Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
- Category: Faculty-Engineering-Other Engineering
- Posting Date: 10/28/2021
- Application Deadline: Open until filled
Job Description
Position Information
| Position Number | 003980 |
|---|---|
| Working Title | Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics |
| Classification Title | 9-Mo Tenure-Track/ Tenured Faculty |
| College | Coll of Computing&Informatics (Col) |
| Department | Bioinformatics and Genomics |
| Position Designation | Faculty |
| Employment Type | Permanent - Full-time |
| Months per year | 9 |
| Primary Purpose of Department | The mission of the Bioinformatics & Genomics Department is to develop novel computational approaches to important biological problems and to provide training in the science that underlies them. |
| Vacancy Open to | All Candidates |
| Description of Work | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte recognizes the differentiation of mission, goals, and objectives inherent in the diversity of disciplines represented by its colleges and departments. Thus, the Job Responsibilities and Essential Functions for Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty should be interpreted in the context of the related departmental and collegiate goals. To view the complete Job Responsibilities and Essential Functions for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty document visit our website: http://provost.uncc.edu/academic-budget-personnel/handbook/search-committee |
| Essential Duties and Responsibilities | The successful candidate will mentor and teach at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This position will be expected to develop and maintain an externally-funded research program including students as well as demonstrate excellence in research via a strong publication record. The successful candidate will benefit from and be expected to fully participate in team science efforts in the center such as cross disciplinary research, grant writing, joint symposia, and curriculum development. The Bioinformatics and Genomics Department is a research-intensive unit with both a Ph.D. program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and a M.S. in Bioinformatics. Visit https://bioinformatics.uncc.edu for more information. Faculty in this Department support an undergraduate Bioinformatics Minor and Bioinformatics Concentrations within the BS and BA degrees in Computer Science. The Department has excellent BSL-2 and BSL-3 wet lab facilities, several high-performance computer clusters, and has dedicated space for postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and staff. |
| Minimum Experience/Education | UNC Charlotte gives primary consideration to the earned doctorate or terminal degree in the teaching discipline or a related discipline. |
| Preferred Education, Skills and Experience | Applicants for this position must hold a Ph.D. in the biological, computational or related sciences. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in research via a strong publication record, aptitude to secure extramural funding, as well as a commitment to mentoring and teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Applications that promote diversity through mentoring, research, teaching, and outreach are especially encouraged. The successful candidate in this position will work primarily in a newly constructed research space as part a cluster of faculty hires in One Health visit: brc.uncc.edu for more information. The thematic focus for the cluster hires will be the combination of life and computational sciences, particularly ecology, molecular biology, genomics, and organismal biology as these fields apply to infectious diseases and ecosystem health. Candidates that have research programs in whole genome phylogenetics, phenotype-genotype relationships in host pathogen systems as aided by high performance computing and multiomics are especially encouraged to apply. |
| Necessary Licenses/Certifications | No |
| Special Notes to Applicants | |
| Job Open Date | 10/26/2021 |
| Job Close Date | |
| Open Until Filled | Yes |
| Date Review of Applications will Begin | |
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| If time-limited, please indicate appointment end date | |
| Contact Information | Dan Janies – djanies@uncc.edu |