Biology Assistant Professor in Neurobiology- Notice of Filing
Biology Assistant Professor in Neurobiology- Notice of Filing
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NOTICE OF FILING - Please do not apply to to this position as it has been filled. This posting is mandatory to meet a United States Department of Labor requirement.
A competitive recruitment and selection process was conducted for this employment opportunity and a U.S. worker was not selected. An application for Alien Employment Certification is being filed on behalf of an alien to fill the employment opportunity. Anyone with documentary evidence relative to the application or available workers wages and/or working conditions may contact the Regional Certifying Office of the Department of Labor at the following address:
U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Office of Foreign Labor Certification 200 Constitution Avenue NW Room N 5311 Washington DC 20210
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University of Wisconsin Eau ClairePosition Title:
Biology: Assistant Professor in Neurobiology--Notice of FilingJob Category:
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Department of Biology
Assistant Professor in Neurobiology
Notice of Filing
A competitive recruitment and selection process was conducted for this employment opportunity and a U.S. worker was not selected. An application for Alien Employment Certification is being filed on behalf of an alien to fill the employment opportunity. Anyone with documentary evidence relative to the application or available workers wages and/or working conditions may contact the Regional Certifying Office of the Department of Labor at the following address:
U.S Department of Labor
Employment and Training Administration
Office of Foreign Labor Certification
200 Constitution Avenue NW Room N-5311
Washington DC 20210
The position has been filled. This posting is mandatory to meet a United States Department of Labor requirement. See the job posting for more details.
POSITION: The Department of Biology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin August 18th 2025. We seek a broadly trained biologist who is committed to excellence in undergraduate education and has a research focus in neuroscience at the systems/circuit level that involves an animal model system (e.g. rodents flies nematodes fish birds reptiles amphibians). The successful candidate will 1) contribute to our curriculum by teaching both introductory and upper-level courses in biology and neuroscience 2) develop a vibrant research program with undergraduates 3) engage in service to the Department College University and/or community and 4) contribute to UW-Eau Claires commitment to achieving an equitable diverse and inclusive climate.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Earned Ph.D. degree by August 18th 2025 with demonstrated interest in joining a department that values excellence in teaching undergraduates and engaging in collaborative research with undergraduates.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Postdoctoral research experience
- Experience teaching at the undergraduate level
- Experience mentoring undergraduates in research
DUTIES: The successful candidate will teach a combination of introductory biology and neuroscience courses (such as Foundations of Biology I/II Foundations of Biological Inquiry Brain: Introduction to Neuroscience) and upper-level coursework related to their expertise (e.g. Systems Neuroscience; see UWEC BIOL course catalog). The candidate will have opportunities to develop additional courses to enhance our curriculum. The semester teaching commitment is 12 contact hours per week. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an active research program with undergraduate students provide academic advising to undergraduate students (in collaboration with the Advising Retention and Career Center) engage in service to the Department College University profession and/or community and contribute to UW-Eau Claires commitment to equity diversity and inclusivity (EDI).
DEPARTMENT: The Department of Biology currently has 14 faculty 5 instructors a laboratory manager a greenhouse/vivarium manager and approximately 650 students involved in Biology-affiliated majors (Biology Ecology and Environmental Biology Biochemistry/Molecular Biology and Microbiology). There are currently 4 primary faculty (1 in biology 3 in psychology) and 110 students involved in the interdisciplinary Neuroscience curriculum (80 majors 30 minors). Department members are dedicated to teaching and are actively involved in research with undergraduates as evidenced by co-authored presentations and publications. The Department works closely with the Health Careers Center on campus to support the advancement of pre-professional and professional health science students and programs. UW-Eau Claire has an established research collaboration agreement with Mayo Clinic. This agreement is supported by administrative structure and funding for collaborative research projects involving clinicians and our faculty and students.
Departmental facilities include a variety of teaching and research laboratories with standard field and molecular research equipment as well as shared access to conventional and confocal fluorescence microscopes transmission and scanning electron microscopes and additional analytical instrumentation through the Materials Science and Engineering Center and the UW-Eau Claire high performance supercomputing cluster. We have dedicated vivarium space for animal research and access on campus to Putnam Park a Wisconsin State Natural 2027 UW-Eau Claire will open a new $340m Science and Health Sciences Building which will house the department and all teaching research and vivarium facilities.
Research is supported by competitive start-up packages as well as both external and internal grants through the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP). ORSP internal funds are available to support summer research stipends and travel to professional meetings for both students and faculty addition a substantial ongoing internal grant from the UW-Eau Claire differential tuition program supports our Biology Research Scholars Program which enables cohorts of students each summer to conduct research with UWEC Biology faculty by providing funding for student stipends faculty mentor stipends and supplies/travel. We participate in the TRIO-Funded Ronald McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement and Upward Bound Programs as well as other initiatives to increase equity diversity and inclusion. The Department has a long-standing agreement with the Charles Darwin Research Station in the Galapagos to place four interns each summer and faculty can become involved with this partnership. Each member of the department receives annual allocations of endowed funds for professional development and/or research expenses.
To learn more about UW-Eau Claire visit City of Eau Claire situated at the confluence of the Chippewa and Eau Claire rivers is a vibrant community of 70000 located in the Chippewa Valley. Eau Claire has made numerous Best of lists including #2 Most Livable College Town ( and was featured in the Reasons to Celebrate America series in Time Magazine and in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel due to its ever expanding entrepreneurial local food art and music scenes. Our city is a recreation destination as the surrounding scenic countryside offers plentiful access to rivers public parks and many seasonal outdoor activities. Eau Claire is affordable has major medical facilities outstanding public schools and ample employment opportunities. Eau Claire is 90 miles from the cosmopolitan center of Minneapolis-St. Paul Minnesota and the MSP international airport. To learn more about events and opportunities in Eau Claire visit PROCEDURE: Applications are submitted electronically. Please click on the Apply Now link for this job posting on the following UW-Eau Claire Web site: . To access the position announcement directly use this link: . This will direct you to the UW System Career Opportunities page where application materials will be submitted. You must create an account and login before you can apply. If you have not yet registered click on the New User link to begin the registration process. If you are already a registered user input your User Name and Password and select Login. Click the link to the Biology: Assistant Professor in Neurobiology position (Job ID # 21145) and then click the Apply Now button to submit your application electronically. Your application will not be considered complete until all required documents are attached and all required fields are completed. Please be sure you have included the following in PDF format:
- Letter of application including a statement of why you are interested in a career at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2-page maximum length)
- Statement of teaching philosophy that addresses your experiences with and plans for teaching and mentoring diverse student populations and courses you would be interested in teaching (2-page maximum length)
- Concise research statement including future research plans and ways to involve undergraduates as collaborators (2-page maximum length)
- Curriculum vitae
- Unofficial copies of all graduate school transcripts
- Names and contact information for three references
Please direct requests for additional information to: Dr. Brad Carter .
To ensure consideration completed applications must be received by September 23 2024. Screening may continue until the position is filled. The university reserves the right to contact additional references with notice given to the candidates at an appropriate time in the process.
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