Assistant/Associate Professor of Biophysics

About Us

The University of North Texas System includes the University of North Texas in Denton and Frisco, the University of North Texas at Dallas and UNT Dallas College of Law, and University of North Texas Health Fort Worth. We are the only university system based exclusively in the robust Dallas-Fort Worth region. We are growing with the North Texas region, employing more than 14,000 employees, educating a record 49,000+ students across our system, and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year. We are one team comprised of individuals who are committed to excellence, curiosity and innovation. We are transforming lives and creating economic opportunity through education. We champion a people-first values-based culture where We Care about each other and those we serve. We believe that we are Better Together because we foster an environment of respect, belonging, and access for all. We demonstrate Courageous Integrity through setting exceptional standards and acting in the best interest of our communities. We are encouraged to Be Curious about opportunities for learning, creating, discovering, and innovating, and are encouraged to learn from failure.

Department Summary

The Department of Physics at the University of North Texas offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Faculty and students address fundamental and applied challenges in solid-state physics, photonics, biophysics, atomic and molecular physics, astrophysics, and various other areas. UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

Position Overview

The Department of Physics at the University of North Texas (UNT) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level. The candidate's research should be in the area of Biophysics (experimental). Candidates are expected to develop a vigorous and externally funded research program, teach effectively at the undergraduate and graduate levels, mentor student research, and provide service to the department, university and community.

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in physics or a closely related discipline and demonstrate a commitment to teaching.
• A minimum of one year of postdoctoral experience, or equivalent professional experience after the Ph.D. is required.
• Employees in this job may be responsible for conducting research on, working on, or having the ability to access critical organizational infrastructure and they must be able to maintain the security and integrity of the infrastructure related to this role.

Preferred Qualifications

• We seek an outstanding experimentalist within the broad area of biophysics, who can develop and lead both independent and collaborative research programs.
• Areas of research may include medical physics, biomaterials, or biophotonics.
• Ideally, the candidate might bridge and complement our department's state-of-the-art physics-focused research with more direct experience and connections to human health and the associated funding sources.
• Related department research areas include:
  • the UNT Ion Beam Laboratory, with research for instance into how ionizing radiation interacts with biological systems or in the mappings of elemental distributions in biological samples with proton induced x-ray emission spectroscopy, or
  • research on boron induced aneutronic reactions for cancer treatment, or
  • the area of biophotons, that are thought to mediate inter-process physiological communication, and their detection may open new directions in oncology.