Postdoc Position in High-Dimensional Covariance Estimation

Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Full time
Posted June 06, 2026

Job Description

Are you a mathematician excited to work on cutting-edge research in high-dimensional covariance estimation? Join us!

Join the Department of Mathematics of Utrecht University as a Postdoctoral Researcher. Working in an international team of researchers based at both Utrecht University and LMU Munich, you will develop new methods in high-dimensional covariance estimation. 

Your job

The position is part of an NWO-DFG funded research project on high-dimensional covariance estimation. You will work in close collaboration with Sjoerd Dirksen, Johannes Maly, and a PhD student that will start at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany. During the project, you will spend two months at LMU and make two shorter one-week visits. The PhD student at LMU will similarly make three visits to Utrecht University during the project....