Whitcomb Endowed Chair Professorship - Associate/Full Professor

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) invites applications and nominations of candidates for the Richard T. Whitcomb Professorship in Biochemistry. The appointment will be made in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (CBC), within Arts and Sciences at WPI. The Department offers undergraduate and graduate (MS and PhD) degrees in Chemistry and Biochemistry. CBC is integral to WPI's ongoing major life science research initiative and five new faculty at the assistant, associate and full professor level were recently hired.

This Professorship offers a generous start-up package, continued financial support for research and substantial laboratory space in the recently built, state-of-the-art Life Sciences research facility.

The holder of the Whitcomb chair will be a dynamic scholar and teacher, with a strong track record of creativity and an internationally highly visible research program, studying biochemical systems at the molecular level. The successful candidate will have a strong record of continued funding, high impact publications, and a solid presence in the scientific community. The ideal candidate for the Whitcomb Professorship will have a strong interest in collaborative research and is expected to provide leadership in new or established research areas at the interface of Chemistry and Biology.