UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS)
AND
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS AND MODELLING SCIENCE)
POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSISTANT
GRADE RA1A ?16,775 - ?25,213
REF 553/00
To work on a project "Application of stochastic geometry to understanding transport of microorganisms in soil". This project is funded by BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) and will use methods of stochastic geometry, diffusion processes and percolation theory to model the connectivity properties of spatial structures that model soil and pore spaces, with a view to determining the risks of bacteria leaching through the pores, and the dependence of these risks on soil conditions and the size of bacteria.
This is a mainly mathematical and statistical project that may also include a substantial simulation part to handle situations where theoretical analysis is not feasible. The successful applicant will have a postgraduate degree in probability or mathematical statistics and experience in simulation methods and software development.
You will be employed jointly by University of Glasgow and University of Strathclyde (both located in Glasgow), but you will be expected to attend meetings with scientists from Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (Aberdeen) and Plant and Soil Science Department of University of Aberdeen who do experimental and analytical work on leaching of soil bacteria.
Appointment will be for up to 36 months.
For informal enquiries contact the grant holders: Prof Ilya Molchanov (University of Glasgow), e-mail ilya@stats.gla.ac.uk or on +44(0)1413305141, and Dr Sergei Zuyev (University of Strathclyde) e-mail sergei@stams.strath.ac.uk or on +44(0)1415483663.
Applications (3 copies of CV, list of scientific publications and covering letter) giving the names and addresses (postal and e-mail) of two academic referees should be sent by 20 October 2000 to Prof I Molchanov, Department of Statistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QW, UK.
