ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE—WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY.
This position is a tenure-track appointment in the Department of Psychology, part of the University's initiative to enhance existing programs of excellence. The ideal candidate will have a Ph.D. in Psychology and will study complex behavior using multiple levels of analysis. Examples include gene-environment interactions; epigenetics; imaging; gene expression and gene interference; protein expression; and hormonal and/or neurochemical mechanisms. Applicants complementing one or more of the Department's strengths in mechanisms of development, aging, cognition, drug abuse, health, emotion, pain, and social relationships will be viewed more favorably. The person selected for this position is expected to develop nationally recognized, extramurally funded research. Normal teaching load is 2:2; candidates who can teach one or more courses among Psychopharmacology, Learning & Memory, Brain & Behavior, or Sensation & Perception are preferred. This position is contingent upon final budgetary approval.
Wayne State is committed to innovative approaches to neuroscience. It supports a state-of-the art MRI Research Center with a staff of MR physicists and technologists dedicated to research. The University also has an Applied Genomics Technology Center for DNA or RNA isolation, microarray, and next-generation sequencing, among other services, as well as access to confocal microscopy. Wayne State University holds Carnegie Foundation designations as a RU/VH Research University (very high research activity) with Community Engagement of curricular and outreach and partnerships. We are located in the cultural center of Detroit, a metropolitan area of five million people. See http://www.clas.wayne.edu/Psychology and http://www.wayne.edu for more information about the Department and the University. Applicants must submit a CV, key reprints/preprints, statements of research and teaching interests. Review of applicants will begin on October 15, 2011. Three letters of reference should be sent to R. Douglas Whitman, Chair, Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, 5057 Woodward Avenue, Suite 7908, Detroit, MI 48202.
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Scott E. Bowen, PhD
Area Chair, Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Program
Psi Chi Advisor
Department of Psychology
Wayne State University
5057 Woodward Ave., Suite 7908
Detroit, MI USA 48202
Office:(313) 577-9546
FAX:(313) 577-7636
http://sun.science.wayne.edu/~sbowen/
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