Adjunct Faculty – Structural Biology

Job Profile

Application Deadline
‎1 February, ‎2023 or until filled

Languages

English, Excellent
Arabic, Excellent

Job Category

Adjunct Faculty

Job Type

The University of Science and Technology is seeking an adjunct faculty member
for one semester appointment to Structural Biology.
(Adjunct - Part Time)

Job Rank

Assistant, Associate, Full Professor

Qualifications and Courses

Applicants should hold a PhD in Biomedical Science or a closely related field,
together with several years of research experience in protein and/or nucleic
acid structure using X-ray crystallography, NMR, Cryo-EM, molecular dynamics
or related methods. Some experience in teaching undergraduate and/or graduate
students in related courses is preferred.
Applicants should show their proficiency to teach the following courses:
* Structural Biology (BMS ‎322)
* A ‎5 week module on Structural biology within the graduate level course Structural and Functional Biology and Therapy (BMS ‎640)

The Appointee will be the instructor the full undergraduate course, which will
include a theoretical and practical component. The latter may include a
computational component using Linux and open source software, preferably
implemented on real life data from biophysical measurements. Facilities and
materials for a limited number of wet laboratory-based sessions are also
available. The course should include a component dedicated to the principles
underlying methods use for high resolution structure determination, a
component dedicated to descriptive analysis of biomolecular structure-function
relations, and a component focused on physical determinants of biomolecular
folding.

The graduate course will be team taught with full time faculty.

Education Major

Biomedical Sciences Program

Job Contact
Person

Dr. Tarek Ibrahim, Dean of Academic Affairs

Job Contact
E-mail

[email protected]