At a Glance

• Sponsored program and research awards at the University of South Carolina rose 6.7% over last year, totaling $185 million for fiscal year 2007. Carolina faculty achieved a 23% increase in funding from the NSF.
• The University will be hiring 250 additional faculty members over the next several years.
• Development of the Innovista research district will include opening two new facilities in 2008 and continued progress on several research initiatives in alternative energy, computational science, nanotechnology, and biomedical science.
• The College of Engineering and Computing graduated 46 doctoral students in 2007 - second only to the College of Arts and Sciences.
• The College of Engineering and Computing is consistently producing NSF CAREER Award winners each year. Our faculty have also won numerous awards in their various disciplines.

College of Engineering and Computing Faculty Search: Environmental Toxicology, University 0f South Carolina

The University of South Carolina seeks to hire two tenure-track faculty members in immunotoxicology, environmental toxicology, and environmental fate of emerging (e.g., nanomaterials, endocrine disruptors, persistent pharmaceutical compounds) contaminants and microbial toxins in one or more of the following departments: Civil and Environmental Engineering from the College of Engineering and Computing, Environmental Health Sciences from the Arnold School of Public Health, and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology from the School of Medicine. Successful candidates will have a doctoral degree and expertise in several aspects broadly related to emerging contaminant toxicity and fate in air or water and wastewater treatment, movement, transformations and toxicology including detoxification of chemicals and toxicants in humans and in air/soil/sediment/water matrices, and immunological responses to various classes of toxicants. Candidates will have specific expertise in 1) innovative treatment technologies for emerging contaminants of concern with emphasis on applications employing biomolecular and genomics tools, nanotechnology, or analytical method development; 2) evaluation of the cellular and molecular transformations that occur in response to human exposure to environmental chemicals, with emphasis on transformations that inactive or activate chemical or biological toxicity within organisms, or transformations that are chemically or biologically mediated in atmospheric or aquatic environments; 3) evaluation of the cellular and molecular interactions of immune cells such as T cells, B cells, NK cells, macrophages and dendritic cells with environmental contaminants or bacterial toxins, including studies of the agents on innate and acquired immune responses, specifically examining receptors, cytokines and chemokines, and examination of immunoregulation involving Th1/Th2/Th17 cells or T regulatory cells; chemical exposure may lead to development of autoimmune diseases and studies in this area will also be included.

Applicants should submit a letter of application, a vita, and a statement of research plans and should have three letters of recommendation sent to the Chair of the Toxicology and Environmental Fate Committee, Office of the Dean, College of Engineering and Computing, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC 29208, or electronically to Enviro-search@engr.sc.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the positions are filled.

The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.