Research Fellow (106739-0524)

We are looking for an adventurous and talented researcher to fill a postdoctoral position as part of the recently awarded £7.3M EPSRC Programme Grant, MaThRad (Mathematical Theory of Radiation Transport). This five-year interdisciplinary programme of research will use modern mathematical methods from probability theory, advanced Monte Carlo methods and inverse problems to develop novel approaches to the theory and application of radiation transport. The programme grant is held jointly between the University of Warwick, University of Bath, University of Cambridge, University College Hospital, and the National Physical Laboratory. These positions will be based at the University of Warwick.

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Andreas Kyprianou at andreas.kyprianou@warwick.ac.uk.

MaThRad will pursue an interactive exploration of foundational, translational, and application-driven research, developing predictive mathematical models with quantifiable accuracy and software prototypes, ready for real-world implementation in the energy, health care and space exploration nuclear industries.

The successful candidate will have experience of working in at least one of the fields below, with a relevant PhD is desirable:

• Interacting particle systems for Monte Carlo methods and rare event simulation
• Statistical physics for transport modelling
• Branching structures and or stochastic modelling

Candidates with a related backgrounds willing to work in these areas should provide evidence of their versatility. Candidates should submit a CV and in a cover letter, indicating their interest to be aligned with at least one of the themes below:

• Mathematical representations of Boltzmann Transport Equation solutions: will consider rigorous formulations of a suite of BTEs, their adjoints, as well as novel model reductions and solutions in terms of Feynman-Kac type representations and underlying stochastic processes.

Correlation and path decomposition in spatial branching: will look at a number of exact results concerning the inherent correlation in spatial Markov/neutron branching processes with a view to understanding Monte Carlo (MC) heuristics and potential MC shortcuts.

• Interacting Particles (IPS) in multiplying media: will build a mathematical framework to rigorously analyse the complexity of new, advanced MC methods based on the principle of interacting particle systems.
• Monte Carlo for fixed source problems: will develop theory and MC applications for rare-event modelling and stochastic path conditionings in source-detector and related scenarios.

The postdoctoral position includes the possibility to undertake an academic or industrial placement with one of our 26 partners.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure.

CLOSING DATE: Friday 28th June 2024 at 11.45 pm