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Invitation for faculty position applications UC Berkeley is one of the world's premier public universities, and Berkeley Engineering maintains top rankings among engineering programs nationally, public or private. With more than 240 tenure-track faculty members, 2,100 graduate students and 3,400 undergraduate students located in seven academic departments, Engineering is the second largest college on the Berkeley campus. Our reputation for intellectual rigor, our talent for developing technologies that improve quality of life and our entrepreneurial spirit are reflected in our faculty and students, and by our physical environment. We offer a dynamic, interdisciplinary, hands-on education, challenge conventional thinking and value creativity and imagination. We invite applications to open faculty positions in the College of Engineering ( https://engineering.berkeley.edu/faculty-positions ). New job announcements are added throughout the year, so please check back regularly for updates. Also note that each job listing has its own application deadline and application requirements; please refer to the specifics in each announcement.

University of California, Berkeley Department of Mechanical Engineering Seeks Applications for a Tenure-Track Faculty Position The DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, University of California, Berkeley, seeks candidates for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level, starting July 1, 2020 or on a mutually agreed date thereafter. The department seeks candidates with expertise in one or more of the following: Fluid Mechanics; Energy Science and Technology; Design and Manufacturing; and Control and Robotics. The department is committed to fostering interdisciplinary research that can address societal grand challenges including but not limited to: Aerospace systems interpreted broadly, including aviation and space exploration. Areas of interest include but are not limited to ultra-efficient propulsion technologies and thermal management, green aviation, high-speed and hypersonic flight, vehicle design including active structures and materials that may sustain extreme thermal and mechanical loads, navigation and sensing technologies, and orbital and flight dynamics and control. Sustainable technologies and systems for enhancing energy efficiency and/or reducing environmental impact, including but not limited to solar power technologies, advanced wind turbines, wave power generation, storage and thermal management technologies that enhance power plant and energy conversion efficiency, green manufacturing, efficient water usage and desalination, and fundamental aspects of thermal sciences and energy conversion. Autonomy and artificial intelligence for enhanced performance, safety and quality of life. Examples include the use of emerging technologies in AI, machine learning, data science, 5G communication, IoT, sensing and control, and/or computation among others in aerospace, industry 4.0 and smart manufacturing, smart mobility, smart energy systems, human-autonomous system interaction, and other mechanical engineering application domains. We seek candidates with exceptional promise in research, teaching and service, who will proactively contribute to our department's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. We may consider possible joint appointments with other UC Berkeley departments or College of Engineering-affiliated institutes. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values in the College of Engineering. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates for our faculty positions will have to demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion. A statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including information about your understanding of these topics, your record of activities to date, and your specific plans and goals for advancing equity and inclusion, if hired as a Berkeley faculty member, will be required as part of the application package. Please note that the statement may be evaluated as a standalone document. Financial and in-kind resources are available to pursue activities that help accelerate our efforts to achieve our equity and inclusion goals, with the full backing of the College. Guidelines to applicants on writing effective statements that demonstrate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion can be found at: https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity/support-faculty-candidates . Examples of ongoing programming in the College are available at: https://engineering.berkeley.edu/diversity

Recruitment Period Open October 31st, 2019 through Monday, Dec 2, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Description The Department of Physics and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, at the University of California, Berkeley are conducting an open search to fill one or more tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level in Quantum Information Science and Technology (experiment or theory) with an expected start date of July 1, 2020. Joint appointments with UC-affiliated institutes and initiatives (such as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) or other UC Berkeley departments (such as the Department of Chemistry), will also be considered. The Department seeks candidates who have demonstrated originality and productivity in research, promise in teaching, and the potential to advance the department's goal of a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive scholarly environment, and in alignment with Federal affirmative action goals and the UC Berkeley strategic plan for equity and inclusion: http://diversity.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-strategic-plan-equity-inclusion-and-diversity    

  Recruitment Period Open October 7th, 2019 through Friday, Dec 13, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Description The College of Engineering and the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California at Berkeley seek applications for a tenure-track faculty position, at the Assistant Professor level in Development Engineering with an expected start date of July 1, 2020. Development Engineering is a growing multidisciplinary field that integrates engineering, economics, business, natural resources, public health and social sciences in order to create, implement, evaluate and scale new technologies to benefit people living in poverty in developing regions and low-income areas in the U.S. The goal is to solve big societal problems both globally and locally. Example focus areas include, but are not limited to: engineering better health, the nexus of food, energy and water systems, accessible low-cost energy technologies, the digital transformation of societal systems, climate change mitigation, and sustainable design and communities. Research in any one of these areas will enable cross-campus multi-disciplinary collaborations for innovation of scalable and sustainable technological solutions to improve the human condition and lift people out of poverty, particularly in developing economies. Applicants will be hired into a home department within the College of Engineering: Bioengineering; Civil & Environmental Engineering; Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences; Industrial Engineering & Operations Research; Materials Science & Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; or Nuclear Engineering. More information on the College of Engineering, and a link to each department, is available at http://engineering.berkeley.edu/ The successful candidate will be expected to contribute meaningfully to both their home department and to the activities of the Development Engineering Graduate Group, housed in the Blum Center for Developing Economies. They will be expected to teach courses in both their home department and the Development Engineering Graduate Group, and have a strong commitment to excellence in research, teaching, service, and contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion. The Graduate Group in Development Engineering is getting ready to offer a new Professional Masters in Development Engineering. It is expected that the new faculty member selected will participate in the pedagogy associated with the new Masters. The Blum Center for Developing Economies leverages the talent, enthusiasm, and energy of the University of California community to address global poverty. The Blum Center's interdisciplinary problem-solving approach draws on students and faculty dedicated to facing this challenge through innovative technologies, services, and education. It catalyzes the efforts of the university community, in partnership with for-profit, nonprofit, and government entities, to develop scalable and sustainable solutions. These multidisciplinary approaches are built around new technologies with great potential for low-income regions. The Blum Center invests in promising efforts and shepherd them to the next stage, engaging partners outside the university interested in bringing these innovations to millions. In addition to hosting the Development Engineering Graduate Group, the Blum Center also offers an undergraduate minor in Global Poverty & Practice and manages the Big Ideas contest that provides funding, support, and encouragement to students who have “big ideas” for social and entrepreneurial impact. More information about the Blum Center is at: http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu . Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values in the College of Engineering and the Blum Center. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students and staff who share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates for our faculty positions will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion. Financial and in-kind resources are available to pursue activities that help accelerate our efforts to achieve our equity and inclusion goals, with the full backing of the College of Engineering. Examples of ongoing programming at the College are available at: engineering.berkeley.edu/diversity.  

University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health and the Center for Computational Biology Assistant Professor of Public Health and Computational Biology The School of Public Health and the Center for Computational Biology in the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley invite applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor position with an expected start date of July 1, 2020. We are interested in candidates working in areas of mutual and complementary interest to the Center for Computational Biology and the School of Public Health. Successful candidates will conduct research, broadly, in the area of computational biology and host/microbe interactions. We are interested in candidates who study how pathogenic or non-pathogenic microbes affect hosts, with a particular interest in studies related to the human microbiome. Eligible candidates for this position would develop and/or apply sophisticated computational and experimental laboratory methods to studies of microbes and their health implications, including the relationship of the human microbiome to chronic or infectious disease at the population level. Candidates applying these techniques to understand health disparities are especially welcome. Examples of areas of high priority research include, but are not limited to, the following: Characterization of, including by the use of genome sequencing approaches, human microbes/microbiomes at the community or population level and relationship to health and disease, including disparities in health and disease. Computational techniques and methods applied to infectious disease outbreak investigation; the study of pathogenesis, niche adaptation, or evolution of infectious disease agents; and translational applications such as disease diagnostic and biomarker test development, new drug target identification and vaccine development. The impact of low-residue antibiotics and other factors in the environment on human intestinal microbiota (e.g., diet, biodiversity, climate change, geography, social determinants). Modulation of the human immune response/human physiology by the microbiome Food, agriculture, human nutrition and the impact on gut microbiome.

Assistant and Associate Professor - Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences The University of California, Berkeley invites applications for approved tenure and tenure-track positions in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the Assistant and Associate Professor level. Rank will be determined based on qualifications and experience. The expected start date at the Assistant Professor level is July 1, 2020. The expected start date at the Associate Professor level is January 1, 2021. Joint appointments with department-affiliated institutes and initiatives, or other UC Berkeley departments will also be considered. The minimum qualification required to be considered an applicant for the position is a PhD (or equivalent international degree), or enrolled in a PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application. With priority given to overall originality and promise versus sub-area of specialization, preference will be given to applicants interested in creating innovative and far-reaching solutions to important problems in electrical engineering and/or computer science, as well as to applicants whose research, teaching, or service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. At the Associate Professor level, there is an emphasis on electrical engineering and areas at the boundary of electrical engineering and computer sciences. The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values in the College of Engineering. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. Successful candidates for our faculty positions will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion. Financial and in-kind resources are available to pursue activities that help accelerate our efforts to achieve our equity and inclusion goals, with the full backing of the College. Examples of ongoing programming at the College are available at: http://engineering.berkeley.edu/diversity Support for faculty candidates on writing effective statements that demonstrate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, can be found at: https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity/support-faculty-candidates . Complete applications should be received by December 9, 2019, when the application period closes. Applications received after that date will not be considered. Applications will be considered complete only when all required materials have been received. Applicants should apply based on rank: Assistant Professor Individuals should submit their application at this level if they meet one of the following conditions: Current or recent PhD candidate or graduate; current or recent postdoc; current assistant professor (including those who are “senior” assistant professors near tenure). Please note that this level determination is only for application review purposes, not the ultimate appointment level of the finalist. Associate Professor Individuals should submit their application at this level if they meet one of the following conditions: Current tenured professor; position equivalent to tenured professor (ie.at an international university). Please note that this level determination is only for application review purposes, not the ultimate appointment level of the finalist.

Recruitment Period Open September 12th, 2019 through Friday, Nov 15, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Description University of California, Berkeley Department of Linguistics Assistant Professor — Phonology — Linguistics Expected start date: July 1, 2020 The Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, has been authorized to make an appointment in Phonology. This position will be at the rank of assistant professor (tenure-track). Salary will be commensurate with experience. Duties will include undergraduate and graduate advising, teaching (up to four courses per year), supervision of student research, and development of a successful and original research program. Applicants must have a broad intellectual engagement in linguistics and a research specialization in phonology. The department welcomes additional research interests or skills that will contribute to the intellectual life of a broad linguistics community (e.g. language family expertise, linguistic typology, phonetics, cognitive science, computational or statistical modeling, language documentation). Applicants must be able to teach general linguistics courses and courses at all levels in phonology, including seminars, and provide research mentoring. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values at UC Berkeley and in the Department of Linguistics. Our excellence can only be fully realized by faculty, students, and staff who share our commitment to these values. The successful candidate will submit a statement discussing how their research, teaching, service, and/or outreach activities will help the university advance equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from those who have had non-traditional career paths, have achieved excellence in careers outside academia, or have taken time off for family reasons. Basic qualifications: Applicants must have received the PhD (or equivalent international degree), or be enrolled in a PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program, at the time of application. Preferred qualifications: Completion of the PhD or equivalent international degree by the start date. Applicants must arrange for 2-5 letters of recommendation to be submitted through the online application system. All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality ( http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html ) prior to submitting their letters. Please submit all materials electronically at https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF02286 . The deadline for applications is November 15, 2019; no application materials will be accepted after that date. Questions can be sent to Paula Floro at lingmgr@berkeley.edu . The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct Job location Berkeley, CA Learn More More information about this recruitment: http://lx.berkeley.edu/assistant-professor-search Requirements Document requirements Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V. Cover Letter Statement of Research Statement of Teaching Experience & Philosophy - Evidence of teaching excellence or potential: evaluations can be included or summarized in the statement. Statement on Contributions to Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including information about your understanding of these topics, your record of activities to date, and your specific plans and goals for advancing equity and inclusion if hired at Berkeley (for additional information go to https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity ). Written work Written work Written work (Optional) Written work (Optional) Written work (Optional) Reference requirements 2-5 letters of reference required Copyright ©2017 Jobelephant.com Inc. All rights reserved. Posted by the FREE value-added recruitment advertising agency jeid-7a7cbc6a7a6ba648bcaf45e49382ee74

Recruitment Period Open September 12th, 2019 through Friday, Nov 15, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Description University of California, Berkeley, Department of Linguistics Assistant Professor — Phonology — Linguistics Expected start date: July 1, 2020 The Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, has been authorized to make an appointment in Phonology. This position will be at the rank of assistant professor (tenure-track). Salary will be commensurate with experience. Duties will include undergraduate and graduate advising, teaching (up to four courses per year), supervision of student research, and development of a successful and original research program.  

Invitation for faculty position applications   UC Berkeley is one of the world's premier public universities, and Berkeley Engineering maintains top rankings among engineering programs nationally, public or private. With more than 240 tenure-track faculty members, 2,100 graduate students and 3,400 undergraduate students located in seven academic departments, Engineering is the second largest college on the Berkeley campus. Our reputation for intellectual rigor, our talent for developing technologies that improve quality of life and our entrepreneurial spirit are reflected in our faculty and students, and by our physical environment. We offer a dynamic, interdisciplinary, hands-on education, challenge conventional thinking and value creativity and imagination.