Multiple open-rank tenured/tenure-track faculty
Location: Atlanta, GA
About Us: Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech¿s faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.
Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.
Department Information: The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University has a student body of 1,200 undergraduates, 260 graduate students, and 70 primary and 73 program faculty. In 2023 US News Graduate Program Rankings placed the department as the #1 ranked department in BME in the United States and our Undergraduate Program as the # 2 department in the United States. Since its beginning, the unique partnership between two of the nation's leading public and private entities has been an innovation engine for research and education. Combining the engineering and medical strengths at Georgia Tech and Emory, we are focused on solving some of the toughest problems facing our state, the nation, and the world. We are a diverse and international community of faculty, students and staff who promote equity, diversity, and inclusion on our campuses.
Job Summary: The Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering (http://bme.gatech.edu), a joint department between Georgia Tech's College of Engineering and Emory University's School of Medicine (Atlanta, GA), invites applicants for multiple tenured/tenure-track faculty positions. Applicants will be considered at all ranks. This search is open to all research areas in the field of Biomedical Engineering. We are particularly interested in candidates working in but not limited to the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Medical Robotics, Synthetic Biology, Cancer and Aging.
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.
Responsibilities: Successful candidates will be expected to develop a vibrant externally-funded research program, teach undergraduate and graduate level courses, and should have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and mentorship.
Required Qualifications: A PhD in engineering or related field is required by the start of the appointment.
Has expertise in teaching, scholarship, and/or service that contributes to access, diversity, and equal opportunity in higher education
Preferred Qualifications: Candidates with experience working in Artificial Intelligence, Medical Robotics, Synthetic Biology, Cancer and Aging.
The ability to teach and mentor a diverse student body
The ability to promote an inclusive and welcoming educational/work environment
Required Documents to Attach:
Applicants should submit the following:
(1) Letter of application
(2) Curriculum vitae
(3) Research Statement
(4) Teaching Statement
(5) Statement on how your professional and academic experiences have prepared you to support and apply Georgia Tech's values, which are described in our strategic plan (https://strategicplan.gatech.edu/)
(6) Names and contact information for at least 3 references
Contact Information: For additional information about this job opening, please contact: gt-emory-recruiting@bme.gatech.edu
Applications before Nov. 30, 2023 will be given full consideration.
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