Assistant Professor (Finance)

The Department of Mathematics & Statistics of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty position in mathematics at the Assistant Professor level based at its St. Petersburg campus. The start date of the position is August 7th, 2025.Minimum qualifications: The Department seeks accomplished candidates who can enhance our research and educational missions. The candidates must possess a Ph.D. in Mathematics or in a related area by the start date of the position. Successful candidates will have demonstrated potential for excellence in mathematics research and teaching, and a commitment to an inclusive environment and working with diverse communities.

Preferred qualifications:

• Major contributions beyond their doctoral research;
• While all areas of specializations are welcome, we are particularly interested in applications from candidates who complement and enhance our existing strengths in Applied Analysis or Probability theory, broadly defined, to include, for example, Non-commutative/Free Probability, Free Harmonic Analysis, and applications.
• Record of excellent teaching and demonstrate a commitment to both undergraduate and graduate education.

The department offers BA, BS, MA and Ph.D. programs. click http://math.usf.edu/ug/courses/ for more details. It is expected that all faculty be able to teach almost all of the core courses and some of the elective courses of the Pure and Applied mathematics program http://math.usf.edu/ug/ All faculty are expected to mentor graduate/undergraduate students.

Interdisciplinary research programs are strongly encouraged in the USF Mathematics and Statistics department. Our tenure and promotion process values collaborative research and teamwork, and many of the current faculty are engaged in collaborative research areas that include, but are not limited to Data Science, Cybersecurity, Medical Science, Marine Sciences, Nanotechnology, etc., within the college, and across the University. Opportunities to collaborate extend beyond the University. The department also exhibits research strength in fundamental areas of Mathematics and Statistics http://math.usf.edu/research/faculty/

The University of South Florida is a very high research activity institution holding the Carnegie R1 classification and as of 2023, AAU member institution. It is a pre-eminent university of the Florida State University System and the fastest rising American university over the past decade according to U.S. news and World Report. Therefore, All USF tenure-stream faculty are expected to maintain a very active research agenda.

To foster a strong research profile, the department is seeking to give the successful candidate at the earliest stage of his/her career the opportunity, resources, and support to establish innovative and impactful research careers. In particular, the successful candidate will receive substantial support for their research, including a reduced teaching load while on tenure track and a competitive start-up research fund.The University of South Florida is a high-impact global research university dedicated to student success. Over the past 10 years, no other public university in the country has risen faster in U.S. News and World Report's national university rankings than USF. Serving more than 50,000 students on campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee, USF is designated as a Preeminent State Research University by the Florida Board of Governors, placing it in the most elite category among the state's 12 public universities. USF is a member of the American Athletic Conference.
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