Research Fellow

Job title:

Research Fellow

Company:

University College London

Job description

About usThe Department of Mathematics at UCL is an internationally renowned department within one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Since its beginning, mathematics at UCL has been enhanced by its many outstanding members of staff. Indeed, two of its students (and later staff) Professor Klaus Roth (1958) and Professor Alan Baker (1970) have gone on to win the Fields Medal. Another former member of staff, Professor Tim Gowers, won the Fields Medal in 1998 for work he did whilst at UCL.Since 2011, the department has grown considerably, with over 100 academic and honorary staff members, including fellows of the Royal Society. The department also has approximately 30 Postdoctoral Research Fellows, around 108 PhD students and 50 MSc students. We welcome a regular stream of distinguished visiting academics from home and abroad. The broad range of research interests is reflected in the wide choice of courses available in the third and fourth years of the degree programmes, from spectral theory, groups and geometry to fluid mechanics and from mathematical ideas in biology to cosmology. Research funding in the department from EPSRC, ERC, NERC, Leverhulme Trust and the Wellcome Trust has grown significantly in recent years, more than doubling since 2014.The department has internationally recognised research groups in pure and applied analysis; fluid mechanics; mathematical physics; geometry and topology; algebra, number theory and combinatorics; mathematical modelling in biology, finance, industry and society. There are regular departmental seminar series in financial mathematics and applied mathematics, as well as seminar series joint with other London universities in number theory, geometry and analysis. There are regular London-Paris meetings in analysis and number theory and a London-Brussels meeting in geometry. The department hosts an annual meeting in the dynamics of rotating fluids.About the roleApplications are invited for a full-time Research Fellow position to work with Professor Hao Ni on the project entitled “High order mathematical and computational infrastructure for streamed data that enhance contemporary generative and large language models” (DataSig II).The responsibilities of the post will include carrying out vigorous, high-level research, submitting publications regularly in referred journals, participating in local seminars and in national and international conferences.This post is available from 1st October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. Salary will be UCL Grade 7 point 31 which is £45,103 annum inclusive of London Allowance.This post is funded for 24 months the first instance due to funding restrictions.About youCandidates should either have a PhD or equivalent qualification in Mathematics, or a field related to the Programme or should be finalising their PhD or waiting for their viva date.Please note: Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent on award and confirmation of a PhD (or equivalent). If this is not the case, the initial appointment will be at Research Assistant Grade 6B, point 25 (salary £38,607 per annum inclusive of London allowance) with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD thesis.The successful candidate is expected to have some expertise and research experience in their willingness and ability to work effectively with a team of researchers and across disciplines to contribute towards the Programme’s aims and objectives. Have a high-level innovative and analytical capability tied to the Programme objectives; especially to identify, develop and apply concepts, techniques and methods in these contexts. Have Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to write clearly and succinctly for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings. The ability to exercise initiative and judgement in carrying out research tasks, to organise your own work independently and prioritise work in response to deadlines and have clear evidence of outstanding promise and originality in research linked to the role and Programme, with a good publication record, commensurate with career stageAn outstanding candidate will have the ability to assess resource requirements and deploy them effectively, have willingness and ability to report and present work to a wider community, bring diversity of approach to the Programme and have Research experience relevant to the Programme -related areas, including but not limited to generative models/sequential ML models, Large Language Models (LLMs), agents and rough path theory.For a full spectrum of duties and responsibilities as well as essential, and desired criteria please refer to the Further Particulars document attached to this advert.If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Anna Rutherford (anna.rutherford@ucl.ac.uk)Informal enquiries may be addressed to Hao Ni, tel: +44(0)7576141124, email: .We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme

• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

• Immigration loan • Relocation scheme for certain posts

• On-Site nursery

• On-site gym

• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay

• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service

• Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/.Available documents

Expected salary

£45103 per year

Location

North West London

Job date

Fri, 15 Aug 2025 06:43:42 GMT

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