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Open Faculty Position !!!

 

The Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas Tech University invites applications for a tenure/tenure track position at the assistant or associate professor level. The position is in the area of Engineering of Living Systems. Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering or a closely related field. At least one of the applicant’s degrees must be in chemical engineering. In addition, applicants must have at least 2 years of post-doctoral research experience. Candidates with expertise in research areas such as bioprocess engineering (bioreaction engineering and bioseparations), cellular engineering, biomedical engineering, and metabolic engineering are especially encouraged to apply.  The Department has $2.5 million in annual research expenditures, in four focus areas: Bioengineering and Biotechnology; Polymers, Material Science, and Rheology; Process Control and Optimization; and Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering. The College of Engineering has approximately 3000 undergraduate students and 600 graduate students, with a faculty of over 125 members in eight departments.  The research environment at Texas Tech features opportunities to collaborate with other engineering disciplines, a strong Department of Biological Sciences, and a new $37 million Experimental Sciences Building (ESB) to host interdisciplinary research. The ESB houses core facilities for Biotechnology and Genomics, Imaging, and Bioinformatics, as well as Plant Growth Chambers, and an animal care facility. The Chemical Engineering Department will also have significant research space in the $10 million renovated Livermore Building, a project to be completed in 2009. The TTU Health Sciences Center, adjacent to the TTU general academic campus, likewise offers collaborative opportunities for biomedical research. Successful candidates will be expected to develop an independent research program, to teach existing graduate and undergraduate courses in chemical and bioengineering, and to develop new courses. Applicants should apply on-line at http://jobs.texastech.edu, using position number 75214. Please include a detailed CV, a statement of research and teaching interests, and the names and addresses of at least three references. Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2008; and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Candidates must be currently eligible to work in the United States.  Texas Tech University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and actively seeks the candidacy of women and minorities.

 

Please apply online at http://jobs.texastech.edu

The position number is 75214