Open Postdoctoral position in Global Categorical Symmetries in UZH, Alberto Cattaneo’s Group

19 Oct 2021

Application deadline December 5, 2021.

The Institute of Mathematics at the University of Zurich invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship supervised by Professor Alberto Cattaneo, as part of the Simons Collaboration on Global Categorical Symmetries. This is a joint physics and mathematics research program focused on the interplay between quantum field theory, topology, higher category theory and representation theory.

Further information about the Collaboration and its research activities can be found at https://scgcs.berkeley.edu. The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to make extended visits to other collaboration sites, to contribute to joint research activities, and to participate in collaboration workshops and summer schools.

Candidates are expected to show outstanding promise in research relevant to the Collaboration themes. The position, with a mild teaching load (two hours per week for an advanced class or for a reading seminar per semester), is for a period of 2 years, starting on September 1st , 2022 (the starting date can be negotiated). An extension for a 3rd additional year is possible.

Finalists for the position may have their files reviewed jointly by the Collaboration PI’s.

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