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Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Virology, Host-Pathogen Interaction - Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

  • 25 Sep 2025 1:15 PM
    Message # 13545864
    Anonymous

    Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Virology, Host-Pathogen Interactions
    (Tenure-Track)

    Location: Stony Brook, New York

    Open Date: Sept 16, 2025

    Deadline:  Oct 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

    Description

    The Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the areas of virology, microbiology, and host-pathogen interactions.  Applicants working in virology, including molecular virology, viral pathogenesis, emerging viral pathogens, and models of viral disease, are particularly encouraged to apply. Successful applicants are expected to establish and maintain an extramurally funded research program and actively participate in the teaching and service missions within the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stony Brook University. The position includes a competitive startup package, excellent fringe benefits, modern office and research laboratory space, and access to state-of-the-art core services, instrumentation, and facilities.

    The Department (https://renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu/mi) along with the adjacent Center for Infectious Diseases (http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/cid/) provide a highly interactive scientific community through collaborative interactions with faculty throughout the Renaissance School of Medicine and University. The Department is home to two graduate programs and two NIH-funded training grants, providing opportunities for graduate student and postdoctoral fellow mentoring and support. Stony Brook University maintains state-of-the-art core facilities that support areas including microscopy and animal imaging, flow cytometry, RNA and single cell sequencing, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, bioinformatics, and animal maintenance.  A state-of-the art Laboratory for Comparative Medicine provides facilities for BSL3 and animal BSL3 research. The dynamic intellectual environment includes the Stony Brook University tertiary care Hospital and Cancer Center, nearby Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a VA Hospital and Research Center, and Brookhaven National Laboratory research facilities.

    The Department provides a collaborative and supportive mentoring environment to foster faculty success and SBU provides additional opportunities for professional development to assist faculty in meeting their goals. The Department supports diversity and inclusion as essential to achieving excellence and the successful applicant will demonstrate a commitment to promoting and advancing these values in research and teaching practices.

    Qualifications

    Required Qualifications: Applicants must have a PhD or MD degree (or foreign equivalent) and three years or more of postdoctoral experience.

    Preferred Qualifications:  Preferred areas of research interest are those that complement and expand existing departmental strengths in virology, microbiology, and host-pathogen interactions. Applicants working in virology are particularly encouraged to apply.

    Preferred candidates will have a track record of research, publications, and the potential to procure extramural funding.

    Application Instructions

    To apply, visit https://apptrkr.com/6576926.

    All application materials must be submitted online. Please use the Apply Now button to begin your application. For technical support, please visit Interfolio's Support Site (https://support.interfolio.com/) or reach out to their Scholar Service Team at help@interfolio.com or (877) 997-8807.

    For questions regarding this position, please contact Dr. Erich Mackow, Search Committee Chair, at erich.mackow@stonybrook.edu.

    Special Notes

    Tenure Track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. To qualify for a tenure faculty appointment, the candidate must meet the criteria established by the School of Medicine (https://renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu/facultysenate/committees/apt).

    Anticipated Start Date:  August 2026

    Campus Description

    Long Island's premier academic medical center, Stony Brook Medicine, represents Stony Brook University's entire medical enterprise and integrates all of Stony Brook's health-related initiatives: education, research and patient care. It encompasses Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook Children's Hospital, the five Health Sciences schools -- Dental Medicine, Health Technology and Management, Medicine, Nursing and Social Welfare -- as well as the major centers and institutes, programs and more than 50 community-based healthcare settings throughout Suffolk County. With 624 beds, Stony Brook University Hospital serves as Suffolk County's only tertiary care center and Regional Trauma Center. Stony Brook Children's, with more than 180 pediatric specialists in 30 specialties, offers the most advanced pediatric specialty care in the region.  In the Medical and Research Translation (MART) building, two floors are occupied by Stony Brook University Cancer Center's outpatient services, and four floors are devoted to cancer research. Diversity, equity and inclusion are essential core values at Stony Brook Medicine. We believe we do our best and most impactful work when we leverage our diverse, equitable and inclusive perspectives. We are proud to recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences.

    The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

    In accordance with the Title II Crime Awareness and Security Act, a copy of our crime statistics is available upon request . It can also be viewed online at the University Police website at http://www.stonybrook.edu/police.

    Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

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