Department of
Mathematical Sciences
Tenure-Track
Mathematics Position
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
Screening Begins: December 15, 2007
Position Start Date: August 15, 2008
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Announcement: The Department of Mathematical
Sciences at Montana State University invites applications for a
tenure-track position in Mathematics at the Assistant Professor level
to begin in August 2008. Exceptional candidates will be considered for
an appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level.
Requirements:
Ph.D. degree in Mathematics or a closely related field.
Preferred
Qualifications: Research interests of the candidate should
mesh well with those of the department's mathematics and applied
mathematics faculty. Applicants with experience in applied and computational mathematics are preferred.
Duties
and Responsibilities: Duties include
research, teaching and service. An active research program is
essential. Teaching load usually consists of one undergraduate and one
graduate course each semester. A commitment to excellence in teaching
is expected.
Qualities
of a Successful Candidate: The successful
candidate
will be an independent researcher with strong commitment to quality
teaching and will contribute to the Department's mission of providing
outstanding research, teaching and service to the local, national and
international communities.
The successful candidate will have strong communication and
interpersonal skills and will have the ability and desire to
collaborate with students and faculty at Montana State University.
Application
procedure Applicants should submit:
- Letter
of application
- Complete curriculum vita
- Statement of current and planned research
- Statement of teaching interests and experience
- At least three letters of recommendation
evaluating research
- An additional letter addressing teaching
qualifications is preferred.
Electronic
applications will be accepted but must be followed
with a signed cover letter/letter of application sent to the address
listed below. Submit materials to:
Mathematics Search Committee
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
2-214 Wilson Hall
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717-2400.
tel.: (406)-994-3603, fax: (406)-994-1789 sankovic@math.montana.edu
Screening of applications commences December 15, 2007 and will continue
until the position is filled. Montana State University is
ADA/AA/EO/Veteran preference employer. To reach the official MSU
announcement for futher details,
click here.
ABOUT MSU & BOZEMAN:
The
Department of Mathematical Sciences
has a small but active faculty, with researchers in applied statistics,
applied and computational mathematics, mathematical biology, and
dynamical systems. The department offers an M.S. in Mathematics with
options in mathematics and mathematics education; an M.S. in
Statistics; an M.S. in Ecological and Environmental Statistics; a Ph.D.
in Mathematics with emphases in mathematics and mathematics education;
and a Ph.D. in Statistics. There will be 65 students in our graduate
program during Fall 2007 with 32 Ph.D. students. Currently, research
funding within the department is approximately $2,000,000 per year. The
department has close ties with research groups in other departments
across campus, including Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Physics, Biofilm Engineering,
Center for Computational Biology.
Montana
State
University has an enrollment of 12,000 students. It
is located in
Bozeman, a town of 30,000 in the mountains of
southwestern Montana. Outdoor activities such as downhill and cross
country skiing, hiking, mountain biking, and trout fishing are within
a few minutes of town, and Yellowstone National Park is only 90 miles
away.
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