Arend Bayer

PhD positions

I am currently looking for two PhD students, funded from a European research grant, to start in the autumn 2014. (Starting earlier or later is likely possible - please email me if you would prefer that.) If you might be interested in working with me, please feel free to drop me an email: arend.bayer@ed.ac.uk. Each position comes with funding for 3.5 years, and you would join the normal PhD program at the School of Maths in Edinburgh.

You would be working on new methods and topics in algebraic geometry that originally came from constructions in string theory, and now have turned out to be extremely useful for fundamental classical questions within algebraic geometry itself. In the form of bullet points:

(If you have heard about more than one of these words, you know a lot more than I did before starting my PhD!)

You would become part of a large and very active group in algebra and geometry at University of Edinburgh, see the Hodge Institute website, with many seminars and activities (reading groups, internal working seminars, joint seminars with other universities, etc.). To find out more about doing a PhD in our department, you can read the Hodge PhD entry, and have a look at the Maths graduate school webpage.

I am currently supervising one graduate student, Rebecca Tramel, and one post-doc, Ciaran Meachan.

Apply

You should apply via the normal School of Maths Graduate school application process. If you are from outside the EU, you should in addition apply to an Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship - see the graduate school website for explanation and a link. The deadline is January 31, but early applications are encouraged.

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