💼 Full-Time Position

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Pure Mathematics)

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The University of Western Australia
📍 Australia, Western Australia, Australia
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Location
Australia, Australia
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Posted
June 13, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

  • Conduct high-impact research in finite geometry, extremal combinatorics and Ramsey theory.

  • Develop and analyse geometric and algebraic constructions of graphs arising from finite fields, projective and polar spaces, and related structures.

  • Apply computational methods (e.g. Magma, GAP, SageMath, Python) to test conjectures and explore new mathematical directions.

  • Publish research outcomes in leading peer-reviewed journals and present findings at international conferences and seminars.

  • Collaborate closely with Associate Professor John Bamberg, project investigators, CMSC researchers and international partners.

  • Contribute to the supervision and mentoring of Honours, Masters and PhD students.
  • About you

  • PhD in Mathematics or a closely related discipline, with expertise in areas such as finite geometry, Ramsey theory, combinatorics, algebraic graph theory or computational mathematics.

  • Demonstr...