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Biological Chemistry Faculty Position
University of Kentucky
The Department of Chemistry of the University of Kentucky invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of biological chemistry, directed at the assistant professor level. Applications are welcome in all areas of biological chemistry, such as proteins in context, time-resolved studies, metabolomics, lipids or carbohydrates, membranes, protein modification and modulation of function, biochemistry of organelles, structure-function, protein and RNA folding, biological materials, biochemistry at the interface with the environment, biophysics, cellular biochemistry and regulation, biochemistry of disease, spectroscopic approaches, chemical biology nanotechnology, enzymology, and innovative blends of experimental and theoretical work. Surprise us! Another search in the area of Bio-Inspired Nanotechnologies will be concurrent, but separate applications will be necessary for each. Consideration of applications will begin October 15, 2007 with an anticipated start date of August 2008. The University of Kentucky is an equal opportunity employer and especially invites and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities.
We are seeking candidates who will develop a strong, nationally competitive research program and who are dedicated to excellence in teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
The Department of Chemistry has extensive research programs in analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. Current facilities that may aid the research program of a biological chemist include six NMR spectrometers (two 400 MHz Varian INOVA, two Gemini 200 MHz, a 600 MHz Varian INOVA, and a 400 MHz Varian solid-state NMR). Crystallographic facilities include Bruker-Nonius X8 Proteum (CuKα, rotating anode) and Nonius KappaCCD (MoKα) diffractometers with low temperature capabilities. The Department also administers the University of Kentucky Mass Spectrometry Facility (UKMSF), which, like the NMR facility, serves the mass spectrometric needs of the entire University. Large-scale Computing facilities at UK include a new HP Superdome supercomputer, with 224 processors capable of 672 GFLOPS and dedicated software (Gaussian 03, ACES II, GAMESS) for electronic structure calculations. Additional facilities available on campus include DNA sequencing, a lab animal facility, a cord blood bank, an ecological research facility, electron microscopy, flow cytometry, an imaging facility, a microarray core and a transgenic mouse facility.
Situated in Lexington, in the heart of the beautiful bluegrass region of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky, is a comprehensive research university with a large medical center. Student enrollment on the Lexington campus exceeds 27,000 with a total faculty of about 1,900. The Department of Chemistry currently has 27 faculty members and offers B.S., B.A., M.S., and Ph. D. degree programs. It is launching a new undergraduate emphasis on Biological Chemistry this fall. Many of our faculty have active collaborations with colleagues in other departments and colleges, including the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Engineering, Agriculture, the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and the Center for Applied Energy Research.
Applicants for this position should submit a curriculum vita, a research plan, a summary of past research accomplishments that identifies contributions made
specifically by the applicant to team efforts and key works in which she/he is a co-author, and a brief prospectus outlining teaching interests. Applicants should
also arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent to the Biological Chemistry Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, KY 40506-0055. Please submit any questions about this position to the Biological Chemistry Search Chair, Prof. Boyd Haley at behaley@uky.edu.
n.b. Responses may require up to a week.
A complete application will comprise:
1) Curriculum vita
2) Research plan
3) Summary of past research accomplishments that identifies contributions made by the applicant to team efforts and key works in which she/he is a co-author
4) A brief prospectus outlining teaching interests.
5) At least three letters of recommendation