Job Description

We are seeking applications for a 2.5-year Senior Research Associate to work within the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Lancaster University, as a part of the EPSRC grant "Exploring and exploiting new representations for multivariate extremes".

This grant focuses on developing understanding of geometric representations of extremes, and how these can be used to provide state-of-the-art statistical methodology for multivariate extreme value problems. The Principal Investigator on the grant is Jennifer Wadsworth and the postdoc position will be based in Lancaster.

Your role would be to work, both independently and collaboratively with the PI and collaborators, on statistical methodology for multivariate extremes, publishing and disseminating results via journal articles, conference presentations and open source computer code. You should also be prepared to undertake substantive applications of the developed methodology.

You should have completed, or be close to completing a PhD in statistics, data science or a closely related discipline. You should have a good record of research in terms of submitted and draft publications, and be able to demonstrate strong programming skills (e.g. R, Matlab, C++). Experience with multivariate extreme value theory is an advantage.

The position is available from November 1st 2023 or later by negotiation, and will run for a maximum of 30 months. Interviews will be carried out shortly after the closing date.

We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.

Interested candidates are encouraged to informally contact Dr Jennifer Wadsworth (j.wadsworth@lancaster.ac.uk) if they have any queries about the position.

Further details:

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, all advertised roles are UK based.

The University provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, whilst promoting the importance of wellbeing for all our colleagues. We have a range of support networks available for our employees, and more information on these can be found on the \'Working at Lancaster\' information page.

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We warmly welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity, and equality of opportunity.

\xc2\xa338,205 to \xc2\xa344,263 per annum

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