Faculty Positions in Immunoengineering

** Why Mayo Clinic*
* Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans ()  - to take care of you and your family, now and in the future.

And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic.

** Benefits Highlights*
* + Medical:
Multiple plan options.

+ Dental:
Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.

+ Vision:
Affordable plan with national network.

+ Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.

+ Retirement:
Competitive retirement package to secure your future.

** Responsibilities*
* Mayo Clinic invites applications for an institutionally supported faculty position in Immunology at its Arizona campus. We seek an innovative and collaborative investigator to develop a cutting-edge research program in the field of immune engineering with a focus on immune tolerance and transplantation. The successful candidate will develop and apply novel engineering approaches to reduce or eliminate the need for long-term immunosuppression.

Research areas of interest include but not limited to engineering cell-based therapy to promote tolerance, enhancing tolerogenic functions of immune cells, developing and targeting delivery of immunomodulatory biomaterials, and creating biologically relevant or bioinformatic platforms to evaluate engineered immune therapeutics. The candidate is expected to establish an internationally recognized research program while fostering strong collaborations with leading basic scientists, clinician investigators and clinician specialists across Mayo Clinic's integrated research and clinical enterprise.

** Mayo Clinic*
* With an 83,000-person workforce, Mayo Clinic cares for more than 1.4 million people each year with serious or complex illnesses from all 50 U.S. states and 135 countries. Mayo Clinic is the largest not-for-profit, multidisciplinary academic medical center in the world with over 4,000 physicians and scientists in an integrated multi-campus system spanning the globe. The unified mission at Mayo Clinic is to provide the best patient care, backed by our expertise and innovation in education, research and practice, to bring hope and healing in times of need.

We embrace collegial relationships among three campuses (Arizona, Florida and Minnesota) allowing for best practices and innovation to help solve the most serious complex medical challenges-one patient at a time.

We support a vibrant and diverse research enterprise (https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) , with programs in basic, translational, clinical, population, and data sciences. In 2024, the Mayo Clinic received $754 million in extramural research awards; the institution provided additional $517 million of intermural support to promote research. Laboratories and shared resource facilities (https://)  are state-of-the-art, including those for biomolecular analysis, molecular development, data analytics, specimen processing, and structural testing and imaging.

Mayo Clinic supports innovation and has a wealth of resources available - including an integrated health record and collaboration with top clinical specialists. The highly competitive compensation package includes substantial long-term institutional and departmental support for salary, personnel, equipment, and travel as well as a competitive startup package all designed to ensure immediate and continued success. Additional benefits for faculty at Mayo Clinic include intramural funding opportunities for research, innovation and collaboration.

** The Department of Immunology*
* The Department of Immunology at Mayo Clinic, (https://)  the oldest free-standing immunology department in the country, is the academic home for basic and translational scientists studying the immune system in health and disease. As scientists, department members have a common understanding and passion for advancing knowledge of fundamental mechanisms that cause and regulate inflammation and immunity. The Department of Immunology faculty are located at three campuses across the Mayo Clinic enterprise.

Immunology laboratories are highly interactive and collaborative between campuses in Rochester (MN), Jacksonville (FL), and Phoenix/Scottsdale (AZ).

Faculty members in the Department of Immunology study a wide spectrum of diseases interrelated by the molecular, cellular, and genetic regulatory mechanisms that dictate the immune responses associated with them. The Department nurtures a highly interactive approach to basic science that creates new knowledge and fosters the discovery of new treatments and…