1 Full-time junior assistant (PhD student) in Applied Mathematics in Belgium | Ghent University

Profile of the candidate

• hold or expect to hold by August 2015 a Master of Science in one of the following disciplines: mathematics, systems and control, bioscience engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering. Exceptional candidates from other science/engineering backgrounds will also be considered.
• should have had a rigorous undergraduate mathematics training and in general a strong background in mathematics.
• be highly motivated to conduct research in the area of applied mathematics, specifically in mathematical biology/chemistry.
• should have an excellent academic track record.
• knowledge of biology or chemistry at undergraduate level is preferable although not mandatory.

Job description

• to conduct research in the area of mathematical/systems biology particularly in the area of discretization of reaction-diffusion biochemical networks.
• to assist his/her supervisor in teaching undergraduate mathematics courses at Ghent University Global Campus, Korea.

Ghent University Global Campus, Korea (GUGC-K) is the first campus of Ghent University outside Belgium. This brand new campus is situated in Incheon, South-Korea. GUGC-K integrates educational and research facilities in a single building. Ghent University has the ambition to organize a first-rate, truly European education in Asia and to develop excellent research in the fields of Molecular biotechnology, Environmental and Food technology While the candidate will mainly work under the supervision of Prof. Shodhan Rao located at the campus in Korea, he/she will be co-supervised by Prof. Bernard de Baets located in Ghent. The candidate will therefore have the opportunity to spend at least one month every summer at the campus in Ghent during the course of his/her PhD. The terms of employment at GUGC-K are comparable to those at the campus in Ghent. However free student accommodation and a yearly travel budget are foreseen.