[CvGmt News] Open ESR position (MAnET)

[Ilkka Holopainen]

Dear colleagues,

here is the announcement for an ESR position (3 years leading to a PhD  
degree) at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of  
Helsinki, within the Marie Curie ITN network MAnET (Metric Analysis  
for Emergent Technologies).

Please, feel free to distribute this announcement.

Best,

Ilkka Holopainen

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Call for applications for an ESR (Early Stage Researcher) position

Applications are invited for a full-time ERS position (leading to a  
PhD degree) at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics,  
University of Helsinki, within the Marie Curie ITN project MAnET.

Duration: 36 months

Starting date: September 2014

Living allowance + mobility allowance:
According to the MC-ITN rules the basis for calculating the gross  
monthly living allowance of the recruited Early Stage Researcher is  
38.000 €/year as a living allowance, plus a mobility allowance  
700/1000 €/month (depending on the family status). These amounts  
include overheads and are subject to the applicable country correction  
coefficient to adjust to the cost of living of the country where the  
project is carried out. [In Finland this means about 3550 €/month  
minus taxes for an unmarried fellow.]

Mobility requirements:  According to the regulations for mobility  
within the Marie Curie program, at the time of recruitment by the host  
organization, researchers must not have resided or carried out their  
main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of their host  
organization for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior  
to the reference date.

For all recruitments, the eligibility of the researcher will be  
determined at the time of recruitment and the status of the researcher  
will not evolve over the life-time of a contract.

Academic requirements: Master's degree and less that 4 years  
(full-time) research experience after Master's degree.

Main research fields:  Differential geometry, Geometric measure  
theory, PDEs, in particular, Minimal Surfaces. The recruited fellow  
will prepare his/her PhD thesis on

Minimal surfaces on Cartan-Hadamard manifolds and/or sub-Riemannian manifolds

under supervision of Ilkka Holopainen. The specific topic of the  
thesis will be decided in accordance with the scientific background of  
the fellow.  The fellow will actively participate in all events  
organized by the network.

Deadline for applications: May 31, 2014.

How to apply:

Please, fill in the following on-line application form

https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/50516/lomake.html

and send by e-mail (To: ilkka.holopainen at helsinki.fi ,  Subject:  
“Application to ESR position” ) the following documents:

- Curriculum Vitae, with list of publications (pdf-file)
- Pdf copy of your identity document (with photo)
- Short presentation letter (max. 3 pages) including research  
interests, a description of your Master’s thesis,
   knowledge and possible research experience on differential  
geometry, geometric measure theory, minimal surfaces.
- Names and e-mail addresses of 2 reference persons who are willing to  
write recommendation letters upon request.

The selected fellow is asked to consult the following general criteria  
for postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Science at the University  
of Helsinki.

http://www.helsinki.fi/facultyofscience/postgraduate/postapplicant.html
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