Faculty Position in Developmental Integrative Biology

The University of North Texas (UNT) seeks candidates at the Associate or Full Professor level to join our growing Developmental Integrative Biology Research Cluster (DIB; developmentalbiology.unt.edu) comprising 9 faculty and more than 50 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, recently targeted by the UNT administration for research cluster support. Areas of research should focus on developmental aspects of functional/comparative genomics, physiology, neuroscience, cell biology, endocrinology, or genetics, with expertise in the cardiovascular system, respiration, stress response, and/or metabolism. The candidate must have an established international reputation and an externally funded research program. Candidates are expected to interact with members of this cluster, which takes a comparative approach to developmental integrative biology and are expected to support the instructional and research goals of the university at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates will have a Ph.D. in Physiology or a related field and have previous teaching experience. This will be one of a number of new faculty positions recruited to the group over the next 2 years. Competitive start-up funding and salary will be provided. Laboratory space is available in the newly constructed 80,000 sq. ft. state-of the-art Life Sciences Complex. There are opportunities for interactions with researchers at nearby medical research centers such as the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

The University of North Texas has embarked on a major multi-year university initiative to hire new faculty and make significant infrastructure changes to enhance and expand research. UNT is seeking to fill multiple faculty positions, largely at the senior level, to join with existing faculty to build upon new and existing cross-disciplinary research clusters in strategically selected areas (http://research.unt.edu/clusters). The new faculty members will have significant opportunities to shape expansion and growth of the clusters. UNT is located 35 miles north of both Dallas and Fort Worth and 26 miles north of DFW International Airport. UNT is the fourth largest university in Texas with over 36,000 students registered in 97 bachelors, 88 masters, and 40 doctoral degree programs. For further information, see http://www.unt.edu/, http://www.biol.unt.edu/.

For questions, contact Michael Hedrick, Search Committee Chair, at michael.hedrick@unt.edu. Applications will be reviewed beginning October 30th, 2011, and will continue until the search is closed. UNT is an AA/ADA/EOE.

All applicants must apply on-line at facultyjobs.unt.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51506.