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Assistant or Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics

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Work type: Full Time
Location: Troy, NY
Categories: Faculty, School of Science

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Job Summary

Department of Mathematical Sciences
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

Applications are invited for one or more tenure-track positions as an Assistant or Associate Professor in applied mathematics to begin in August 2023. Assistant Professor candidates must have a Ph.D., or foreign degree equivalent, in mathematics or applied mathematics, or a closely related discipline, along with the ability to demonstrate, through their record of accomplishments, promise of future distinction in scholarship and education. Suitable candidates can be considered for a position as a tenured Associate Professor. Such candidates, in addition to the requirements for an Assistant Professor, must have an established record of high-quality education and service, and national prominence and emerging international prominence in research. All successful candidates will be expected to develop and maintain a robust program of externally funded research, to teach courses in the department at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and to provide academic and professional service. Please visit https://science.rpi.edu/mathematical-sciences for more information about the department.

We welcome candidates with a commitment to applied mathematics and interdisciplinary research. Of particular interest are candidates whose work involves one or more of the following areas: mathematical optimization, mathematical foundations of data science or machine learning, modeling and novel computational approaches for challenging problems with societal or technological impact in such areas as energy, quantum computing, health, and climate and environmental sciences, among others.

Application instructions

 

Follow the on-screen prompts to create a brief online application, and please upload the following: cover letter, curriculum vita, research and teaching statements, and three letters of recommendation to MathJobs.Org.

Job Posted Date

Applications will be evaluated until the positions are filled. 

Salary 

Expected hiring range: $100,000 - $120,000 per academic year.

Pay transparency disclosure: The selected candidate’s salary will be determined based on factors that include the available budget, internal equity, and the final candidate’s qualifications, experience, education and other job-related credentials. This hiring range is provided as Rensselaer’s good faith estimate of the expected hiring range at the time of posting.

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Rensselaer is committed to providing a safe and healthy living, learning, and working environment for its faculty, staff, and students. As such, we strongly recommend that faculty, staff and students obtain a COVID-19 vaccination and remain current with available boosters to protect themselves, as well as to protect vulnerable members of the community.

We welcome candidates who will bring diverse cultural, ethnic, national and international perspectives to Rensselaer’s work and campus communities.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity, Race/Gender/Veterans/Disability Employer.

 

 

 

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