Postdoc in probability theory with applications to evolutionary biology.
⚠️ Update: as of March 2025, we are no longer accepting applications.
We are recruiting a post-doctoral researcher with a PhD in probability and an interest in evolutionary biology. The postdoc is funded by the ANR JCJC project GARP (Graphes Aléatoires pour les Réseaux Phylogénétiques – Random Graphs for Phylogenetic Networks).
Location: Université de Franche-Comté, Laboratoire de mathématiques de Besançon (France). See the LmB website.
Duration: 24 months, starting in 2025. The starting date is flexible – applications will start to be evaluated in February 2025, but later applications will be considered as long as the position is not filled.
Salary: will be based on a grid taking into account previous postdoctoral experience, but should not be less than 2550€ gross per month. Health insurance and other social benefits are included. The position comes with additional funding for travel.
Contact: Jean-Jil Duchamps
(webpage) and
François Bienvenu
(webpage).
Please do not hesitate to contact us
for more information. You can reach us by email at
probabio-lmb 🙃 univ-fcomte.fr.
Applications should be sent directly to us by email, and consist of:
- a scientific curriculum vitae including a list of publications;
- a motivation letter including a list of two people who may be contacted for reference letters.
Potential research directions:
- Phylogenetic networks.
- Branching processes with interaction.
- Random graphs, scaling limits and local limits.