Applications are invited for one tenure-track appointment at the Assistant Professor level in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, to commence July 1, 2011. Applicants in all areas of Mathematical and Computational Biology and Ecology will be considered, including Non-linear Dynamics of Disease Mechanism, Biological Invasion, Population Dynamics, Epidemiological and Ecological Modeling, BioInformatics and Health Informatics, Protein, Cellular and Physiological Modeling and Stochastic Biological Modeling.

The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Mathematics or a related field and a proven record of independent and collaborative interdisciplinary research.  The successful candidate must have a potential for research excellence and demonstrated excellence or promise of excellence in teaching. Superior teaching will be an asset. Preference will be given to candidates who can strengthen existing areas of present and ongoing research activity in the department and in biological and life sciences across the university.  The successful candidate should be suitable for prompt appointment to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. All positions at York are subject to budgetary approval.

Applications must be received by December 15, 2010. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, an outline of their research plan and a description of teaching interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation (one of which should address teaching) to be sent directly to:

Applied Mathematics Search Committee
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
N520 Ross, York University
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario
M3J 1P3 Canada
applmath@mathstat.yorku.ca
www.math.yorku.ca/Hiring

Submitted on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:25:28 -0400