Applied Statistics Search Committee
Department of MathemSeptember 27, 2007 6:57 PMo State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-7720 Applications received by January 18, 2008 will be given full consideration, and applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.

San Diego State University is the oldest and largest higher education institution in the San Diego region, and has nearly 34,000 students. The Carnegie Foundation classifies SDSU as a Doctoral/Research Intensive university. SDSU is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital statuSeptember 28, 2007 8:38 AMa.

A Ph.D. degree, or the equivalent, is required and postdoctoral experience is preferred. Candidates are expected to establish an externally funded research program, and demonstrated ability to obtain funding is a plus. The successful applicant will employ state-of-the-art physical techniques in the structural study of biological macromolecules, macromolecular assemblies and/or subcellular organelles. The SDSU Biology Department and the San Diego community offer a strong environment for research in Structural Biology. The Department of Biology is comprised of approximately 19 full time faculty in the areas of cell and molecular biology, and 23 full time faculty in ecology and evolutionary biology. The department serves approximately 1200 majors and 1500 general education students. Department faculty research is supported by approximately $20 million/year in extramural funding. Cell and molecular biology faculty are currently housed in a building with newly renovated labs that includes a BSL3 lab, a transgenic mouse core, confocal and electron microscopy imaging facility, and a flow cytometry facility. The SDSU Electron Microscopy Facility houses an FEI Tecnai 12 transmission electron microscopy equipped for cryo-electron microscopy and a Tietz 214 cooled slow scan CCD camera as well as a Leica SP2 confocal light microscope and other ancillary equipment. The SDSU Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography Facility in the Department of Chemistry houses a Rigaku RU-H3R 18 kW rotating anode x-ray generator with Osmic Blue x-ray optics, an inverted phi goniostat, Oxford Cryostream cryostat, R-AXIS IV++ image plate detector, Pentium III computer with Crystal Clear data collection and analysis software, and a Haskris R300 water chiller. The Chemistry Department also maintains 400, 500, and 600 MHz Varian NMR spectrometers. SDSU is affiliated with and linked directly to the San Diego Supercomputing Center.

The successful candidate will complement the research expertise of current faculty. Candidates employing high resolution cryo-electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction/crystallography, and/or multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy are encouraged to apply, although highly qualified applicants in other areas of structural biology will be considered.

The successful candidate will become a member of our Molecular Biology M.S. degree program and the Cell and Molecular Biology Ph.D. degree program and will be expected to teach in both our graduate and undergraduate programs. The M.S. program currently serves ~75 students who perform thesis research at SDSU or at several biotechnology companies in the San Diego area. The Ph.D. program is operated jointly with UCSD and currently serves 42 students who perform their thesis work in the labs of SDSU investigators. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a course in Structural Biology and/or Biophysics for senior undergraduate and graduate students and to participate in other undergraduate or graduate courses in cell and molecular biology. Candidates with experience in and/or commitment to working in a multicultural environment with large numbers of students of diverse backgrounds and learning styles are desired. The College of Sciences is host to a large number of federally-funded minority training programs (e.g., MARC, MBRS, McNair and PREP) and SDSU is ranked 10th in the nation in conferring baccalaureate degrees to minorities.

Review of applications will begin after October 8, 2007, and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, separate statements of research and teaching interests, three representative publications, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the Structural Biology Search Committee, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-4614.

Extensive local computing facilities are available, with further computational support available through the nearby San Diego Supercomputer Center. San Diego State University is a partner in the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology. It is a Core Institution of the Southern California Earthquake Center and co-founding institution for the award-winning SAGE (Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience) program.

Applicants should send (by mail or email) a letter of application describing teaching and research interests, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information (including phone numbers and email addresses) of three references, to Applied Geophysics Search Committee Chair, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, Email: pparrish@geology.sdsu.edu. Applicants should also request that the three letters of recommendation be mailed or emailed directly to the search committee at the above address. Review of applications will begin November 1, 2007 and continue until the position is filled.

San Diego State University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability, or veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.

SDSU's College of Sciences, which includes Computer Science, has active research groups in experimental and computational chemistry, biochemistry, molecular physics, and applied mathematics. The College also houses the Computational Sciences Research Center, an interdisciplinary consortium of faculty that supports high-performance computing and visualization resources and hosts several degree programs, including a Ph.D.

The successful candidate must have teaching and research interests in Computational Chemistry, and must also be a computer scientist who can teach a variety of core courses in the CS curriculum. Preference will be given to candidates who can teach upper-division and graduate courses in areas such as computer networks and operating systems.

To apply, send a complete resume and a statement of research and teaching interests; this should include a description of specific Computer Science courses that you are qualified to teach. Please send these materials, and have three letters of reference sent, to:

Computer Science Search Committee
Department of Computer Science
San Diego State University
San Diego CA 92182-7720

All applications received by January 7, 2008 will receive full consideration.

SDSU is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability or veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.