Job Opportunities

Faculty Positions in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Purdue University is currently expanding its interest in BIONFORMATICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY, and seeks THREE tenure-track (open-rank) Professors in these areas. Qualified individuals should hold a Ph.D., or have postdoctoral experience, in a biological science and work on significant biological problems that can benefit from an interdisciplinary team-work approach involving informatics. Areas of special interest include, but are not limited to: systems biology, proteomics, metabolomics, modeling or dynamics of protein complex systems or protein-protein interaction (interactome), simulation or modeling of cell/pathway systems, and related areas. Problems that challenge the current boundaries of algorithmic development and computational capacity that are of particular interest involve the modeling of virtual cell and/or organisms, pathway analysis, and data mining of biological information (genome, proteome, metabolome, etc.).

These positions complement Purdue’s ongoing efforts in Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Genomics, Statistical Genetics and Genomics, and are part of a School of Science initiative involving many other departments across campus. Other areas of excellence that the School of Science is focusing on include: climate change, computational science, massive data, membranes, nanoscience, and science education research. Reflecting the interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of Bioinformatics, it is expected that these positions will be joint appointments between Schools and Departments. Purdue University recently established Discovery Park http://www.purdue.edu/DiscoveryPark for the purpose of fostering an innovative interdisciplinary environment.

The successful candidate will have an interdisciplinary approach to research that is demonstrated by both scholarly achievement and a record of publication in leading journals, and is will to contribute to the growing Bioinformatics course offerings at Purdue. The ability to secure extramural funds in support of interdisciplinary collaborative research is essential, as are outstanding attitude and communication skills.

Please submit curriculum vitae, representative publications, descriptions of research and teaching interests at http://www.science.purdue.edu/COALESCE/. . Special attention should be given in the research statement as to how experimental and computational approaches are integrated to address global understanding of living systems. Applications will be reviewed beginning Oct. 1, 2003, and will continue until the positions are filled. Purdue University is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action employer.