Current Positions

The Department of Mathematics at the University of Utah welcomes applications for the positions listed below. Availability of positions is contingent upon funding. The Hiring Committee will select candidates based on excellence in research and teaching.

One or more full time tenure-track or tenured appointments at the level of assistant, associate, or full professor. The department is primarily interested in applicants who work in the research areas represented in the department, these being:
Pure Mathematics
Algebraic Geometry
Commutative Algebra
Geometry-Topology
Group Theory
Number Theory
Representation Theory

Applied Mathematics
Materials and Fluids
Math Biology
Mathematical Finance
Numerical Analysis
Partial Differential Equations
Probability and Statistics
One or more nonrenewable three-year Scott, Wylie, Burgess, or VIGRE Assistant Professorships. Persons receiving PhD degrees are eligible. Starting salary will be at least $48,000. Increases are given annually but amounts vary from year to year. Teaching duties for the Scott Assistant Professorship for the entire three-years will be nine one-semester courses. Wylie and Burgess Assistant Professors receive a $2,000/year research fund and teach eight courses in three years. VIGRE Assistant Professors receive annual research funds and teach two courses per year.

VIGRE dual-postdoctoral postions for couples who received PhDs in the last 18 months.

Post doctoral positions with the Research Training Group in Mathematical Biology.

Post doctoral positions with the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program in Mathematical Biology.

Post doctoral positions with the NSF-NIGMS Grant on the Formation and Function of Physiological Gels.

To apply for any of these positions, you must fill out an application at www.mathjobs.org. To complete your application, submitt a curriculum vitae, bibliography, and three (five for tenure-track or tenured positions) letters of recommendation, including, if possible, one letter addressing teaching capabilities. For tenure-track and tenure appointments, it is advised that applicants submit a research and teaching statement. It is not necessary to send preprints or reprints with the initial applications. Application material can be submitted through the above website (preferred) or they may be sent by US mail to: Committee on Staffing, Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, 155 S 1400 E., JWB 233, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. Completed applications will be considered starting October 1, 2007 and positions may be offered from that date on. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled with a closing date of May 1, 2008. The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer and encourages applications from women and minorities, and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees.

The department is one of 25 Group I Mathematics Departments in public institutions nationwide, and its faculty have received many honors including Guggenheim, Packard and Sloan Fellowships. It has active VIGRE and IGERT programs. For more information see www.math.utah.edu or email Eleen Collins.