Position Description

Texas State University seeks applications for an endowed chair at the rank of Professor to conduct research on any aspect of semiconductor research. Texas State University is a leader in semiconductor research with strengths in ultra-wide bandgap materials and devices, materials growth and epitaxy, nanofabrication and device prototyping, and advanced characterization and analysis, and partners with the Texas Institute of Electronics to expand domestic semiconductor production.

Texas State is also home to the Nanofabrication Research Service Center (NRSC), a 2000 square foot multi-user clean room facility where students and researchers can fabricate films, structures, and devices at the micrometer and nanometer scale. The facility houses a class 10,000 instructional area and class 1000 and 100 research areas. Other facilities include the NSF CREST Center for Ultrawide Bandgap Semiconductor Device Materials and the Epitaxy Research Shared Space.

Texas State University receives a full share of the Texas University Fund (TUF) and plans to invest funds in recruitment and substantial start-up support for strategic hires with established research programs and active external funding in historic and emerging areas of research strength, including in semiconductor research.

We seek to hire dynamic and innovative scholars with an exceptionally strong research record supported by external funding. An applicant’s scholarly focus should complement and enhance the semiconductor scholarship and teaching strengths of Texas State, such as:

• Semiconductor materials and quantum technologies.
• Device design and architecture.
• Simulation and modelling.
• Semiconductor manufacturing.
• Packaging and integration.
• AI applications in chips.

Responsibilities

• Seek external funding and coordinate interdisciplinary grants with both internal and external collaborators.
• Conduct and publish original research on semiconductors.
• Lead interdisciplinary collaboration with faculty across the university.
• Develop and maintain an active research agenda.
• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses on semiconductors and related subjects.
• Mentor and advise students.
• Contribute to the workforce development and development of the semiconductor curriculum.
• Participate in service activities at the department, college, and university levels.

The successful candidate will join the department(s) appropriate to their area of scholarly focus. The successful candidate will be expected to build and lead a community of scholars and students including bringing a research group supported by existing external grants and will have the opportunity to negotiate additional hires in related areas to support their research.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. or terminal degree.
• Evidence of a strong scholarly focus on and sustained record of research excellence in semiconductor research.
• Evidence of sustained record of excellence in teaching and mentoring students.
• Evidence of a sustained record of obtaining external funding.

Preferred Qualifications

• Evidence of activity in organizing conferences and sessions on semiconductors.
• Experience in teaching and mentoring both undergraduate and graduate students.
• Experience supporting experiential learning for undergraduate and graduate students.
• Strong commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Evidence of community engagement for scholarship and teaching.