Research Associate in Applied Probability

The University of Manchester - Department of Mathematics

Job reference: SAE-030967
Salary: £37,694 - £46,049 per annum depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Science and Engineering
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Department of Mathematics
Hours Per Week: Full time (1 FTE)
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 08/04/2026
Contract Duration: Fixed term for 24 months
School/Directorate: School of Natural Sciences

Applications are invited for the above post, to start in May 2026 for a fixed term of two years.

The successful applicant will work with Professor Malwina Luczak on projects in the field of Applied Probability, connecting to her Leverhulme International Professorship.

Professor Luczak’s current research interests are largely in Markov chains, with an emphasis on rigorous analysis of their long-term behaviour, supported as appropriate by computational experiments. Professor Luczak has developed various mathematical techniques for studying the speed of convergence of Markov chains to stationarity as well as properties of the stationary distribution. The successful candidate will assist her in adapting these techniques to treat specific classes of Markov chains arising in application areas such as mathematical biology and computer science, as well as in verifying theoretical results by numerical work.

For instance, there are a number of stochastic models of epidemics where the course of the epidemic is known to follow the solution of a differential equation over short time-intervals, but where little or nothing has been proved about the long-term behaviour of the stochastic process.

There will also be opportunities for the post-holder to develop their own research agenda, and to work with others in the Department of Mathematics in Manchester.

The Department is fully committed to Athena SWAN principles to promote women in science and is a supporter of the LMS Good Practice Scheme; for more details of our activities relating to Social Responsibility. This is a full-time post but applications from individuals seeking part time, job share or flexible working arrangements are welcome.

Applications should normally be made online. Please append a brief statement of motivation (maximum 2 sides A4, excluding references) to your CV, describing your research and how your interests and skills fit in with the project.

Please follow the above link to find out more and apply.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Malwina Luczak
Email: malwina.luczak@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:
Email: recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk