Senior Associate Vice President for Knight Campus Academics and Research
This position is the second in command to the Vice President for all research and academic matters at the Knight Campus. It is responsible for the development and implementation of an overall Knight Campus training and professional development plan and has a leading role in the development of degree-granting academic programs. The position has supervisory responsibility for the administrative leads for existing degree-granting graduate programs. The position has financial authority for accounts related to academic programming, research core facilities located in the Knight Campus, and large, shared equipment refresh programs. The position is the lead in developing and maintaining a laboratory safety culture throughout the facilities. The position will provide leadership and representation of Knight Campus initiatives and programs within the University and externally as requested by the Vice President/Executive Director.
Bioinformatics Lecturer
A lecturer in the Knight Campus Internship program will teach summer and academic term courses with the goal of preparing students for Master's level positions in academic, industry, and government labs. Lecturers teach students topics that span bioinformatics and genomics, materials science, chemistry, biochemistry, and/or chemical engineering in an experiential format. They will also assist the director in aspects of student success including participation in the admissions committee, student professional and technical mentoring, engagement with the alumni network, and engagement with external partners for internship check-ins and evaluations. A small amount of research may also be conducted to stay up to date in the field, engage with external partner scientists, and inform the program curriculum.
Semiconductor Program Director
The Knight Campus is seeking a Semiconductor Program Director to oversee equipment and facilities used in experiential learning and research, integration of industry targeted core curriculum, instruction of a subset of program-specific courses, and internal stakeholder engagement. Additionally, the Program Director will provide support for industry engagement and student recruitment. The position requires scientific expertise in the area of semiconductor device manufacturing.
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Bioengineering
The Department of Bioengineering — the flagship academic unit within Knight Campus — is hiring three tenure-track faculty positions, starting a multi-year hiring plan for up to 16 positions. Candidates focused on biomedical data science, synthetic biology, neural engineering, or immune engineering are particularly encouraged to apply and will have the opportunity to become members of the UO/OHSU Center for Biomedical Data Science, UO Institute of Neuroscience, the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, and/or the Center for Translational Biomedical Research.
Postdoctoral Scholar - Benoit Lab
The Postdoctoral Scholar will be responsible for conducting research and technical activities related to sponsored projects in Benoit Lab; will conduct data analysis and collaborate on reporting findings and discoveries in written and verbal form; and will manage, maintain and provide technical expertise for Benoit lab equipment, protocols, and programs.radigms.
Postdoctoral Scholar - Plesa Lab
The postdoc will be responsible for conducting research and technical activities related to sponsored projects in the Plesa Lab. Research work includes designing and optimizing a new antibody generation method using a large-scale in-vivo protein-protein interaction assay, gene synthesis and in-vivo mutagenesis.
ProTem Instructor/Lecturer - Open Pool
Instructors/lecturers in the Knight Campus will develop innovative and multidisciplinary educational materials with the goal of preparing graduate students for entry-level positions in academic, industry, and government labs.
ProTem Research Engineer - Lindberg Lab
The Research Engineer will be responsible for conducting research and technical activities related to sponsored projects in Dr. Lindberg's lab; This research project will be focused on advanced bioinks and thermoplastic scaffolds for 3D Bioprinting of hybrid constructs for bone marrow models.
Research Assistant - Hettiaratchi Lab
The Hettiaratchi Lab applies principles in chemistry, molecular biology, chemical engineering, and biomedical engineering to develop new biomaterials for protein delivery to repair injured tissues in the body. The Research Assistant will play a key role in the discovery and research functions of the lab.
Research Assistant - Willett Lab
The Willett Lab is seeking a research assistant to help with projects. These projects include the development and testing of therapeutics for osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders; investigating novel treatment compounds, among other projects. As a part of this position, the candidate will be able to develop their own project, with support provided to prepare a journal publication, poster, or presentation.
Research Associate/Staff Scientist - Plesa Lab
The Plesa Lab is seeking an experienced research associate/staff scientist to focus on the development of novel gene synthesis methods for building large gene libraries as well as novel methods for characterizing and engineering proteins at scale.