Advanced Materials Faculty Job Posting (Department of Nanoscience)

Located in North Carolina's third largest city, UNC Greensboro is among the most diverse, learner-centered public research universities in the state, with nearly 18,000 students in eight colleges and schools pursuing more than 150 areas of undergraduate and over 200 areas of graduate study. UNCG continues to be recognized nationally for academic excellence, access, and affordability. UNCG is ranked No. 1 most affordable institution in North Carolina for net cost by the N.Y. Times and No. 1 in North Carolina for social mobility by The Wall Street Journal - helping first-generation and lower-income students find paths to prosperity. Designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, UNCG is a community-engaged research institution with a portfolio of more than $67M in research and creative activity. The University's 1,100 faculty and 1,700 staff help create an annual economic impact for the Piedmont Triad region in excess of $1B.

The Nanoscience Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro seeks to hire a tenure track faculty member at the rank of Assistant Professor in support of its concentration in advanced materials to its PhD and MS programs. The Department of Nanoscience is a dynamic and transdisciplinary department that is graduate-only and research-intensive. The Department of Nanoscience offers several graduate degree programs including Ph.D.'s in Nanoscience with concentrations in Advanced Materials and Synthetic Biology; a thesis-based MS; and a Professional MS in collaboration with the Bryan School of Business and Economics. The department is located within the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, an institution joined at the Dean level between the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University.

Applicants who work in the field of advanced nanomaterials and can complement or grow current research efforts in the department (primarily experimental) are welcome to apply. Of particular interest are those whose research programs will focus on and expertise in the design, fabrication and synthesis, characterization, and applications of advanced materials, particularly in the context of nanoscience and nanotechnology of semiconductors primarily experimental with the extensive use of cleanroom. The nanoscience faculty has access to a suite of cleanroom micro/nanofabrication tools, material synthesis and testing resources. However, all strong applicants working in the field of advanced materials broadly defined will be considered.

Qualified applicants will have an earned PhD in a relevant science discipline such as chemistry or chemical engineering, physics, materials science and engineering, electrical engineering, or biomaterials, and have at least two years of postdoctoral training.

Competitive candidates will have an excellent record of research as demonstrated by their publication record and exhibit great promise of extramural funding or have an established record of extramural funding. New faculty will be expected to develop an externally-supported research program, teach effectively at the graduate level, collaborate with researchers in the Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering as well as with researchers in their field, and participate in Departmental and University service activities, with opportunities at the Joint School to engage in entrepreneurial activities.