AssistantAssociate Professor of Biophysics
Job Location:
Denton, TX - USA
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Job Summary
Title: Assistant/Associate Professor of Biophysics
Employee Classification: Assoc Professor
Campus: University of North Texas
Division: UNT-Provost
SubDivision-Department: UNT-College of Science
Department: UNT-Physics-122300
Job Location: Denton
Salary: Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidates qualifications experience and discipline in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.
FTE: 1.00
Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible
About Us - Values Overview Welcome to the University of North Texas System. The UNT System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law and University of North Texas Health Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region employing more than 14000 employees educating a record 49000 students across our system and awarding nearly 12000 degrees each year. We are one team comprised of individuals who are committed to excellence curiosity and innovation. We are transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. We champion a people-first values-based culture where We Care about each other and those we serve. We believe that we are Better Together because we foster an environment of respect belonging and access for all. We demonstrate Courageous Integrity through setting exceptional standards and acting in the best interest of our communities. We are encouraged to Be Curious about opportunities for learning creating discovering and innovating and are encouraged to learn from failure. Show Your Fire by joining our team and exhibiting your passion and pride in your work as part of our UNT System team. Learn more about the UNT System and how we live our values at . |
Department Summary The Department of Physics at the University of North Texas offers bachelors masters and doctoral degrees. Faculty and students address fundamental and applied challenges in solid-state physics photonics biophysics atomic and molecular physics astrophysics and various other areas. Additional information can be found at: has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish Vietnamese American Sign Language Chinese (Cantonese Mandarin and other variations) Arabic Tagalog Farsi French or/and Yoruba. |
Position Overview The Department of Physics at the University of North Texas (UNT) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level with competitive startup salary and benefit packages. The candidates research should be in the area of Biophysics (experimental). Candidates are expected to develop a vigorous and externally funded research program teach effectively at the undergraduate and graduate levels mentor student research and provide service to the department university and community. An offer of employment for this position will be made dependent upon available funding. |
Minimum Qualifications Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in physics or a closely related discipline and demonstrate a commitment to teaching. A minimum of one year of postdoctoral experience or equivalent professional experience after the Ph.D. is required. |
Preferred Qualifications We seek an outstanding experimentalist within the broad area of biophysics who can develop and lead both independent and collaborative research programs. Areas of research may include medical physics biomaterials or biophotonics. Ideally the candidate might bridge and complement our departments state-of-the-art physics-focused research with more direct experience and connections to human health and the associated funding sources. Related department research areas include (1) the UNT Ion Beam Laboratory with research for instance into how ionizing radiation interacts with biological systems or in the mappings of elemental distributions in biological samples with proton induced x-ray emission spectroscopy or (2) research on boron induced aneutronic reactions for cancer treatment or (3) the area of biophotons that are thought to mediate inter-process physiological communication and their detection may open new directions in oncology. |
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Physical Requirements Communicating with others to exchange information. |
Environmental Hazards No adverse environmental conditions expected. |
Work Schedule varies based on assignment |
Driving University Vehicle No |
Security Sensitive This is a Security Sensitive Position. |
Special Instructions Applicants must submit a minimum of two professional references as part of their application. If needed additional references can be added after the application has been submitted. |
Benefits For information regarding our Benefits click here. |
EEO Statement The University of North Texas System is firmly committed to equal opportunity and does not permit and takes actions to prevent discrimination harassment (including sexual violence domestic violence dating violence and stalking) and retaliation on the basis of race color religion national origin sex age disability genetic information or veteran status in its application employment practices and facilities; nor permits race color national origin religion age disability veteran status or sex discrimination and harassment in its admissions processes and educational programs and activities. UNT System Administration promptly investigates complaints of discrimination harassment and related retaliation and takes remedial action when appropriate. System Administration also takes actions to prevent retaliation against individuals who oppose any form of harassment or discriminatory practice file a charge or report or testify assist or participate in a related investigation or proceeding. |
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