Ref Number
B04-07370
Professional Expertise
Academic
Department
UCL BEAMS (B04)
Location
London
Working Pattern
Full time
Salary
£54,931-£64,644
Contract Type
Fixed-term
Working Type
Hybrid
Available for Secondment
No
Closing Date
14-Jul-2026
The Department of Mathematics at UCL is an internationally renowned department within one of the world’s most prestigious universities. Since its beginning, mathematics at UCL has been enhanced by its many outstanding members of staff. Indeed, two of its students (and later staff) Professor Klaus Roth (1958) and Professor Alan Baker (1970) have gone on to win the Fields Medal. Another former member of staff Professor Tim Gowers won the Fields Medal in 1998 for work he did whilst at UCL.
Since 2011, the department has grown considerably. The department today is home to around eighty-four academic staff, including thirty-nine full professors, and a number of honorary staff, supported by a professional services team of twenty-five. Its community also includes around thirty-six Postdoctoral Research Fellows, around ninety PhD students, and fifty-four MSc students. We welcome a regular stream of distinguished visiting academics from home and abroad. The broad range of research interests is reflected in the wide choice of courses available in the third and fourth years of the degree programmes, from spectral theory, groups and geometry to fluid mechanics and from mathematical ideas in biology to cosmology. Research funding in the department from EPSRC, ERC, NERC, Leverhulme Trust and the Wellcome Trust has grown significantly in recent years, more than doubling since 2014.
The department has internationally recognised research groups in pure and applied analysis; fluid mechanics; mathematical physics; geometry and topology; algebra, number theory and combinatorics; mathematical modelling in biology, finance, industry and society. There are regular departmental seminar series in financial mathematics and applied mathematics, as well as seminar series joint with other London universities in number theory, geometry and analysis. There are regular London-Paris meetings in analysis and number theory and a London-Brussels meeting in geometry. The department hosts an annual meeting in the dynamics of rotating fluids.
Applications are invited for a full-time Lecturer in Mathematics. This post is available from 1st September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
An outstanding candidate will have a strong track record in carrying out and disseminating outstanding research in applied or pure mathematics, and has experience working with Msci, MSc or PhD students. The candidate should have experience in teaching mathematics and supporting teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level. The candidate should have experience in generating income to support research, and seeking to maximise the impact of the research.
For a full spectrum of duties and responsibilities as well as essential, and desired criteria please refer to the Further Particulars document attached to this advert.
If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Anna Rutherford ([email protected]).
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Christian G Boehmer, email: [email protected].
We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
UCL Department of Mathematics is committed to developing the careers of all its staff by providing a supportive environment in which they can flourish. We believe that inclusive teams produce the best student experience, and we strive for an environment in which all staff can bring their whole selves to work. The Department actively promotes UCL's work-life balance policy which acknowledges that its staff are most productive when they have achieved a balance that enables them to meet their responsibilities outside work.
Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.
