Applications are invited for the N.M. Rothschild Professorship of Mathematical Sciences from senior academics working in some branch of the mathematical sciences to take up appointment on 1 October 2006.
The successful candidate will also be the Director of the Isaac Newton Institute, a national institute which aims to promote research of the highest international quality in the mathematical sciences for the benefit of the UK community, through the running of major visitor programmes in selected, often interdisciplinary, fields. Candidates should therefore have appropriate managerial and leadership experience. The appointment will be for a fixed term of five years.
Further information may be obtained from the Academic Secretary, Academic Division, University Offices, The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TT (e-mail ibise@admin.cam.ac.uk). Applications, marked 'Confidential', should consist of a covering letter, a curriculum vitae, a publications list, and a completed form PD18 (available from http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/personnel/forms/pd18) with details of two referees, and should reach the Academic Secretary no later than 30 November 2004.
Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Peter Landshoff (Chairman of the Management Committee of the Institute) (tel. 01223 337880, e-mail p.v.landshoff@damtp.cam.ac.uk). The appointment will be subject to the Statutes and Ordinances of the University.