Openings at the Joint Institute for Advanced Materials
The State of Tennessee is investing funds to recruit and support approximately 20 exceptionally accomplished researchers who will have joint appointments as tenured professors at the University of Tennessee (UT) and distinguished scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). This Governor’s Chair (GC) program seeks to catalyze the development of cutting edge research under the auspices of four joint institutes between the UT and ORNL: Biological Sciences, Computational Sciences, Neutron Sciences, and Advanced Materials. The GC appointments are 12 months, including an ongoing discretional research fund equal to the salary.
The Joint Institute for Advanced Materials (JIAM)
JIAM will support research and education in interdisciplinary programs aimed at the discovery and utilization of new materials with interesting and applicable functionality. JIAM will work closely with the other three joint institutes.
The UT-ORNL environment nurtures a rich interdisciplinary community of researchers with common interest and collaborative projects. The UT-ORNL research enterprise also has more that $2 billion in investments in some of the world’s most advanced research user facilities.
There are immediate openings for JIAM GCs.
- An experimentalist in Transport and Functionality in Complex and/or Nanostructured Materials.
- A theorist in the field of Modeling and Simulation of Nano-scale Materials.
- An experimentalist in the area of Controlled Synthesis and Directed Assembly.
UT and ORNL research environment favors cross-disciplinary cutting-edge efforts that leverage special facilities in the physical and computations sciences. World-class research facilities include Leadership Class Computing, the Spallation Neutron Source, the upgraded High Flux Isotope Reactor, the newly opened Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, the new JIAM building and associated instrumentation, and world-class electron microscope facilities.
Successful candidates will have an exceptional record of scientific productivity and Governor’s Chairs in the UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Advanced Materials accomplishment, as manifested, for example, in high-impact publications, scientific awards, and impressive citation numbers. Successful candidates will also have a demonstrated record of leading interdisciplinary or cross-disciplinary teams of researchers, and of developing substantial externally funded research programs.
Applications:
All applications should be submitted electronically to Jean Ponder (jponder@tennessee.edu). Please submit a letter describing current and future research interests, a curriculum vita, and a list of at least six references. References will not be contacted until after the search committee contacts the applicant to express a significant interest in the applicant.
Screening of applications will commence on June 1, 2006 and will continue until the positions are filled.
If you believe that you are of the quality we are looking for and can initiate new advanced materials programs at UT-ORNL, but do not fall into one of the three categories listed contact Ward Plummer (eplummer@utk.edu)
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