Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor/Senior Lecturer/Lecturer, Biomedical Science

The School of Medicine, Life and Health Sciences (MED | LHS) at CUHK-Shenzhen is to pursue excellence in learning, discovery and innovation in life and health sciences for the benefit of human health and well-being. It strives to be an internationally recognized life and health science school that offers inspiring educational opportunities for students, conducts interdisciplinary research with global impact and serves the life and health science profession and the community with distinction. It will focus on providing students with rigorous, multi-disciplinary training that enable graduates to be leaders and innovators in life and health science professions. This will be accomplished by developing and offering curricula that integrate life sciences, health sciences, research and bioengineering design. Research programs at the School of Life and Health Sciences are in line with the research directions of the Arieh Warshel Institute of Computational Biology, the Kobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery, and the Ciechanover Institute of Precision and Regenerative Medicine.

Positions and Qualifications

The School of Medicine, Life and Health Sciences (MED | LHS) at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) invites applications for full-time faculty positions at the indicated academic ranks. Major research interests include, but are not limited to, biomedical engineering, computational biology and bioinformatics, structural studies of G protein-coupled receptors and other proteins, drug discovery and pharmacological characterization, stem cell research and regenerative medicine, and precision medicine including immunotherapy.

Qualified candidates must have: 1). An earned doctoral degree in biomedical sciences, postdoctoral training and work experience in related research areas; 2). Applicants for Professors and Associate Professors should have an established research program with funding history, independent research and teaching experiences, and an excellent publication record. 3). Lecturer and Senior Lecturer positions are available for candidates with biomedical teaching experience.

Salary and Fringe Benefits

Salary will be comparable to international standards, commensurate with experience and accomplishments. Appointments will be made under the establishment of CUHK-Shenzhen, and employee benefits will be provided according to the relevant labor laws of Mainland China as well as CUHK-Shenzhen regulations.

Application Procedure

Application package, including CV and contacts of three referees, as well as personal statements in teaching, research, and service should be emailed to: lhs-hr@cuhk.edu.cn. Applicants are required to specify the rank of the position in their letter of application. Applicants also need to ask three referees to send the letters directly to lhs-hr@cuhk.edu.cn upon submitting application materials.