The Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS) is an institute of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB). The FVB comprises eight non-university research institutes in Berlin which are funded by the federal and state governments. The research institutes are members of the Leibniz Association.

Employment advertisement

WIAS invites applications for a

Research Assistant Position

(Ref. 17/03)

in the Research Group

”Partial differential equations”

(Head: Prof. Dr. Alexander Mielke) in cooperation with the Research Group

Stochastic Algorithms and Nonparametric Statistics

(Head: Prof. Dr. Vladimir Spokoiny) starting at June 1, 2017 in the ECMath project Model-based geometry reconstruction of quantum dots from TEM”. The aim of the project is the development of a novel mathematical approach to the reconstruction of quantum dot geometries from transmission electron microscopy (TEM) data in collaboration with the AG Lehmann (Electron microscopy and holography) at TU Berlin.

Applicants are expected to have a university degree (Master or Diploma) in Mathematics or Physics and the the willingness to collaborate responsibly in an interdisciplinary project. An intimate knowledge of one of the following topics

-          partial differential equations and numerical methods,

-          differential geometry,

-          statistics,

as well as software programming skills are desirable. The successful candidate will have the possibility to conduct a PhD thesis.

Please direct your queries to Dr. Thomas Koprucki (thomas.koprucki@wias-berlin.de) or Dr. Karsten Tabelow (karsten.tabelow@wias-berlin.de).

The initial appointment is limited until December 31, 2018. The work schedule and the salary is according to the German TVoeD scale (75%).

The Weierstrass Institute is an equal opportunity employer. We explicitly encourage female researchers to apply for the offered position.

Among equally qualified applicants, disabled candidates will be given preference.

All applicants’ materials (curriculum vitae, photocopies of certificates and a list of publications, including a cover letter) shall be sent with the reference number 17/03 exclusively in electronic form in a single pdf file by March 12, 2017 to:

jobs@wias-berlin.de.