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Associate or Full Professor - Neurobiology

Employer
Clemson University
Location
Clemson, SC

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Associate or Full Professor - Neurobiology

Location:
Clemson, SC
Open Date:
Jan 5, 2021
Description:

The Department of Biological Sciences at Clemson University invites applications at the Associate or Full Professor level for a Neurobiologist with research interests in toxicology, pharmacology, or neurodevelopmental disease. We are interested in building around and expanding our strengths in neurobiology and environmental toxicology with a candidate who is both a great scientist and leader. Clemson University, the College of Science, and the Department of Biological Sciences are committed to building a community of inclusive excellence, where faculty scholars are dedicated to working and teaching in a multi-cultural environment (http://www.clemson.edu/inclusion/). We are supportive of the needs of dual career couples.

The successful candidate will bring an innovative and high-impact research program to Clemson that complements and enhances existing departmental research strengths (http://www.clemson.edu/biosci/). The candidate will also contribute to the teaching mission of the department.

The Department of Biological Sciences is a founding member of the newly formed College of Science, a central player in both the university’s strategic plan, ClemsonFORWARD (https://www.clemson.edu/forward/) and college's SciFORWARD plan (https://www.clemson.edu/science/about/scienceforward.html). The Department awards undergraduate and graduate degrees in Biological Sciences and Microbiology, and a graduate degree in Environmental Toxicology.

Located on Lake Hartwell in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Clemson University is South Carolina’s public land-grant University. As a Carnegie R1 Institution, Clemson has excellent research resources including the globally ranked Palmetto high performance computing cluster, the Clemson University Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility (including a NovaSeq and PacBio Sequel II), state-of-the-art light microscopy, electron microscopy, state-of-the art vivarium facilities, and a multi-user analytical laboratory. There are many opportunities for collaboration across a wide group of partners on and off campus, including the Center for Human Genetics (https://www.clemson.edu/science/research/chg.html) and Prisma Health.


Qualifications:

Qualified candidates will have a PhD and tenure or equivalent at their current institution. They will also have an excellent record and trajectory of accomplishment leading a successful academic, federally funded research program that includes graduating doctoral students, mentoring postdoctoral fellows, and fostering diversity and inclusion.


Application Instructions:

Applicants should submit the following items through http://apply.interfolio.com/82411: 

(1) cover letter that includes a description of teaching interests and experience, why the applicant is interested in making a move at this point, and what draws the applicant to this position;

(2) CV including at least three references for potential contact after initial review;

(3) statement of research interests and future plans;

(4) statement describing past experience and/or future plans to promote diversity and inclusion; and

(5) up to three reprints in one PDF.

For inquiries about the position, please contact Bill Baldwin, chair of the search committee (baldwin@clemson.edu).

For full consideration, please apply by April 15, 2021. Review of applications will begin immediately. The search will remain posted for applications until filled. The anticipated start-date is January 2022 or later.

Organization

Working at Clemson University

Clemson is a dynamic research university located in Upstate South Carolina at the center of the booming I-85 corridor between Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga. One of the nation’s most selective public research universities according to U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Clemson University is the school of choice among top students in South Carolina and is increasingly competitive for the best students in the region and the nation. More than 17,100 students select from 70 undergraduate and 100 graduate degree programs through five academic colleges: Agriculture, Forestry and Life SciencesArchitecture, Arts and HumanitiesBusiness and Behavioral ScienceEngineering and Science; and Health, Education and Human Development.

Clemson’s transformation into a leading research institution — currently attracting in excess of $140 million in externally funded research and sponsored program awards per year — is based upon an academic plan that identifies eight emphasis areas in which the University has opportunities to increase education and research, to align with South Carolina’s economic development needs and to draw upon faculty strengths. Emphasis areas include automotive and transportation technology, advanced materials, biotechnology and biomedical sciences, leadership and entrepreneurship, sustainable environment, information and communication technology, family and community living, and general education.

Major economic development initiatives that have emerged from the academic plan include the Clemson International Center for Automotive Research — a 250-acre campus in Greenville, which has generated more than $225 million in public and private commitments in just four years; an advanced materials initiative at the Clemson Research Park, which includes a new LEED Silver-certified facility; and the South Carolina Health Sciences Collaborative — an initiative of the state’s three research universities and major health-care systems.

As the state’s land-grant university, Clemson reaches out to citizens, communities and businesses all over South Carolina. The Public Service Activities division includes the county-based Cooperative Extension Service, five off-campus research and education centers through the Clemson University Experiment Station and critical regulatory responsibilities for plant and animal health.

The University boasts a 1,400-acre campus on the shores of Lake Hartwell within view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Surrounding the campus are 18,000 acres of University farms and woodlands devoted to research. A warm campus environment, great weather and recreational activities offered by proximity to both the natural surroundings and large cities are part of the Clemson Experience.

 

Points of interest at Clemson include the following:

The Clemson Conference Center and Inn is a state-of-the-art facility for symposia, meetings, seminars and special events. The complex includes the Madren Continuing Education and Conference Center, the Walker Golf Course and the Martin Inn.

The South Carolina Botanical Garden, a 295-acre public garden, features several thousand varieties of ornamental plants and a unique collection of nature-based sculptures.

The Robert Howell Brooks Center for the Performing Arts brings an exciting array of concert, theater, dance, comedy and other live performances to the community.

The Robert Campbell Geology Museum at the Botanical Garden displays meteorites, minerals, dinosaur fossils and the largest faceted-stone collection in the Southeast.

The T. Ed Garrison Livestock Arena is a showplace for livestock activities in the state and has hosted horse and livestock shows, rodeos, sales, 4-H activities, educational programs, and industrial and agricultural exhibitions.

Fort Hill, the home of John C. Calhoun and later of his son-in-law, University founder Thomas Green Clemson, is a registered National Historic Landmark located in the center of campus.

The Class of 1944 Visitors Center is the front door to Clemson — a friendly place to get tours, information, assistance and an introduction to this beautiful, historic university and community.

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