FACULTY
OPENING
The Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western Reserve University has a long-standing tradition of excellence in polymer research, innovation in teaching, and scholarship. The Department is part of the powerful learning environment created by Case and more than 45 other University Circle institutions. To provide continued leadership in the field, the Department has hired five new faculty members over the past five years. We now initiate another search with the goal of appointing a new colleague at the Assistant, or Associate Professor levels, commencing on or after July 2007. Outstanding candidates with expertise in frontier areas of polymer property-structure relationships will be considered. The new faculty member should augment interdisciplinary thrusts of the NSF Science and Technology Center in Layered Polymeric Systems with expertise in polymer processing, solid state structural analysis, failure and fracture, membranes and films. Successful candidates are expected to develop a world-class research program, and to enthusiastically contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching. Interested candidates should provide a complete CV, statement of research and teaching interests, and the names of three references to Professor Anne Hiltner, Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2100 Adelbert Road, Cleveland OH 44106-7202. In employment, as in education, Case Western Reserve University is committed to Equal Opportunity and World Class Diversity. Case is a recipient of a National Science Foundation ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant to increase the participation of women in Science and Engineering.
FACULTY
OPENING
The Department of
Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case Western
Reserve University has a long-standing tradition of
excellence in polymer research, innovation in teaching,
and scholarship. The Department is part of the powerful
learning environment created by Case and more than 45
other University Circle institutions. To provide
continued leadership in the field, the Department has
hired five new faculty members over the past five years.
We now initiate another search with the goal of
appointing a new colleague at the Assistant, or
Associate Professor level, commencing July 2007.
Outstanding candidates with expertise in frontier areas
of polymer property-structure relationships will be
considered; of particular interest are candidates with
experience in hydrophilic polymers. In addition, the new
faculty member should augment interdisciplinary thrusts
across the Case campus in photonics, energy, and
nanotechnology, as well as Departmental strengths in
solid state structural analysis, failure and fracture,
membranes and films. Successful candidates are expected
to develop a world-class research program, and to
enthusiastically contribute to undergraduate and
graduate teaching. Interested candidates should provide
a complete CV, statement of research and teaching
interests, and the names of three references to the
Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of
Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western
Reserve University, 2100 Adelbert Road, Cleveland OH
44106-7202. In employment, as in education, Case
Western Reserve University is committed to Equal
Opportunity and World Class Diversity. Case is a
recipient of a National Science Foundation ADVANCE
Institutional Transformation Grant to increase the
participation of women in Science and Engineering.
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Our theoretical and computer
modeling group (http://elena.emac.cwru.edu)
is looking for a postdoctoral researcher. The
successful candidate is expected to have
considerable experience in large-scale (e.g.
non-atomistic) computer simulations of polymers
(Monte Carlo or Molecular Dynamics) as demonstrated
by one or more published papers in this area. It is
essential that the candidate be able to develop new
code(s) to test different models for the behavior of
complex polymer systems including polymer-polymer
and polymer-small molecule interactions. The
successful candidate will join a growing research
initiative in the area of reversibly associated
polymers and targeted drug delivery. The first
research project concerns the equilibrium behavior,
surface and dynamic properties of associated
polymers. In the second project we are modeling
polymer nanoparticles in order to optimize drug
incorporation rate and targeting efficiency via
multiple ligand-receptor interactions. To study
these complex polymeric systems we apply a
combination of computational methods (Monte Carlo
and Molecular Dynamics) with analytical models. The
predictions of theoretical models and computer
results will be aimed to explain the experimental
data obtained by our collaborators (or known in
literature), to make recommendations concerning the
design of future experiments and/or the design of
new polymeric materials to achieve specific desired
goals. Therefore interpersonal skills and
willingness to work in a team that may include
experimentalists are of considerable importance as
well. The expected start day for the position is as
soon as October 2006. Interested candidates are
encouraged to contact us by e-mail (eed@case.edu)
or phone (216-368-6373) first before submitting a
formal application.
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