Biomedical Engineering

John Martinez Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering

and

Assistant/Associate Professor in Biomedical Engineering

The Department of Biomedical Engineering at Tulane University is pleased to invite applications for the John Martinez Chair of Biomedical Engineering, which will be filled at the full professor level. We also seek candidates at the assistant or associate professor level. These positions are available as early as January 2012; however, the search will remain active until the positions are filled.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering, founded in 1977, has a full strength program of 13 full-time faculty positions, and an ABET accredited undergraduate program with approximately 200 undergraduate majors and 50 graduate students. Since July 2006, the Biomedical Engineering has been administratively located in School of Science and Engineering. This new academic structure is beneficial to the Department of Biomedical Engineering because of the strong emphasis on interdisciplinary interactions and an administrative structure that reduces the overhead associated with these interactions.

We seek candidates with demonstrated leadership skills who will contribute to a rapidly growing department with strong links to the physical, mathematical and biological sciences, Tulane's Health Sciences Center (the schools of Medicine, Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the National Primate Research Center), the Center for Computational Science, the interdisciplinary program in Neurosciences, the New Orleans Cancer Center and the New Orleans Bioinnovation Center. Based upon a commitment to leverage our existing departmental strengths, we are particularly interested in candidates whose areas of focus are:

1) Development of advanced technologies, such as:

          Diagnostic/therapeutic devices,

          BioMEMs or microdevices,

          Drug delivery,

          Biomedical imaging,

2) Multidisciplinary application in research areas of existing strength, such as:

          Cardiovascular or pulmonary bioengineering,

          Neuroscience or neuro-engineering,

          Cancer or genetic disorders,

          Infectious disease and global health

Applicants must have an earned doctorate. Senior position applicants must also have an active, externally funded, research program. The applicant will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses, consistent with having a fundamental interest in both teaching and research.

Please send a CV, a brief description of research and teaching interests, and names and addresses of three references to:

Faculty Search Committee

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Boggs Center, Suite 500

Tulane UniversityNew Orleans, LA 70118-5674

PDF applications may be submitted to bmen-info@tulane.edu.

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The biofluids group at Tulane University in New Orleans, with members from both the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, invites applications for two Postdoctoral Research Fellows to participate in the new NSF-funded Research Training Group in "Mathematical and Computational Biofluids". These RTG postdocs will work on research projects that span mathematical analysis, development of numerical methods, modeling of complex biologi- cal systems, and high-performance computing. Moreover, the postdocs will be given the opportunity to do an internship in a wet-lab where experiments are integrated with their research project.   The successful candidate will have recently received a Ph.D. in Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. The appointment is initially for one year, and may be renewed for a total appointment period of three-years. The RTG postdoc will teach one course per semester in the Department of Mathematics at Tulane, and will participate in other mentoring activities in the biofluids program. NSF-RTG postdoctoral positions are available only to US citizens and permanent residents.   Applicants are requested to submit current CV, research and teaching statements, and three references through www.mathjobs.org . Applications completed before December 31, 2011 will be given full consideration. Questions about the RTG may be addressed to Prof. Lisa Fauci (fauci@tulane.edu).   Tulane University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/ADA Employer that is commit- ted to increasing the diversity of its workforce. We therefore encourage applications from under- represented groups.