Title: Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Full Professor (Posted 01/16/2013)
Company: Drexel University, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department
Location: Philadelphia, PA
FT/PT: Full Time

Company overview
The Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department at Drexel University is rapidly expanding in enrollment, research, and resources. The department has twenty-six tenured and tenure-track faculty, as well as eleven affiliated faculty. In addition to the traditional areas of mechanics, thermal fluid sciences, systems and controls, and design and manufacturing, the department has expertise in biomechanical engineering, micro- and nano-systems, advanced energy technologies, bio-inspired systems and robotics, and plasma science and applications. Drexel University was founded in 1891 and is located in the heart of Philadelphia, PA, a vibrant city with a strong industrial base in aerospace, biotechnology, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. The center city campus is a short train ride or drive from New York City, Washington, D.C., the Atlantic seaboard, the Pocono Mountains, and numerous other educational and recreational sites.

Job discription
The Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department at Drexel University is seeking to fill multiple tenure-track faculty positions starting fall of 2013. Priority will be given to candidates with expertise in one or more of the following areas:

1. Computational Solid Mechanics: Specific areas include, but are not limited to, emerging computational methods with emphasis on sub-continuum scale simulations and high performance computing for multiscale mechanics of novel materials.


2. Sensing and Instrumentation: Specific areas include, but are not limited to, biosensors, bio-instrumentation, cell/tissue-on-chips, bioreactors, high-throughput single cell analysis, medical diagnostics, and implantable devices.


3. Advanced Manufacturing and Design: Specific areas include, but are not limited to, scalable micro/nano-manufacturing, sustainable design and manufacturing processes, engineering systems design, and modern design methodologies.

Requirements
Candidates should have an excellent academic record and be committed to education, research and service. Creative and adaptable candidates with a high potential for both teaching and research are being sought. Candidates for the rank of Assistant Professor should have received or expect to receive their Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline, prior to August 2013. Candidates for the ranks of Associate or Full Professor should have a distinguished record of research and educational activities as well as a strong funding history.

Applications and general inquiries should be directed to Dr. Bakhtier Farouk, Search Committee Chair, at MEM.Faculty.Search@coe.drexel.edu. Applications should include a detailed cover letter, a CV, research and teaching statements, and the contact information for a minimum of three references in a single PDF file. Review of applications will begin immediately and the search will remain open until the positions are filled. Eligibility to work in the United States at the time of appointment is required. Drexel University is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.

Title: Senior Analyst/Associate - Grants Manager (Posted 12/18/2012)
Company: PureTech Ventures
Location: Boston, MA
FT/PT: Full Time

Company overview
PureTech Ventures creates and funds ground-breaking life science companies with a focus on pre-clinical and early clinical stage therapeutics, medical devices and research tools. PureTech’s team collectively has hundreds of years of experience, has created billions of dollars in value and has developed some of the most important drugs of the last twenty years. After sourcing best-in-class technology for a company, PureTech runs the company while assembling permanent management, establishing the required infrastructure and driving clinical, intellectual property and business strategy development.

Job discription
The Grants Manager will support PureTech’s team identifying and pursuing non-dilutive funding opportunities for PureTech’s portfolio companies. This includes:
• Developing a strategy to attain PureTech’s non-dilutive fundraising goals; identifying and prioritizing sources of non-dilutive funding and grant opportunities for PureTech portfolio companies
• Researching, developing, writing, and editing grant letters, proposals, applications, and contracts to government agencies, foundations, and other sources of non-dilutive funding
• Tracking multiple projects and deadlines regarding grants submissions, contract bids and negotiations across teams involving PureTech team members, academic investigators, and vendors
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders in government agencies (e.g. NIH, Department of Defense, DARPA, state governments, etc) and foundations.

Requirements
• Graduate degree in life sciences (MD or PhD) or alternatively Master’s degree in life sciences with work experience in project management
• Excellent writing and communication skills. Ability to synthesize scientific information and present it in a clear and compelling manner
• Previous expertise in grant writing
• Entrepreneurial and self-motivated work style
• Familiarity with government funding agencies a plus
• Business experience in a life science related company a plus;

The position is full time with a competitive salary and benefits and potential for additional incentive-based compensation. This is a unique opportunity to join one of the most innovative companies in the venture/life sciences space while getting hands-on startup experience in our portfolio companies. Please direct applications to bolle@puretechventures.com.

Title: Reviewer (Posted 12/18/2012)
Company: Rubriq
Location: Remote
FT/PT: Part Time

Company overview
Rubriqis a new independent peer review service attempting to improve the publishing process and put more time back into science. If an independent and standardized peer review could be accepted and shared across all types of journals and distribution systems, we could save a lot of time that is ordinarily wasted as papers are re-reviewed from one journal to the next. (see more in this short video here – http://ow.ly/g1hql).

Job discription
As a reviewer for Rubriq, you would be a part of this revolutionary new solution, and would be helping your fellow researchers to find success faster. But we have additional benefits to offer:
• Flexibility and choice: As a Rubriq reviewer, you will be matched to papers in your field based on keywords and MESH terms using our advanced reviewer matching system, so the papers you are asked to review are more likely to be of interest. As we grow the network, experienced reviewers will have even more choices among available reviews, and will be able to select papers based on their own individual interest.
• Professional exposure: Your review experience will get the professional recognition it deserves. Our system will provide a centralized way to keep track of your body of review work. Your official review record can go alongside your publication record, teaching experience, and grants awarded to show your additional contributions to the literature in your field. Also, since your reviews can be viewed by multiple journals, your opinions will be read by a wider variety of editors.
• Respect for your time: As a reviewer, you may be inundated with review requests at all times, and may feel guilty for having to turn them down. We respect that your time is valuable, and allow you to control your own availability. You will only be matched to papers when you indicate that you are available, and you can change your availability at any time.
• Compensation with options: At Rubriq, we honor reviewers by rewarding your participation and time, which typically will take the form of direct compensation (currently $100 per review). But we also plan to offer other options, such as contributing to your own lab/ organization fund for others to use for their reviews, or donating to a pre-screened charity in the research community.

It is an exciting time for our young company, and we are looking for experienced reviewers to join the team. Our first beta phase is focused on immunology, cancer research and microbiology, though we are accepting applications from all STM fields.

Requirements
• Must have an earned doctoral degree in a specified area of research (PhD, MD or MD-PhD, DVM, DDS,DMD, or other doctoral level degree).
• Must be employed full-time at an accredited research university or research institute. The current position must be at the level of professor (assistant, associate, or full professor), instructor, postdoctoral fellow, or faculty research associate. We do not accept graduate students or research technicians as reviewers.
• Must have published as a first author or corresponding author in peer reviewed academic journals at a level commensurate with career level, and the applicant must have published within the past four years.
• Prior experience as a journal peer reviewer is necessary; membership on a professional journal editorial board is a plus.

To be considered, simply sign up on our site https://secure.rubriq.com/register,and click on “Apply to be a reviewer” from your dashboard, then complete the application. You will hear back from our team about the next steps. Once accepted, you will see a new Reviewer Dashboard available on your account when you log in. We believe that Rubriq has the potential to reduce some of the tremendous redundancy that currently exists in the peer review process, and we are partnering with major publishers to beta test our system and our scorecard over the next several months.