FACULTY POSITION - Nanobiotechnology/Nanomedicine - Oregon Health & Science University

The Division of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Medicine at the Oregon Health & Science University invites applications for a faculty position in the area of nanomedicine and/or nanobiotechnology. Applicants with research emphasis in advancing medicine through diagnostics, monitoring, and treatment of disease, especially in targets areas of cancer, neuroscience, and advanced imaging are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate must have a doctoral degree (Ph.D. and/or M.D.) and experience commensurate with the level of appointment. They will be expected to develop and maintain an independent, extramurally funded research program. Applicants at the Assistant Professor level will require relevant postdoctoral experience and demonstrated potential for excellence in nanobiotechnology/nanomedicine. Applicants for more senior positions such as the Associate Professor level will require, in addition to all of the above, a well-established research program with a record of extramural funding.

Oregon Health & Science University is a leading academic, research, and healthcare institution, ranked 19th in the nation by the NIH in 2007. The Division of Biomedical Engineering is housed in the new Center for Health & Healing near the Willamette River in downtown Portland. This new building anchors OHSU’s emerging South Riverfront Campus and is connected to OHSU’s main campus by an aerial tram. Numerous collaborations exist within the School of Medicine, as well as OHSU academic departments, and research institutes.

OHSU places a high priority on cultural diversity; thus, we seek candidates with a demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disabled and ethnic backgrounds of OHSU’s students and employees. Interested individuals should submit a Curriculum Vitae, recent reprints, a statement of research and teaching interests and plans, and the names and contact information for three references to:
BME Faculty Search Committee c/o Sandy Baxter, Division of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, 3303 SW Bond Avenue, CH13B, Portland, OR 97239 or via e-mail to baxters AT bme DOT ogi DOT edu (please be sure to reference ‘BME Faculty Recruitment’ in the subject line). Review of applications will commence immediately and continue until the position is filled.

OHSU is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer, Women, minorities, disabled persons, Vietnam era and disabled veterans are encouraged to apply. OHSU is a smoke free workplace.

Faculty Position in image processing/analysis at Vanderbilt University

THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (EECS)
AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY is seeking candidates for one or more
potential faculty appointments each in CS and EE. Appointments at all
ranks will be considered, with a preference for appointment at the
assistant professor level. Search areas of emphasis in CS are software
engineering, graphics/human-computer interactions, artificial
intelligence, and/or web technologies. Search areas of emphasis in
electrical engineering are nanoelectronics/photonics, and/or
signal/image processing. In both CS and EE, we seek opportunities to
add to department capabilities in high performance
computing/computational science. A Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field is
required, as is experience commensurate with the level of appointment
sought. The EECS has 32 full-time faculty members, 225 undergraduate
students, and 170 graduate students. Research awards to the Department
average ~ $600k per tenure/tenure-track faculty member. For more
information, please visit our web site:
http://eecs.vuse.vanderbilt.edu.

Applications consisting of a cover
letter specifying the areas of particular interest in EE or CS, a
statement of planned research activity and teaching interests, a
complete curriculum vitae, and the addresses of four references should
be sent to
Professor Daniel M. Fleetwood, Chair, EECS Department,
Vanderbilt University, PO Box 92, Station B, Nashville, TN 37235-0092.

Founded in 1873, Vanderbilt is a private, coeducational university
with approximately 6,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate and
professional students. Vanderbilt University is an equal-opportunity,
affirmative-action employer.

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE – UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

The Department of Psychology invites applications for an Assistant (tenure track) or Associate Professor (tenured) to start in the Fall 2009 semester. We seek an outstanding scientist with interdisciplinary interest focused at the molecular, cellular or systems level related to understanding cognition in the nervous system. Preference will be given to those with an emphasis on ensemble recordings, molecular approaches to network function, and/or computational neuroscience. The successful candidate will be an outstanding scientist with substantial postdoctoral training, demonstrating promise in his or her research area, and will be expected to establish a vigorous extramurally funded research program. Joint appointments are available in the Arizona Research Laboratories Division of Neural Systems, Memory and Aging, and the Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute. Faculty are expected to participate fully and with distinction in both undergraduate and graduate education.

Candidates from underrepresented groups and women are especially encouraged to apply.

To apply, please submit an on-line faculty application for job #41698 at http://www.uacareertrack.com. Please be prepared to attach a letter of application, a concise statement of research and teaching interests, and curriculum vitae. Review of applications will begin 12/01/08 and will continue until position is filled. To ensure consideration applications must be received by November 30, 2008. Information about the department is available at http://psychology.arizona.edu/. The University at Arizona is an EEO/AA Employer – M/W/D/V.