Assistant Professor In-Residence (2 positions) in Physiology & Biophysics

Position Overview

Salary range:
The salary range for this position is $93,700 - $121,400. The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment.

This position may include membership in the Health Sciences Compensation Plan, which provides eligibility for additional compensation.

The Department of Physiology & Biophysics in the School of Medicine is committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body. The Department is currently recruiting for up to two (2) In Residence faculty positions for researchers who will participate in teaching, research and creative work, academic activity, university and public service in an academic medical center environment.

This is largely a grant-supported position.

The Department provides excellent opportunities for teaching, mentorship and other academic interests to medical and graduate students, residents, fellows, and faculty.

Successful research scientist candidates should have research interests aimed at elucidating mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias in cardiovascular disease using multiple approaches that may include cellular and tissue-level electrophysiology, multi-modal imaging, excitation-contraction coupling, pharmacology, and molecular biology. The incumbent will be expected to develop extramurally funded research programs on the cutting edge, to provide leadership in cardiac electrophysiology research, and to engage in grant-supported collaborative studies with other departmental faculty, in which cardiac physiology and ion channel biophysics are central themes.

The candidate will also have the opportunity to access outstanding resources and strengths of UCI Health, School of Medicine, and partners across the UCI campus.

The appropriate step of the Assistant Professor In-Residence appointment will be based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

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Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

• Candidate must possess a Ph.D. degree and at least 5 years post-doctoral research experience in cardiovascular physiology.
• Demonstrated ability to carry out successful, extramurally funded research with evidence of current grant funding as PI or co-investigator and high-impact research publications.
• A high level of expertise in cardiac electrophysiology methods, including patch-clamp or cellular fluorescent imaging, high-speed optical mapping, and in vivo and ex vivo ECG analysis.
• Experience with developing, maintaining, and characterizing animal models of cardiovascular disease in both rodent and non-rodent species.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively as a teacher, including classroom teaching experience and evaluations.
• Ability to contribute to university service and strong evidence of prior academic and community service activities and leadership.

• Previous research experience centered at the interface of cardiac electrophysiology, intracellular signaling, and mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis.
• Expertise in autonomic neuroscience and autonomic control of cardiac function.
• Previous experience with macroscale, multi-modal whole-heart optical imaging techniques, including associated optics, hardware, and software design as well as quantitative image processing and analysis.
• Hands-on experience with large animal models of cardiovascular disease.
• Evidence of productive collaboration with computational modelers and ability to generate key experimental datasets to inform and validate mathematical models.
• A record of excellence, creativity and initiative in research which establishes a strong potential to build a vigorous and competitive research program with strong inter-departmental collaborations.

Document requirements:

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
• Statement of Research – See our guidance for writing a research statement.
• Teaching Statement – See our guidance for writing a…