Assistant Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology

Academic

Job Category

Faculty Bargaining

Job Title

Assistant Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology

Department

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

Posting End Date

October 1, 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. Jeff Richards and submitted on Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/28131 . Deadline for applications is October 1st, 2024 at 5:00pm PST.

Faculty Position – Department of Zoology in the Faculty of Sciences at The University of British Columbia

The expected starting salary range for this position is $125,000 to $160,000 per year.

The Department of Zoology at The University of British Columbia invites applications for an Assistant Professor position in Cell and Developmental Biology. This is a tenure track position, with initial appointment to be made at the Assistant Professor level, beginning no earlier than July 1, 2025.

We seek an outstanding applicant with an innovative research program using cellular, genetic, and/or genomic approaches to address fundamental mechanisms of animal development. Applicants studying traditional or non-traditional, emerging model systems are encouraged to apply.

The position requires a Ph.D. degree, postdoctoral experience, and an exceptional research track record. Responsibilities include establishing and conducting an internationally competitive and externally funded research program, excellent teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, supervising graduate students, and participating on service committees for the department, university, and academic/scientific community. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion, to create 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 (www.zoology.ubc.ca) and a member of the Life Sciences Institute (http://lsi.ubc.ca). The Zoology Department includes more than 38 principal investigators and promotes integrative research in biology. Its faculty and students pursue cutting edge questions in Comparative Animal Physiology and Biomechanics, Evolution, Ecology, and Cell and Developmental Biology. Specializations range from the organismal to the molecular level. The Life Sciences Institute is a world-class, highly interactive, multidisciplinary institute, comprising over 80 labs pursuing fundamental biological mechanisms underlying health and disease. Labs are loosely organized into collaborative research groups, including Cell and Developmental Biology, Diabetes, Cardiovascular, and Neuroscience, and LSI members have access to core facilities to support work on protein structure, bioinformatics, imaging, single cell flow analytics, and more.

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. UBC is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world. UBC embraces innovation and challenges to the status quo. UBC is dedicated to ensuring that diversity, equity and inclusion are embedded throughout the university’s academic and work life, recognizing that significant work remains to be accomplished. As one of the world's leading universities, UBC creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society, and supports outstanding research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada, and the world.

Applicants should submit:

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 LSI.
• How you have displayed leadership through existing or proposed research, teaching, service, community en