Deadline: 1 nov 2013

Applications are invited for a

PhD position

(half time) at the Chair of Nonlinear Analysis at the Institute for Mathematics at Augsburg University, Germany (Prof. B. Schmidt) starting at the earliest possible date.

The appointment is initially limited to two years but can be extended. It includes a teaching load of 2.5 hours per week during lecture time, which may be given in English in the first year. The salary is according to the German public service tariff scale E~13 TV-L (50%).

Applicants are expected to join the research activities at the Chair of Nonlinear Analysis and will be given the opportunity to write a PhD thesis.

Job requirements are a master's degree in mathematics or physics and a good working knowledge in analysis, in particular in areas such as the calculus of variations, partial differential equations, geometric measure theory, or mathematical continuum mechanics.

Candidates are requested to send their application including a curriculum vitae, a description of their scientific interests and a publication list (if applicable) in German or in English as a single pdf document to bernd.schmidt@math.uni-augsburg.de by November 1. 2013. (Later applications will be considered, until the position is filled.)

Augsburg University is an equal opportunity employer. Applications of women are strongly encouraged. Disabled persons will be given preference in case of equal qualifications.

For further inquiries please email: bernd.schmidt@math.uni-augsburg.de