Open Rank Faculty Position in Biomedical Sciences/Biomedical Informatics

About the School

Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE) (http://zje.intl.zju.edu.cn/) is established by two world-leading universities, Zhejiang University (2025 QS Ranking: 47) (https://www.zju.edu.cn/english/) and the University of Edinburgh (2025 QS Ranking: 27) (https://www.ed.ac.uk/), at the International Campus Zhejiang University in Haining, China. Building on the existing strengths of both, the Institute aims to foster collaborations in teaching and research, explore interdisciplinary research, and be committed to frontier basic and applied research in life sciences.

ZJE has a core facility (composed of FACS core, imaging core, histology core, biochemistry core and bioinformatics core etc.) and a laboratory animal facility (up to 8000 cages) to provide strong research support.

About the Centre

ZJE has established several research centres with focused research directions to facilitate student research training and encourage scientific discussion, collaboration, seminars within each research centre. Currently we have 5 research centres.

• Centre for Cellular Biology and Signalling (CBS)
• Centre for Regeneration and Cell Therapy (RCT)
• Centre for Biomedical Systems and Informatics (BSI)
• Centre for Infection Immunity and Cancer (IIC)
• Biomedical Health and Translational Research Centre (BHTRC)

About the Positions

ZJE wishes to appoint open rank academic staff to support and develop teaching and research. The appointee will be expected to develop and maintain an independent research programme that complements research priorities across the Research Centres hosted in ZJE.

The post requires a degree and a PhD in a subject relevant to Biomedical Sciences. Experience in teaching in a Higher Education Institution is a requirement. A knowledge of and interest in current approaches to tackling biomedical sciences research questions and to supporting biomedical teaching would be an advantage. Candidates with a strong record of research in infection and immunology, cancer biology and epigenetics, and biomedical informatics, particularly data science, computational and mathematical modelling and/or systems physiology are particularly encouraged to apply. Desired candidates should have a keen interest and commitment to training and mentoring the next generation of biomedical scientists from undergraduate through into postgraduate study.

The contract of employment will be held with Zhejiang University. Tenure-track contract is for six years, subject to a satisfactory formal review at the end of year five. It is intended that the post-holder will then move to a standard University academic open-ended contract at the end of year six.

Qualifications

Full Professor: Candidates are expected to have experience as an Associate Professor or higher at world-renowned institutions and demonstrate the ability to lead developments in their field. 

Associate Professor: Candidates are expected to have experience as an Assistant Professor or higher at world-renowned institutions. 

Assistant Professor: Candidates are expected to have at least three years of postdoctoral research experience and demonstrate strong academic potential.

Salary and Benefits

Annual salary for assistant professor starts from RMB 400,000, and annual salary for associate professor starts from RMB 500,000. Generous start-up fund and ample lab and office space will be available. Relocation allowance will be available.   

As a valued member of our team, you can expect an exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined social insurances scheme, medical subsidy and enrollment in school for children, and fully furnished rentable staff apartments etc. You will also find our campus a strong international and bilingual work environment with convenient transportation to Shanghai and Hangzhou.

How to Apply

Applications including a cover letter, detailed CV, a one-page research statement and a one-page teaching statement should be sent to the Institute HR team ([email protected]). In addition to the formal interview, all interviewees will be required to give a presentation to the panel. Further information will be provided along with the invitation to interview.

For more information, please contact Institute Executive: Prof Yuehai Ke ([email protected]) Prof Sue Welburn ([email protected]) Institute HR: Ms. Xinyi (Ajda) Yang ([email protected]；+86-571-87572816）