Research Fellow in Dynamical Systems
Job No.: 683312
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 2-year fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: $83,280 - $113,025 pa Level A (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
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- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
Join Monash University’s cutting‑edge mathematical research in the Faculty of Science as a Research Fellow and contribute to computational and theoretical aspects of Dynamical Systems.
This position will involve contributing to a research project addressing two major open problems in mathematics: Hilbert’s 16th problem and the n-body problem.
The Research Fellow will be investigating the number and behaviour of limit cycles in planar polynomial vector fields, and/or exploring relative equilibria in gravitational systems.
You will advance both theoretical and computational methods and play an integral role in shaping the direction of this two-year research agenda.
About Monash University
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We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Together with our commitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world-class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.
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Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
Confidential enquiries to: Sci-Maths-Jobs@monash.edu
Position Description: Research Fellow - Dynamical Systems
Applications Close: Sunday 28 September 2025, 11:55pm AEDT
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