Director (Associate/Full Professor)

Department:  FCoE-BITT - Office of Research and Innovation  

Campus: Tampa

Position Number: 10685

Date Posted: 04/05/2009

Deadline to Apply: Open until Filled

Annual Salary: Negotiable

FTE: 100 percent, 9 months; Tenure Earning

The Florida Center of Excellence for Biomolecular Identification and Targeted Therapeutics (FCoE-BITT) at the University of South Florida (USF) invites applications for the position of Center Director. FCoE-BITT is a comprehensive center funded by the State of Florida and USF with a research portfolio involving scientists and engineers who are investigating important models that are significant for understanding human health and show promise for translation into diagnostics, therapeutics, or detection technologies.

Resident members of FCoE-BITT are housed along with new core facilities for structural biology, proteomics, and cell biology in an interdisciplinary research facility opened in 2007.  The Center is affiliated with over 100 faculty laboratories in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Medicine and Public Health, creating an opportunity for extensive interdisciplinary collaborations.

Duties:  The Director will supervise current resident members of the FCoE-BITT Center and oversee the recruitment of new members. The Director is also responsible for Center communication with the USF campus, and building partnerships with industry, government agencies and community organizations.

Minimum Qualifications:   FCoE-BITT seeks a person with a Ph.D., or equivalent degree, in a relevant field who is a nationally recognized leader in research and experienced in administration (Associate/Full Professor rank) to provide vision for all aspects of the Center, including research, finance, administration and education.

Please send electronic versions of a cover letter briefly describing your administrative experience and philosophy, a current CV, a short statement of research interests and funded projects, and arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent electronically to:

Ms. Alma Julia ● ajulia@bitt.usf.edu  ● (813) 974-0274
or

Ms. Alma Julia, FCoE-BITT Administrative Specialist
University of South Florida
3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Suite 324
Tampa, FL 33612

Review begins June 5, 2009 and continues until the position is filled. More information can be found at http://www.bitt.usf.edu.  For disability accommodations, contact Ms Alma Julia at (8I3) 974-0274 a minimum of 5 working days in advance.