General Faculty Recruitment in Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences

About This Role

General Faculty Recruitment in Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences invites applications for a faculty position. The search focuses on junior candidates at the Assistant Professor level, but exceptional candidates with more experience (Associate or Full Professor) will be considered. The department welcomes creative scientists asking fundamental questions and creating innovative technologies to join its interdisciplinary team of investigators.

Requirements

• Work at interfaces between scientific disciplines represented within the department (computational biology, molecular engineering and design, therapeutic bioengineering, systems pharmacology, drug development sciences, pharmacogenomics) and across the entire discovery science community at UCSF (e.g., biochemistry, biophysics, cell biology, pharmacology, pharmaceutical chemistry, physiology, neuroscience, human genetics)
• Be at the forefront of developing, applying, and/or leveraging artificial intelligence/machine learning methods to answer high impact biological questions
• Experimental and/or computational backgrounds
• Doctoral degree (Ph.D., Pharm.D./Ph.D or M.D./Ph.D.)
• Demonstrated significant research accomplishments
• Present a clearly articulated original research program with the potential to impact discovery science, bioengineering, or have long-term applications to human health
• Committed to the mentorship of students and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion across the campus
• Establish an exciting and collaborative research program
• Meet all qualifications at the time of application
• Application materials must state required qualifications (or if pending) upon submission

Benefits

• Generous research start-up funds
• Recruitment allowances
• Numerous opportunities for faculty development and further training in mentorship

Important Details

• Application deadline: October 30, 2026

Application Process

• Submit applications online with the following components:
  • Biosketch/Curriculum Vitae: NIH Biographical Sketch Common Form with the NIH Biographical Sketch Supplement as prepared in ScienCV is preferred. Recommendations for supplement sections:
    • Personal statement: Describe overarching research vision and suitability for the department (no longer than 3500 characters). This replaces a standard cover letter.
    • Contributions to Science: Briefly describe up to five significant contributions (each limited to 2,000 characters). Provide in-text, parenthetical references for any publication. Cite published papers or publicly available preprints (e.g., BioRxiv). Confidential manuscripts or works “in preparation” or “submitted” without a publicly available preprint will not be accepted. Include Persistent Identifier (PID) up to date with complete publication record. These sections replace the standard “prior research accomplishments” statement.