"Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences"

Hiring Department: Pharmaceutical Sciences

Location:  Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1026652

Posting Close Date: October 16, 2024

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has over 300,000 alumni and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

Description:

The University of Illinois Chicago, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences seeks candidates for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field of natural products drug discovery. The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences comprises the basic science disciplines within the College of Pharmacy at UIC. Located in the heart of the Illinois Medical District in Chicago, the UIC College of Pharmacy consistently ranks in the Top Ten U.S. Colleges of Pharmacy in total funding from the National Institutes of Health. The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences is a highly collaborative, research-active unit with faculty organized across four program concentrations: Pharmacognosy, Chemistry in Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery, and Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutics. Additional information about the Department is available at http://psci.pharmacy.uic.edu.

Position Summary

The Department is committed to supporting its faculty at all levels and has a structured mentoring program in place for junior faculty. The new faculty member is expected to establish strong collaborations with the UIC faculty and may benefit from close interactions with the UICentre, UIC's Campus-wide Drug Discovery Enterprise (https://drugdiscovery.uic.edu), the Institute for Tuberculosis Research (https://itr.pharmacy.uic.edu), the University of Illinois Cancer Center (https://cancer.uillinois.edu), and the Pharmacognosy Institute (https://pharmacognosy.pharmacy.uic.edu).

Duties & Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a strong, extramurally-funded, independent research program.

Teach in the undergraduate, professional, and graduate programs of the College of Pharmacy.

Engage in internal service by participating on Department, College, and University committees. Provide external service     through community, professional, and publishing organizations at the local, regional, and (inter)national levels.

Collaborate with faculty to establish strong and positive pre- and post-doctoral learning environments.

Perform other related duties and contribute to special projects as needed.

Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• PhD degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemical Biology, Synthetic Biology, Pharmacognosy or a related discipline
• Relevant postdoctoral experience is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Priority will be given to applicants whose research focuses on natural product drug discovery and incorporates elements of one or more of the following disciplines: bioinformatics, genetics, plant sciences, microbiology, and synthetic/chemical biology.