Karlstad University, Sweden (KAU) has established a process to recruit excellent postdoctoral researchers under the Marie Skƚodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) programme. With this call we are inviting expressions of interest from researchers within the fields of Applied Mathematics, Multiscale Analysis, Modeling and Simulation, Partial Differential Equations, and Interacting Particle Systems. These expressions of interest will be assessed at KAU, and one candidate will be selected to write a proposal for a 24-month MSCA-PF, to be hosted at KAU.

The successful candidate in this ‘expression of interest’ call will be invited to join an introductory Zoom session in June 2025. At this session, the candidate will receive information on the MSCA-PF application process and discuss project plans with their potential supervisor. The selected candidate will, in cooperation with their supervisor, write an application to be submitted in the 2025 MSCA-PF call (deadline 10 September 2025).
 

This MSCA-PF will be supervised at KAU by Professor Adrian Muntean. The call aims to recruit a researcher within multiscale modeling, analysis and simulation of systems of partial differential equations (PDEs). PDEs and interacting particle systems are emerging trends where modern methods in applied mathematics interplay intimately with relevant societal questions from materials and life science.

The multiscale modeling and simulation is a successful strategy integrating multiphysics with heterogeneous geometries to uncover the correct mechanisms for predictions; the corresponding mathematical analyses ensure the trust in the results.

We are searching for excellent candidates at the postdoctoral level aiming to engage in research challenges in multiscale modeling and simulation from an applied analysis perspective. Candidates with backgrounds in either the mathematical analysis of multiscale PDEs (e.g. homogenization), interacting particle systems (e.g. statistical physics, discrete-to-continuum limits, measure theory), or in scientific computing (e.g. numerical analysis, efficient multiscale algorithms, high-performance computing) are welcome to show their interest.

Eligibility criteria

The applicant must have been defended their doctoral thesis and addressed any corrections required by their examiners before the MSCA-PF application deadline (10 September 2025). Furthermore, their doctoral degree must have been awarded no more than eight years before that deadline (years of experience outside research and documented career breaks will not count towards the eight-year maximum). The applicant can be of any nationality and must not have spent more than 12 months in Sweden in the three years immediately prior to 10 September 2025. If the applicant applied for an MSCA-PF in the 2024 competition and received a score of less than 70%, then they are not eligible to apply in the 2025 competition.

Process

Please send your CV (max. three pages), a covering letter explaining why you wish to apply for an MSCA-PF at KAU (one page) and an outline for a research project that would strengthen and complement the presented research profile (max. 1000 words) as attachments to GIO@kau.se by 23 May 2025. Selected candidates will be informed by 31 May. Please include "KAU MSCA 2025" in the subject line of your email.