DIRECTOR
CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS

POSITION DESCRIPTION

The University of California, Davis, invites applications and nominations for the position of Director of the Center for Neuroscience, an interdisciplinary unit involving faculty from two different Colleges and the School of Medicine at UC Davis. The integrative and interactive core faculty of the Center for Neuroscience are housed in three research buildings devoted to neuroscience research. Research interests of the current faculty are broad, including molecular, cellular, systems, cognitive, and translational research. The Center provides research space, a variety of shared research facilities, seminar programs, and administrative support for faculty members, graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and distinguished visitors.  The Davis campus has made a major commitment to the development of neuroscience through the Center, and will continue this commitment into the future. 

We seek as Director an outstanding individual with interests and abilities that are sufficiently broad to provide intellectual and administrative leadership for all neuroscientists at UC Davis. This person should have the ability to work collegially within a diverse environment. In addition to recruiting new faculty, we envision a Director who will be an integral part of facility and building expansion and who will foster bridges between the existing faculty and the School of Medicine, the Center for Mind and Brain, and the M.I.N.D. institute. The Director’s research could be in any area of neuroscience ranging from molecular to cognitive neuroscience.

The new Director will have a faculty appointment at the professorial level in an academic department in one of the colleges and schools with programs in neuroscience.  The appointment carries an administrative stipend.

All applicants should send a letter of interest or nomination, curriculum vitae, and the names of at least five references by February 1, 2009 to:

Leo M. Chalupa
CNS Director Search Committee
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
UC Davis
One Shields Ave.
Davis, CA 95616

The University of California, Davis, is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the development of a climate that supports equality of opportunity and respect for differences.