Tenure or tenure-track position in Mathematical Logic and Foundations, State College PA (U.S.A.)

The Penn State Mathematics Department is seeking to fill openings for S. Chowla Research Assistant Professors. Successful candidates will be new or recent Ph.D.s with exceptional research potential and a commitment to excellence in teaching. These non-tenure-track appointments are for three years. The Department may in addition make other postdoctoral appointments for two or three year terms. Applicants for the Chowla position will automatically be considered for these positions. Initial offers will be made in January 2010.

The Department also is seeking to fill two or more tenure and tenure track faculty positions; dependent on the qualifications and experience of the appointee, these may be at the assistant, associate or full professor level. Areas of emphasis for hiring are Dynamical Systems and its applications; Geometry, including algebraic geometry; Logic and Foundations. A Ph.D. degree or its equivalent is required. Review of applications will begin November 23, 2009 and will continue until positions are filled.

For more information, see http://www.math.psu.edu/hiring/