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Associate/Full Professor, Clean Energy & Carbon Neutrality

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Position Title Associate/Full Professor, Clean Energy & Carbon Neutrality
Department Chemical & Biological Engineering
Posting Number F240038
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Position Type UUP Faculty
Posting Detail Information

Fiscal Year 2023-2024
Position Summary
The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) at the University at Buffalo (UB) invites applications for a senior faculty position in the broad area of clean energy and carbon neutrality. The ideal candidate will be an established scholar whose work complements the department’s existing strengths in energy harvesting and storage; carbon dioxide capture and utilization; and hydrogen production, storage, transport, and utilization. The candidate’s research could be experimental or computational in nature. Exceptional candidates at the Associate Professor level will be considered. The successful candidate should expect to participate in and, when appropriate, lead large multi-investigator proposals and projects that engage faculty members within and beyond the department. Over the past decade, the department has experienced unprecedented growth, and we expect to reach 30 faculty by the start of the 2025-26 academic year. Throughout this expansion, we have maintained a highly collegial and collaborative environment, while enhancing diversity of our faculty across multiple dimensions. Our externally funded research expenditures will exceed $10M for the 2023-24 fiscal year. We have about 160 graduate students and publish approximately 180 refereed journal articles per year. According to Google Scholar, average citations per T/TT faculty member were ~1000/year from 2021-2023, reflecting the exceptional ambition, research productivity and impact of our students, post-docs, and faculty members. CBE is one of nine departments in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, which is committed to research innovation, student support, and a culture of equity and inclusion for students, staff, and faculty. Learn more on our department website.

Outstanding Benefits Package
Working at UB comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. There are personal rewards including comprehensive health and retirement plan options. We also focus on creating and sustaining a healthy mix of work, personal and academic pursuit – all in an effort to support your work-life effectiveness. We support your growth and development through our career coaching and training department and we qualify as a public service loan forgiveness organization. Learn more about our benefit packages.

About The University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America’s leading public research universities and a flagship of the State University of New York system, recognized for our excellence and our impact. UB is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and pragmatic dreaming that enables us to reach others every day. Visit our website to learn more about the University at Buffalo.

University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Minimum Qualifications
  • PhD in a Chemical Engineering or a closely related field.
  • Outstanding track record of accomplishments in teaching, research, and service (particularly in the chemical engineering community) consistent with appointment at the level of tenured faculty member.
Preferred Qualifications
Physical Demands
Salary Range Competitive
Additional Salary Information The salary range reflects our good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible compensation at the time of posting, the role and associated responsibilities, and the experience, education, and training of the selected candidate.
Type Full-Time
Campus North Campus
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Special Instructions Summary
The purpose of the diversity statement is to help the committee understand how you’ll contribute to our efforts to build a more equitable and inclusive learning and working environment.

Describe the ways you integrate equity, inclusion or accessibility into your teaching, research and service spaces. Consider including:
  • experiences you have had working across different student and colleague groups;
  • strategies you use to account for diversity and difference in your professional work;
  • teaching activities that highlight inclusive pedagogy; and/or
  • key definitions or philosophical frameworks that inform your approach.
Explain ways you imagine integrating these approaches into your work at UB.
Additional Information
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
Is a background check required for this posting? No
Background Check Notification
Contact Information

Contact's Name Mark Swihart
Contact's Pronouns he/him/his
Contact's Title SUNY Distinguished Professor, Department Chair
Contact's Email swihart@buffalo.edu
Contact's Phone 716-645-1181
Posting Dates

Posted 04/09/2024
Deadline for Applicants Open Until Filled
Date to be filled 09/01/2024
References

Number of References Required 1
Reference Cutoff Date
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Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

  1. * Please indicate your current employment affiliation with the University at Buffalo.
    • Faculty
    • Faculty Student Association (FSA)
    • Research Foundation Employee
    • State Classified
    • State Professional
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    • TA/GA
    • Student
    • No Current Employment Affiliation
  2. * How did you first hear about this employment opportunity?
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    • Chronicle of Higher Education
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    • GoogleJobs.com
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Documents Needed To Apply

Required Documents
  1. Cover Letter
  2. Resume
  3. Teaching Statement
  4. Research Statement
  5. Diversity Statement
Optional Documents