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Workshop on Preparing for a Faculty Career and Job Search

Faculty Job Search

This workshop is for postdocs and late-stage grad students in the biomedical and life sciences who are interested in faculty careers. The full day event will feature interactive sessions and panel discussions with current faculty on topics ranging from exploring faculty roles, to interviewing for faculty jobs. Advanced registration is requested. Participants may register for the entire workshop, or choose specific sessions to attend.

Topics:

  • Understanding the landscape of faculty careers
  • Planning Your Independent Research Career
  • Applying and Interviewing for Faculty Jobs
  • International Faculty Panel

Join us for the annual workshop on the research-intensive academic faculty career and job search.

Check out the workshop schedule below, and register today to save your seat! You may register for the entire workshop or choose specific sessions to attend. You don’t need to be actively looking for jobs at this time to attend this workshop.

Friday, August 14, 2026
9:00am – 10:00am
Light Hall 202

  • Registration

    Register through this link to let us know you will be at some or all of the sessions.

  • Schedule

    Friday, August 14th, Light Hall 202.

     

    9:00am – 10:00am

    Opening plenary: Planning Your Independent Research Career

    Featuring Borden Lacy, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

     

    10:15am – 11:45am

    Panel: Applying and interviewing for faculty jobs

     

    12:15pm – 1:15pm

    Lunchtime Plenary: Harnessing AI for Research, Education, and Professional Development

    Featuring James Dewar, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

     

    1:30pm – 2:30pm
    Panel: Setting up and running a new lab

     

    2:45pm – 4:00pm
    International Faculty Panel

    • Gregor Neuert, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Associate Professor of Pharmacology
    • Yi Ren, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry
    • Marija Zanic, PhD, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Professor of Biochemistry
  • Helpful Resources

    Faculty Career and Job Search Resources