Assistant Professor in Integrative Organismal Biology

Academic

Job Category

Faculty Bargaining

Job Title

Assistant Professor in Integrative Organismal Biology

Department

Academic Leadership | Department of Zoology | Faculty of Science (Jeffrey Richards)

Posting End Date

October 15, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Please do not apply through Workday.

Applications must be addressed to Dr. Philip Matthews and submitted through Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28155/. Deadline for applications is October 15, 2024 at 5:00pm PST.

Assistant Professor in Integrative Organismal Biology - Department of Zoology in the Faculty of Science at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

The Department of Zoology in the Faculty of Science at The University of British Columbia in Vancouver seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position in Integrative Organismal Biology. We seek outstanding individuals with innovative and integrative research programs in any area of animal biology that would extend and/or complement existing faculty strengths in our Comparative Animal Physiology and Biomechanics group. This position has an expected start date no earlier than July 1, 2025, and a salary within the range of $125,000 - $160,000.

The position requires a minimum of a Ph.D. degree in a related field, a demonstrated research record and evidence of capability for teaching in the area of integrative animal biology. The successful candidate should also have evidence of their potential to establish and conduct an internationally competitive and externally funded research program, develop teaching excellence at the undergraduate and graduate levels, effectively mentor and supervise graduate and undergraduate students, and have the potential for leadership and service to their Department, University, and academic/scientific community. Postdoctoral experience is preferred. In particular, we encourage those who take a mechanistic approach to organismal biology, will expand our research and teaching approaches, and will interact with the large and diverse group of biologists in the Department of Zoology.  The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, creating a welcoming community for all, particularly those who are historically, persistently, or systemically marginalized.

The successful applicant will become a member of the Department of Zoology (https://zoology.ubc.ca/), a member of the Comparative Physiology and Biomechanics research cluster and will have the option to join the Biodiversity Research Centre (BRC, https://biodiversity.ubc.ca/). The Department of Zoology includes nearly 50 principal investigators and promotes integrative research in biology. Its faculty and students pursue cutting-edge questions in Comparative Animal Physiology, Biomechanics, Evolution, Ecology, and Cell and Developmental Biology. The Department of Zoology has exceptional facilities for housing aquatic animals and insects, and there are university-level facilities for housing a wide range of other taxa. The department is also associated with the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, which houses over 2 million biological specimens, enabling a wide variety of taxonomic research.

UBC’s campuses are located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples and of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil Waututh) Nations.
 

How to apply

Applications must be submitted through Academic Jobs Online: http://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28155/ and addressed to Dr. Philip Matthews, chair of the search committee. Include the following as a single pdf:

1. Cover letter (up to 2 pages) that outlines:

• Your research vision and accomplishments
• How your expertise, scholarship and planned research will integrate with the Department of Zoology and the Comparative Physiology and Biomechanics research cluster.
• How you have displayed leadership through existing or proposed research, te