: 31 mar 2014

Research Assistant position at the Department of Mathematics, Pavia University in ``Evolutionary partial differential equations and phase transitions: variational and entropy methods''

The position has a duration of 1 year, starting on May 1, 2014. It may be extended for another year after positive evaluation. The research is carried out in collaboration with the ERC project "Entropy formulation of Evolutionary phase transitions", Principal Investigator: Elisabetta Rocca. The gross salary for the position is fixed in euros 19367 per year. This corresponds, approximately, to a net salary of euros 1360 per month.

The main research topics pertaining to the call are the following:

  • Mathematical analysis of evolutionary PDE's;

  • Variational and entropy methods;

  • Mathematical modeling of physical phenomena.

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