Faculty Recruitment

Postdoctoral Scholar - Open Pool
The Knight Campus is seeking qualified applicants for its open postdoctoral scholar pool. This full-time, funding-contingent position offers an opportunity to enhance your professional skills and research independence while conducting laboratory research, quantitative analysis, preparing manuscripts and grant applications, and presenting findings to internal and external audiences. Successful candidates will demonstrate the ability to collaborate with faculty, staff, and students from a variety of diverse backgrounds. Appointments are for one year with the possibility of renewal for up to two additional years.

ProTem Instructor / Lecturer - Open Pool
The Knight Campus is seeking qualified applicants for its open ProTem Instructor/Lecturer pool. Knight Campus Instructors/Lecturers develop innovative and multidisciplinary educational materials with the goal of preparing graduate students for entry-level positions in academic, industry, and government labs. Those who enjoy teaching students topics that encompass both the life sciences and materials sciences are encouraged to apply. Successful Instructors/Lecturers will mentor students on research projects that span a breadth of topics and need to stay current on innovative discoveries and methods.

Pro Tempore Curriculum Development Director/Lecturer
The Department of Bioengineering is seeking a dynamic director/lecturer. In this multifaceted role, the successful candidate will teach professional development courses, contribute to academic and curriculum planning, and support student recruitment and advising. Housed within the Knight Campus, a nationally recognized hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, this position offers a unique opportunity to help shape the next generation of bioengineers in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment.

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.

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.