Posted: April 12, 2008
Bring your enthusiasm to Gannon University where you will collaborate with a dynamic faculty that prepares motivated students intellectually, professionally, and personally for leadership roles in their careers, society and church. The Computer and Information Science Department (CIS) seeks applications for a full-time, tenure track faculty to serve as Director of the Bioinformatics Program. The CIS Department’s mission is to provide world-class education in software, computer and information science at the undergraduate and professional master’s levels, and to be a continuing source of technology transfer to local organizations through consulting, projects, integrated internships, and educated employees. The successful candidate will lead research activities in bioinformatics and collaborate with other faculty in the CIS and Biology departments; and will support and develop funding and research/project opportunities for top-caliber undergraduate students.
Requirements include a doctoral-level degree in Bioinformatics or related computing degree, and possess an educational background in both biology and computing. The successful candidate must be able to teach Bioinformatics and CIS undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as guide CIS master’s projects and theses. Also required are exceptional communication and entrepreneurial skills to form and lead the research teams with multiple student, faculty, and cross-disciplinary, cross-organizational members, and a strong track record of teaching and research in bioinformatics with broad computational analysis experience in networks or systems. Interest in networking and system security is desirable. Industry experience in Bioinformatics system development is a significant advantage. Must be able to support and promote the University’s mission, its Catholic identity, and its liberal arts tradition.
Gannon University, located along the shores of Lake Erie in Erie, Pennsylvania, offers ready access to a variety of exciting cultural and seasonal activities and is within a two-hour drive of Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Buffalo. Favorable cost-of-living with low housing costs make Erie an ideal place to live. For more information about the Erie area, visit www.eriepa.com.
Gannon University is an Equal Opportunity employer that encourages diversity and invites women and members of underrepresented groups to apply. Application Procedure: Submit a cover letter, vitae, graduate transcripts and two letters of reference to: Gannon University, Bioinformatics Director Search, 109 University Square, Erie, PA 16541-0001 or fax to (814) 871-7514. Electronic submission is preferred to hrdept@gannon.edu. Review of resumes will begin immediately, continuing until the position is filled. For more information about Gannon, visit www.gannon.edu.
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