One-Year Presidential Visiting Faculty Fellow

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Recruitment/Posting Title	One-Year Presidential Visiting Faculty Fellow
Department	Engn - Biomedical Engineering
Salary	Annual Salary
Posting Summary	The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, seeks to hire an outstanding scholar for a Presidential Visiting Faculty Fellow position (https://academicaffairs.rutgers.edu/presidential-visiting-faculty-fellows ) on our New Brunswick/Piscataway campus. The search is open to all areas of biomedical engineering. We especially welcome applicants with interests in in vitro and in vivo models to study traumatic brain injury and CAR T cell toxicity in cancer, killing of microorganisms with pulsed electric fields, and mitochondrial transplantation, The Visiting Faculty Fellow is expected to interact with other ongoing Rutgers BME research projects, as well. The successful candidate will be housed in the BME building; have access to rich teaching, experimental, and computational resources on campus; and engage with faculty and students within the department and the University community at large. Job duties will include: 1) lecturing in the NIH Rutgers Biotechnology Program’s Topics in Advanced Biotechnology courses given in the spring and fall semesters on high impact topics in bioengineering and biotechnology; 2) offering a 3-credit elective course on a hot topic of choice (e.g., 3-D Printing and Additive Manufacturing; Biotechnology and Food Security; Robotics and Miniaturization) that will be acceptable to a broad range of science and engineering undergraduate students; and 3) playing a pivotal role in furthering the institution’s goals of diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence. As a campus with a large and diverse student body, we especially encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented minority groups. Rutgers University is committed to enhancing academic excellence and diversity. Significant resources are being developed throughout the university under the umbrella of a new Faculty Diversity Initiative (https://academicaffairs.rutgers.edu/investing-faculty-diversity-rutgers), housed within the Office of University Equity, which aims to increase diverse faculty hiring and engagement, ensure effective mentoring, expand networking opportunities, and develop leadership skills. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a culturally and academically diverse environment with >8,500 full- and part-time faculty, nearly 71,000 students, and $929 mm in annual research expenditures (2003). The School of Engineering has seven academic departments, with about 4,000 undergraduate students and 1,000 graduate students, 139 tenured/tenure-track faculty and 153 instructional faculty.
Position Status	Full Time
Posting Number	24FA0259
Posting Open Date	03/11/2024
Posting Close Date	04/22/2024

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience	Successful candidates will have a PhD in biomedical engineering or a related field; a significant record of securing competitive research funding; and a track record of nationally and internationally recognized scholarship in fundamental and translational research. We are also seeking candidates who bring a wealth of broad experience and a proven track record of fostering diversity and inclusivity with many different populations.
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Quick Link to Posting	https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/223054
Campus	Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Home Location Campus	Busch (RU-New Brunswick)
City	Piscataway
State	NJ
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