Postdoctoral Positions in Mathematical and Computational Modeling of Development and Evolution

ESMTB - European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 432,853 - 649,280; Full time

Job summary

ESMTB - European Society for Mathematical and Theoretical Biology invites applications for two postdoctoral researchers at Stockholm University. The role focuses on developing mathematical and computational approaches to study developmental and evolutionary dynamics.

Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant quantitative field and demonstrate skills in handling biological data. The application deadline is 31 Mar 2026.

Qualifications

• PhD in a quantitative field required.

Responsibilities

• Develop computational and mathematical frameworks for biological data.
• Identify low-dimensional structure in phenotypic variation.

Education

PhD in quantitative biology, applied mathematics, physics, computational science, statistics, or related field

Job description

Overview

We invite applications for two postdoctoral researchers to develop mathematical and computational approaches to developmental and evolutionary dynamics in the Milocco’s research group at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab, Sweden.

Application deadline: 31 Mar 2026.

Location: Stockholm University

Responsibilities

• Data-driven dynamical systems: develop computational and mathematical frameworks to infer dynamical rules of biological development from high-dimensional, noisy biological time-series data using techniques such as nonlinear state-space reconstruction, system identification, and recurrent architectures.
• Developmental constraints on evolution: identify low-dimensional structure in phenotypic variation and incorporate this structure into statistically rigorous comparative models of continuous trait evolution across phylogenies.

Qualifications

• Candidates should hold a PhD in quantitative biology, applied mathematics, physics, computational science, statistics, or a related field.