:: Environmental Biotechnology Center
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Environmental Biotechnology Center
College of Natural Resources and the Environment
University of Massachusetts Amherst
December 2006: The Environmental Biotechnology Center, located in the Department of Microbiology, College of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Massachusetts Amherst , invites applications for three faculty positions at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Full Professor. It is anticipated the senior positions will include a tenured appointment. Applicants should have extensive research experience and a successful record acquiring grant funding preferred. The Environmental Biotechnology Center currently supports multi-departmental, interdisciplinary, genome-enabled research in bioremediation and microbial production of electricity that involves microbiologists, biochemists, engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, and materials scientists. The Center is expanding its research capabilities and is currently seeking established investigators who can develop creative research programs in the genome-enabled study of microbial processes of environmental significance with proven track records in one of the following areas:
Systems Biology/Genome-scale modeling of microorganisms
Expertise in the study of microbial physiology guided by genome-scale models.
Comparative Genomics
Expertise in mining large-scale data sets of numerous whole genome sequences of environmentally relevant microorganisms and associated whole-genome gene expression and proteomic data in order to better understand the physiology and evolution of these organisms.
Microbial Evolution
Expertise in modeling and predicting the evolution of single strains or communities of microorganisms evolving in response to environmental change, to fill novel ecological niches, or in response to directed evolutionary pressure for bioremediation or energy production applications.
Molecular Ecology/Environmental Genomics
Expertise in the application of molecular biological tools to the study of the in situ physiology and ecology of microorganisms living in pristine or contaminated environments. Areas of particular interest include quantitative analysis of in situ gene expression and analysis of the genomes of uncultured microbes in environments of interest.
Biochemistry/Proteomics
Expertise in the purification and characterization of novel microbial proteins of environmental relevance and/or the large-scale analysis of protein abundance/function in pristine or contaminated environments.
Bioremediation
Expertise in the bioremediation of widespread contaminants such as chlorinated compounds, solvents, or hydrocarbons with an emphasis on the study of the physiology of the microorganisms involved in the degradation of these contaminants and/or molecular approaches to monitoring these bioremediation processes in contaminated environments.
Review of applications will begin February 1, 2007. The search will continue until all positions are filled. Applicants should send a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a summary of research interests and grant awards, representative publications, and arrange to have 3 letters of recommendation sent directly to:
Associate Dean Steve Goodwin
College of Natural Resources and the Environment
Stockbridge Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst , MA 01003
The University is part of the 5-College Consortium in the beautiful Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, with excellent social, cultural, and recreational amenities in a town and rural setting. We are 2 hours from Boston and 3 hours from New York City.
The University provides an intellectual environment committed to providing academic excellence and diversity including mentoring programs for all faculty. The College and the Department are committed to increasing the diversity of the faculty, student body and the curriculum. The University of Massachusetts is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. |
