Integrated Nanostructured Systems

Faculty Positions in Integrated Nanostructured Systems

The University at Buffalo’s strategic planning process, UB2020, has identified Integrated Nanostructured Systems as an area for growth and investment. From 2005-2007, more than fifteen faculty have been hired within this strategic initiative, and our hiring plan includes approximately fifteen additional faculty hires in this area from 2008-2010.

Position Descriptions

Positions are or will be available at all ranks in the Schools of Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Pharmacy, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and Dental Medicine. Recent hiring has been predominantly in engineering and physical sciences. While additional positions in these areas remain, future hiring will have a substantial focus on biological and medical applications of nanostructured materials and systems and translation of scientific and technological advances into clinical practice.

Successful candidates will have research interests in the advancement and application of nanoscale science and engineering, in areas such as nanomedicine, biomaterials, nanoscale sensors, actuators, and readouts, tailored drug delivery, nanomaterials characterization, synthesis and assembly of nano-objects, nanotechnology for energy applications, nanoscale fluidics, nanotechnology for tissue engineering, drug delivery, distribution, and pharmacokinetics.

Successful applicants will receive tenured or tenure-track appointments in departments appropriate to their interests. These include, but are not restricted to: Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Oral Biology, Oral Diagnostic Sciences, Physiology and Biophysics, Structural Biology. A history of collaborative research will be a key consideration in evaluation of applicants for senior positions, as will their potential to provide academic leadership and thereby facilitate future recruitments. Additional information on departmental programs may be obtained on specific home pages, accessible via www.buffalo.edu.

State-of-the-Art Facilities

For biological and medical nanotechnology researchers, ample laboratory space exists in the new Center of Excellence for Bioinformatics and Life Sciences building, which opened in June 2006 and is situated adjacent to the Hauptman-Woodward Institute for Structural Biology and the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus. When fully staffed, these three facilities will be the home to over 500 biomedical scientists. The Center itself maintains a modern, state-of-the-art experimental infrastructure in biomedical sciences, and houses a major computational facility and high quality confocal microscopy. Cutting edge genomics and proteomics facilities are located immediately adjacent to the Center, as well as on the two local campuses of the University at Buffalo.

A new $76 million, 130,000 sq. ft. building is planned for the school of engineering, with completion scheduled for 2011. This will include a state of the art cleanroom and microfabrication/nanofabrication facility.

Comprehensive shared facilities are available for fabrication and physicochemical characterization of nanomaterials and nanostructured systems. These include cleanroom facilities, optical and e-beam lithography, scanning electron microscopy, high resolution transmission electron spectroscopy, small angle x-ray scattering, cryogenic facilities, imaging time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and a wide variety of other spectroscopic and imaging facilities.

Candidate Requirements

Applicants should have Ph.D., M.D., D.D.S., or equivalent degree with postdoctoral and/or professional experience appropriate to the rank of appointment. A well-established externally funded research program is essential for established candidates. Duties include teaching undergraduate, graduate and professional students, research training of students and post-doctoral fellows, and development of a collaborative program of research appropriate to the departmental affiliation and rank.

Applications

Specific open positions are posted on the web pages of individual departments and at www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu (opens a new browser window), with application procedures specific to the school and department. General inquiries can be directed to Prof. Mark T. Swihart, Director of the UB2020 Integrated Nanostructured Systems Initiative, at insdirector@eng.buffalo.edu.