Job information

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is an international English-speaking postgraduate institution, focusing on engineering, environment, and management studies. AIT’s rigorous academic, research, and experiential outreach programs prepare graduates for professional success and leadership roles in Asia and beyond.

Founded in 1959, AIT offers the opportunity to study at an institution in Asia which possesses a global reputation. Going forward, AIT will be stressing its globalconnections, injection of innovation into research and teaching, its relevance to industry, and its nurturing of entrepreneurship, while continuing to fulfill its social impact and capacity building role. Sitting on a beautiful green campus located just north of Bangkok, Thailand, AIT operates as a multicultural community where a cosmopolitan approach to living and learning is the rule. You will meet and study with people from all around the world.

The Bio-Nano Material Science and Engineering (BNMSE) is a new program of Department of Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) under the School of Engineering and Technology (SET) at AIT. BNMSE is a rational fusion of disciplines of Nanotechnology and Bioengineering, which is truly interdisciplinary in nature. The program is designed to find technological solutions from materials science and engineering perspective for our complex problems with a unique approach of unified understanding of the physical world from the nanoscale to the planetary scale. It offers a balanced curriculum in both Science and Engineering aspects of Bio- and Nano-technology.

Department of Industrial Systems and Engineering of the School of Engineering and Technology, AIT invites qualified candidates to apply for Assistant Professor position in the field of Bio-Nano Material Science and Engineering (BNMSE). The preferred candidate is required to have teaching, research and/or practical experience in the field of Bio-Nano Material Science and Engineering, especially in diverse areas such as Bionanotechnology, Biomimetics, Enzyme kinetics, Nanomaterial synthesis and their applications in Energy and Environmental areas. Previous experience in teaching, research with publications and/or practical experience in Nanotechnology and/or Bionanotechnology related fields is an added advantage. The successful candidate is expected to develop and teach postgraduate courses, supervise Master’s degree and Doctoral students, conduct independent research activities and submit proposals for funding.

Desired Qualifications

• Ph.D. from a reputed university
• Degree awarded in any relevant engineering program or scientific discipline that focused on Material Science and Engineering, Nanotechnology, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Bionanotechnology and/or related fields
• At least 2-3 years of research/teaching experience is preferred in the areas mentioned above
• Good track record of research as evidenced by publications in reputed international journals with documentation of citations as listed in SCOPUS, Google Scholar and ResearchGate
• The candidate should preferably have some degree of work expertise related to Biomimetics, Nanostructured surfaces and/or Nanofluids
• Potential or proven ability to develop new courses and/or research programs
• Excellent communication skills with good command in English
• Strong commitment to teaching at the post-graduate levels
• Interest in innovative teaching methods and curriculum development
• Capability to secure external funding for sponsored research projects
• Capability to work with donor agencies to generate collaborative research funding to lead a successful research program

Duties and Responsibilities

• Graduate level teaching in subject areas including but not limited to Bionanotechnology, Biomimetics, Enzyme Kinetics and Thermodynamics and Bio-MEMS/Bio-NEMS.
• Teaching 3-4 courses per year
• Student research supervision at Master’s and PhD levels
• Attracting sponsored research projects and developing partnerships with industry, government and international agencies
• Participating in promotional activities to recruit students

Preference will be given to candidates who will combine excellence in teaching with a demonstrated capacity to conduct novel, interdisciplinary research that will expand and complement the current departmental research strengths. The program is interdisciplinary in nature; therefore, we seek for a candidate who can bring engineering and science perspectives together. The suitable candidate will be appointed at the earliest possible date initially for a period of two years with strong possibility of extension.

The salary offered to the successful candidate is regionally competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience. Additional benefits include provident fund, air travel for self and direct dependents, grant for settlement, education subsidy for dependent children and medical benefit as per Institution’s policy and procedure. For more details please refer to the AIT homepage: https://www.ait.ac.th/

To apply, please send a letter of application including a curriculum vitae, copies of selected publications, citation data and names of two referees with their affiliation and contact information. Submit the above mentioned documents to:

Dean
School of Engineering & Technology
P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
Tel: (66-2) 524 6054
Fax: (66-2) 524 6432
Email: deanset@ait.asia