Faculty Position in the area of Neuroengineering

[Tim Pearce]

Apologies for cross-postings.

The Centre for Bioengineering has a Lectureship position available from
the (effectively equivalent to Assistant Professor position in the US).
We would particularly welcome applications from those with an interest
in neuromorphic engineering, neuroengineering, neuronal modelling and/or
computational neuroscience,

The University is well placed for establishing links with neuroscience
researchers in Leicester (particularly clinical-based) and its nearest
cities (London, Birmingham, Cambridge and Nottingham). 
 
Informal Enquiries 

Informal enquiries may be made to Tim Pearce (tcp1 at le.ac.uk - +44 116
223 1307) or to the Head of Department, Ian Postlethwaite (ixp at le.ac.uk)
or to Fernando Schlindwein (fss1 at le.ac.uk).

Applications 

Applications should forwarded to reach the Personnel Office
(Appointments) not later than 27 June 2003. 

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Applications are invited for a Lectureship in Bioengineering which is
broadly interpreted to include any area at the intersection of
technology, mathematical modelling and life and/or clinical sciences.
The successful applicant will join the expanding Centre for
Bioengineering
(http://www.le.ac.uk/eg/research/groups/control/bio/bio.htm), which has
research interests in real-time monitoring of patients, modelling of
neural systems, ultrasound in medicine, and neuroengineering.
Successful candidates should have a PhD in a related area, an
established record of journal publications, and research interests that
overlap or complement our existing activities. We particularly welcome
applicants who can demonstrate an ability or strong potential to secure
external research funding and develop a vigorous programme of research.
The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to our
undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes.

The University

The University of Leicester is one of the UK's leading research and
teaching universities.  The University was founded as a University
College in 1921 and granted a Royal Charter in 1957.  It has an estate
of approximately 94 hectares that includes a six-hectare Botanic Garden,
an arboretum and a range of residences in the suburbs that are set in
attractive gardens.

The University has 18,949 students including 9,491 at postgraduate
level.  There are 42 academic departments and 35 special divisions and
centres located in six faculties: Arts, Education and Continuing
Studies, Law, Medicine and Biological Sciences, Science and Social
Sciences.  There is a University-wide Graduate School and an Institute
of Lifelong Learning.  The University employs approximately 3,000 staff.

The University has been ranked in the UK's top twenty universities in
three consecutive years since 2001 by the Financial Times and by the
Sunday Times.  It was placed in the top 20 UK universities for research
grant and contract income.  The University had 25 ratings of 5*, 5 or 4
in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise when 84% of the staff were in
units of assessment of national and international excellence.  In the
Teaching Quality Assessment four units achieved a grade of excellent
before 1995 and since then 15 units have received a score of 22 or more
out of 24.  The University has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary
Prize in Higher and Further Education in 2002 for its submission in
Genetics.

The University is committed to producing research and teaching of the
highest quality, to promoting undergraduate and postgraduate studies
through campus-based and distance-learning programmes and to developing
close collaboration with the local and regional community.

The Department of Engineering

The Department has 30 academic staff (including 11 Professors) supported
by 7 academically-related staff, about 20 research staff and 30
technical and clerical staff.  Engineering is one of the largest
Departments at Leicester.

The Department is renowned for its research in the areas of Control and
Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Power, Radio Systems,
Mechanics of Materials and Thermofluids and Environmental Engineering.
In the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise it received a rating of 5A.

Several research-led appointments have been made in recent years,
including a number of Chairs, and this has resulted in research groups
of international standing with strong leadership and a research base of
highly talented staff.  The successful candidate will join the Control
and Instrumentation Research Group and be part of the Centre for
Bioengineering.


For additional information see http://jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/YK396.html