Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor (Tenured or Tenure Track)

University of Wisconsin Madison

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About the role

  • The Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for an open rank faculty position in Systems and Synthetic Biology.
  • We welcome research that connects molecular mechanisms to cellular and higher-order biological function across multiple scales.
  • The successful candidate will join a strong and collaborative department with broad and complementary strengths across microbial sciences.

Responsibilities

  • Developing and directing a well-recognized and extramurally funded research program;
  • Building on UW-Madison's strengths, RISE expands the University's successful track record of connecting with communities and industry on collaborative solutions.
  • The University will support the community, facilitating access to research infrastructure, and funding to support broad and rich collaboration.
  • This hire will support ongoing teaching needs and may develop new courses in quantitative microbiology, systems & synthetic microbiology, and/or microbiome engineering.

Requirements

  • PhD in microbiology, synthetic biology, biological computation, or related fields, with additional research training and expertise relevant to the goals of the position.
  • We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.
  • For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website.

Nice to have

  • Required by start date: PhD in microbiology, synthetic biology, biological computation, or related fields, with additional research training and expertise relevant to the goals of the position.
  • Additional Information:
  • Through the RISE initiative, UW-Madison is increasing hiring 150 new RISE faculty.
  • Candidates hired through RISE will join a community of scholars working across disciplines, schools and colleges on research, teaching and outreach endeavors.
  • The community will engage regularly in venues such as seminar series and colloquia to share ongoing projects and identify opportunities to work together.
  • Further information regarding RISE can be found at: https://rise.wisc.edu/

Compensation

  • The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous

Benefits

  • RISE-THRIVE, which stands for Transforming Healthspan through Research, InnoVation, and Education, will "harness and grow the university's reputation as a global powerhouse in interdisciplinary health research".

Company info

  • This position is part of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Initiative.

Equal opportunity

  • Equal Opportunity Employer.

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