Computational Biosciences Initiative

Director Search

Position Announcement for Professor and Research Institute Director, Computational Biosciences Initiative, University of California Los Angeles.

We seek nominations and applications for the Director of a new Computational Biosciences Institute from distinguished scholars who would bring intellectual leadership and synergy to this new UCLA Institute. The Institute is a Chancellor’s Initiative, which is centered in the College of Letters and Sciences in partnership with the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM), and participation from the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS), and the School of Public Health (SPH). This Initiative builds on more than 60 outstanding computational faculty members from more than 12 departments, many of who are affiliated with the recently established Interdepartmental PhD Program in Bioinformatics. The Initiative includes significant financial resources for new faculty appointments, renovated space for a new institute, a collaboratory that offers bioinformatics resources, and additional funding. Browse this website for more details.

The director’s research is expected to lie within the areas of bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, epigenomics, proteomics and evolutionary genomics, and should in part concern novel computational, quantitative, or bioinformatics methodology. The director must have an outstanding record of scholarly publications and research support. The successful candidate will hold a primary appointment in a department associated with Division of Life Sciences or Physical Sciences of the UCLA College, and the option of joint appointments in other academic units including the School of Medicine.

Letters of nomination and questions about the position should be sent to Dr. David Eisenberg at david.eisenberg@cbi.ucla.edu. Application materials should be submitted on line at www.mcdb.ucla.edu/compbiodir. Please include a cover letter with a brief statement of research and vision, and CV. Review of applications will begin 10 February 2012. Please use job number 0865-1112-03 in all correspondence.

As a campus with a diverse student body, we encourage applications from women, minorities, and individuals with a history of mentoring under-represented minorities in the sciences. UCLA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of faculty and staff diversity.