Research Associate, Coastal Hydrology and Oceanography

The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in seeking qualified applicants for a position as research associate in the field of coastal hydrology and oceanography.

Research will be conducted in conjunction with a number of principal investigators doing work in fields such as climate dynamics, dynamic meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, and theoretical mechanics in geophysics.

The incumbent will be expected to support a majority of their research program through external sources.

Qualified candidates with at least three years of postdoctoral research experience may submit their CV, including bibliography, a research summary, and the names and contact information of three references to: RAsearch@seas.harvard.edu.

Applications will be accepted until October 1, 2009.  (Strong candidate under consideration.)

Faculty positions in Biologically Inspired Engineering

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences & Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University jointly seek applicants for several openings at the level of tenure-track assistant, associate or full professor in the field of Engineered Biomaterials. The ideal candidate will have expertise in the use of genetic engineering, nanotechnology, synthetic biology, directed evolution or other approaches to build chimeric biomolecules, programmable self assembling materials or biopolymers with defined macromolecular architectures and chemical functionalities. The successful candidate will become a member of a new interdisciplinary research institute composed of experimentalists, theoreticians and clinicians from Harvard University, its affiliated hospitals, and other academic institutions in the Boston/Cambridge area who focus on research and advanced technology development in the field of Biologically Inspired Engineering. Candidates must have the ability to develop a leading research program with a focus on technology development and translation, as well as enthusiasm for teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.

An application, assembled as a single PDF file, should include a curriculum vitae, separate two-page statements of research and teaching interests, up to three scientific papers, and names and contact information for at least three writers of letters of recommendation. Applications should be sent to biomatsearch@seas.harvard.edu.

Applications will be reviewed beginning January 2009. Later applications are also welcome until the positions are filled. Harvard University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and applications from women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged.

Tenured Professor Position in Fluid Mechanics

The Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (HSEAS) seeks outstanding applicants for a tenured professorship focused on fluid mechanics, broadly defined. The position requires distinguished achievements, an outstanding ongoing research program, and enthusiasm for teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in fluid mechanics and related engineering and applied science, including applied mathematics. While this is a tenured position, exceptional candidates at earlier stages of their careers may apply to a search for tenure track Assistant Professor Positions in Mechanics. (see below)

Applicants for the tenured professorship focused on fluid mechanics should send a cover letter, CV, a statement of teaching interests, a statement of research plans, copies of three publications, and names and contact information for at least three references. These documents should be submitted as pdf attachments to srfluidsearch@seas.harvard.edu

We encourage applications before 15 December 2008, but will continue to review new applications until the position is filled. Harvard University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and applications from women and underrepresented minorities are strongly encouraged.