Postdoctoral fellow

Umeå University - with its 33,500 students and over 4,200 employees - is an organisation in constant change and development.Umeå University conducts groundbreaking research within several areas - several in which we are among the best in the world - within others regarded as the leaders in Sweden.We are one of Sweden?s largest providers of education and offer a broad and attractive range of courses and programmes.Our campus constitutes an inspiring environment for everyone that studies and works here.We wish to co-operate with companies and organisations throughout the Umeå region and all over the world.Postdoctoral fellow (9 months) specializing in Extremal graph theory The research group in discrete mathematics invites a post-doctoral fellow to pursue research in the field of extremal graph theory.The successful candidate should hold a PhD in mathematics and have documented expertise in extremal graph theory, with an emphasis on Turan and/or Ramsey type problems.The post doc will be employed at the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics.To be eligible for the position you should have a PhD degree or equivalent in Mathematics, not more than three years old at the application date.For a general presentation of the department, see www.math.umu.se.The International Office, www.umu.se/international_office provides a general presentation of Umeå and the University.Your application should contain a statement of motivation, a curriculum vitae, copies of degree certificates, names and contact details of at least two references, and short accounts of scientific and teaching activities.Reprints of your most relevant publications and other documents that you wish to refer to should be attached.Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.The application can be submitted either electronically (MS Word or PDF format) or in hard-copy form (two copies).