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Faculty Cluster Recruitments

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Overview

The University of Southern California is seeking to hire outstanding senior scholars to provide leadership for its university-wide research initiative in biomedical nanoscience.

We wish to hire faculty who are innovative, entrepreneurial, and interdisciplinary leaders with a clear vision for the most exciting future research in nanoscience that contributes to human health. Faculty may apply either as individuals or as groups, within any of the university's schools. We are particularly interested in hiring faculty who can think boldly and work in non-traditional ways to bridge research across disciplines.

The area of research within each initiative is open, but it should span multiple disciplines and should provide opportunities for a unique contribution to both scholarship and society. We are particularly interested in groups that can think boldly and work in non-traditional ways to bridge research across disciplines. Groups should also look for synergies with the existing faculty and initiatives at USC.

In addition to this senior-level university-wide cluster recruitment, several departments are actively recruiting faculty in the following specializations to support the initiative:

• Department of Biological Sciences (1 Position): Computational Biology
• Department of Chemistry (2 Positions): Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry
• Mork Family Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (1 Position): Materials Science
• School of Pharmacy (2 Positions): Drug Delivery/Targeting and Computational/Medicinal Chemistry
• Department of Physics (1 Position): Experimental Physics

Located in the heart of Los Angeles, the University of Southern California is one of the world's leading private research universities. Participants in the biomedical nanoscience initiative span the university, and include Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, the High Performance Computing Center, the Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, the Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems Center, the Information Sciences Institute, the Center for Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis and the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute.

More information about the initiatives and the hiring process are available at http://www.usc.edu/research/initiatives/.

Cluster Hire Application Process

Applicants should submit the following information:

1. A cover letter that describes:

• Vision for what the cluster would like to accomplish in research and education;
• Area of research for each individual in the proposed cluster, and any synergies among the research areas;
• Proposed academic department (or departments for proposed joint hires) for each person; and
• Likely collaborations with existing faculty, centers or institutes at University of Southern California.

2. A C.V. for each person in the cluster.

3. Three sample publications for each person.

4. Website addresses which provide additional information about the academic profiles of the cluster members.

Please do not send letters of recommendation. These will be requested for clusters after an initial stage of review.

Applications should be mailed to:

Biomedical Nanoscience Search Committee
Office of the Vice Provost for Research Advancement
CUB-325
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0706

Questions may be addressed to: vprovres@usc.edu. (Please use the subject line "Biomedical Nanoscience Search").

Applications will be considered beginning January 15, 2008.

The University of Southern California values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment.

Last updated: Monday, August 25, 2008, 5:00pm PDT