Associate Professor - Computational Neuroscience and Engineering

Overview

The College of Engineering and Computer Science of Florida Atlantic University (FAU), in collaboration with the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute (SNBI), the FAU Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-Health) and the Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems Engineering (I-SENSE), is pleased to announce an opening for a faculty position at the Associate Professor level. This position is centered on computational neuroscience and engineering with emphasis on Biomolecular Networks Supporting Brain Function and Health.

Priority will be given to individuals with demonstrated capacity to develop as well as use novel strategies to assess multivariate relationships at molecular, cellular and/or network levels. We are specifically interested in the following areas:

• Omics level computational assessments of biomolecules and cells in relation to brain function and disease
• Computational modeling and simulation of health-relevant biomolecular structure, dynamics and networks
• Computational modeling of health relevant signals that report biomolecular activity in model systems vivo

Successful candidates will play a critical role in advancing our research and educational goals, making significant contributions to our neuroscience and engineering research community at the Jupiter and Boca Raton Campuses, with collaborations possibly on other FAU campuses. This position offers an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team at the forefront in integrating engineering and computational sciences with neuroscience research.

The FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science and SNBI are recognized for their extensive research in the broad areas of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering. The two have recently established a cluster in computational neuroscience and engineering with focus on Dynamical Neuroscience (neural mechanisms of adaptive learning and performance) and neurodynamics at macroscopic time scales (neural circuit mechanism underlying higher cognitive functions such as multitasking, rule-based reasoning and Bayesian inference).

In addition to the above areas, there is extensive expertise available in neuroengineering and prosthetics, optics and biophotonics applications in neuroscience, tissue engineering, computational protein and nucleic acid modeling and biomechanics, and biomedical devices for disease detection and monitoring. Our expertise extends to micro- and nanobiotechnology and biosensing, evolutionary genomics, and the development of wearable devices and sensing technologies for cognitive disorders.

Research areas of distinction also include connected autonomous systems and artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and cryptography, data science and big data analytics, transportation and environmental engineering, intelligent energy technologies, multidomain autonomy and communications, and the development of bioinspired devices for coastal resilience.

The FAU Jupiter Campus serves as a hub for premier academic and research institutions, including the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, the Wilkes Honors College, more than twenty FAU neuroscience and life science research laboratories from the Colleges of Science and Medicine. It also houses the Jupiter Branch of the FAU High School. Collaborating with esteemed partners such as the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and UF
- Scripps Institute, this campus represents a one of a kind life sciences ecosystem. This unique environment is dedicated to advancing brain science and health-focused research, supporting interdisciplinary growth especially in areas that integrate functional neuroscience with computational modeling. Graduate programming in neuroscience, biological science, psychology and engineering provides critical talent key to research efforts and collaborations.

At the rank of Associate Professor, the successful candidate will not only sustain a robust research and teaching portfolio, both independently and in collaboration, but will also work closely with the Executive Director of the SNBI to develop the Program in Computational Brain Science and Health, established in collaboration with…