PostDoctoral Research Associate

Job Summary

The department of Applied Mathematics at CU Boulder is accepting applications for the Postdoctoral Research Associate position. This position will start as early as April 1, 2025.

The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Who We Are

The departmental roots go back to the turn of the last century when it originally was the Department of Engineering Mathematics. The Department teaches thousands of students and has a major research presence in computational and physical/biological mathematics and the statistical sciences. It has 23 tenured or tenure track faculty. In addition there are 10 full time instructors, more than 110 graduate students including approximately 40 teaching assistants, about 179 applied math majors, 109 statistics majors, 105 minors and a thriving Bachelor's-Accelerated Master's program.

The Department strives to be a leading program of applied mathematics. In 2018, the US News & World Report ranked the unit’s graduate program 14th in the nation. The unit also ranked positively in many measures by the National Research Council in its 2010 decadal survey.

Our faculty have won numerous awards including: four being named fellows of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, two being named fellows of the American Mathematical Society, two being named fellows of the American Physical Society, two Guggenheim Fellows, American Statistical Association Fellow, Sloan Fellow. At CU-System: one Distinguished Professor, and at CU-Boulder: Hazel Barnes Prize, Professor of Distinction, winners of numerous CU-Boulder faculty awards, and two distinguished research lecturers.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

• Theoretical analysis of geophysical turbulence and it’s impact on climate
• Design numerical experiments to test and advance theories of geophysical turbulence and climate
• Develop code in Python for direct numerical simulations of turbulence to be run on massively parallel architectures at multiple computing centers.
• Optimize code to efficiently run on large numbers of processors
• Analyze results of the code and compare with the literature
• Present results at scientific conferences
• Write and submit manuscripts describing the work to peer reviewed journals.

What You Should Know

This is a part time position at 49% time that does not include benefits.
What We Can Offer

The monthly salary for this part-time position is $3,039.47, and $36,473.64 annually.

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits , including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder .
Be Statements

Be creative. Be impactful. Be Boulder.
What We Require

A PhD.
Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

1. Resume/CV
2. One Reference Letter (Not confidential)
3. Statement of Research Philosophy - Research plan should not be more than 2 pages.

Please apply by March 12, 2025 for consideration.

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Posting Contact Information

Posting Contact Name: Jeff Weiss

Posting Contact Email: jeffrey.weiss@colorado.edu