Associate Professor - Materials Engineering - Next Generation Materials for Advancing Health

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The College of Engineering is one of the nation's fastest-growing public colleges of engineering, with nearly 5,000 engineering and computing students since its founding in 2012. Within it, CMBE fosters engineering education in a liberal arts setting and research that meets critical societal needs. The School offers ABET-accredited B.S. degrees in Biochemical Engineering and Biological Engineering, along with M.S. and Ph.D. programs and has grown rapidly to over 500 undergraduate and graduate students and 20 faculty members. Faculty expertise spans biomaterials, therapeutic devices, diagnostics, biochemical engineering, biomanufacturing, and sustainable materials.

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The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is the heart of UGA's learning environment, advancing knowledge, research, and creative activity across more than 40 departments, schools, and institutes. Within it, BCMB is a multidisciplinary, research-intensive department of over 60 affiliated members who lead innovative programs across the spectrum of biochemistry, including bioinformatics, structural biology, enzymology, epigenetics, cancer biology, glycobiology, science education, infectious disease, and molecular medicine. Faculty have access to extensive resources in genomics, bioinformatics, cryo-electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, NMR, cell production, and mass spectrometry.

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Questions related to the position may be directed to the Search Committee member, Dr. Hitesh Handa ( hhanda@uga.edu) or to Dr. Robert Woods ( rwoods@ccrc.uga.edu). Applications received by December 01, 2026, will receive full consideration; review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. References will be contacted only after initial screening.

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