Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Human Genetics
Clemson University
Application
Details
Posted: 19-Sep-23
Location: Clemson, South Carolina
Type: Full Time
Salary: $90,000
Years of Experience:
Less than 2
Salary Details:
Clemson University offers competitive salaries, benefits, and start-up funds.
Preferred Education:
Doctorate
Internal Number: 132469
Clemson University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor as part of a Cluster Hire at the Center for Human Genetics (https://scienceweb.clemson.edu/chg/), with an expected start date of August 2024. Clemson University offers competitive salaries, benefits, and start-up funds.
The successful applicant will have an accomplished research record at the forefront of human genetics/genomics. Applicants whose research complements our existing expertise in experimental and computational approaches are especially desirable. Areas of interest include the mechanisms by which variation in epigenetic modification, gene regulatory networks, chromatin conformation and nuclear architecture affect variation in human health and disease, statistical genetics, systems genetics, and genomic data analysis. However, all research areas with the potential to significantly advance the field of human genetics will be considered.
The successful applicant will be part of a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment that includes the research, diagnostic and clinical geneticists at the Greenwood Genetic Center, the genetics, genomics, statistics and bioinformatics faculty at Clemson University, the USC School of Medicine in Greenville and the Prisma Health System.
About the Department or School (SMSS only), or PI Lab:
The mission of the Center for Human Genetics is to understand the principles and mechanisms by which genetic and environmental factors affect human health and disease. The Center for Human Genetics provides a vibrant interactive research environment with state-of-the-art genomic and computational resources. The Center of Human Genetics currently consists of 25 faculty and their laboratory groups in eight Departments, located on Clemson main campus and in Greenwood, South Carolina on the Greenwood Genetic Center Partnership Campus. Laboratory facilities for the successful candidate with an experimental research program will be in Self Regional Hall, a 17,000-square-foot building located in Greenwood, South Carolina on the Greenwood Genetic Center Partnership Campus. Facilities for the successful candidate with a statistical/computational research program will be on the main Clemson campus. The home department will be determined by the fit of the applicant’s research interests with the mission of the Department of Biological Sciences, the Department of Genetics and Biochemistry or the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences.
For full consideration, applications should be submitted by 10.20/2023. Review will continue until the position is filled.
Applicants should submit the following items via Interfolio at http://apply.interfolio.com/132469
Cover letter
Curriculum Vitae
Statement of research interests including future plans
Statement of teaching interests and experience
Statement describing past experience and/or future plans to promote diversity and inclusion
Up to three reprints in one PDF. Applicants should also arrange, through Interfolio, the submission of three confidential letters of recommendation on their behalf.
Inquiries should be directed to Dr. Trudy Mackay (tmackay@clemson.edu).
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Clemson University is an AA/EEO employer and does not discriminate against any person or group on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, pregnancy, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or genetic information. Clemson University is building a culturally diverse faculty and staff committed to working in a multicultural environment and encourages applications from minorities and women.
Successful candidates must hold a doctoral degree and have postdoctoral experience. Competitive candidates will demonstrate an ability to develop a vigorous and independent, externally funded and nationally recognized research program; demonstrate teaching excellence and a commitment to diversity inclusion; and participate in relevant undergraduate and graduate education programs.
The Center for Human Genetics is located in Self Regional Hall, a 17,000 square foot facility located on the campus of the Greenwood Genetic Center in Greenwood. The facility is designed to promote a collaborative interactive environment with open office space for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and research staff. Active research projects in the Center investigate the roles of gene regulation, post-translational modification, and structural variation in common and rare diseases; develop more powerful models for genotype-phenotype prediction; and utilize systems genetics approaches in cellular and animal models to understand the genome-wide impact of genetic variants on molecular networks in health and disease in human populations.