Senior Management Opening:

Argonne National Laboratory — Director, Biosciences Division

Argonne National Laboratory invites applicants for the position of Director of the Biosciences Division. The Division Director will

1. Provide scientific leadership by enhancing the strengths and visibility of existing basic and applied research programs and by developing new research programs that use state-of-the-art science and engineering to serve national needs;
2. Recruit, hire, and retain world class science and engineering talent,
3. Provide management leadership for the Division's programs and their interfaces with other areas of Argonne National Laboratory, the Department of Energy, and other sponsors, and
4. Foster and maintain high standards in ES&H and quality assurance for all of the division's research activities and operations.

The Biosciences Division has a staff of approximately 60 Ph.D.s. involved in research efforts that span structural biology, genomics, proteomics, cellular development, bioinformatics, nanobiology, membrane protein biochemistry, and protein biomarker production. The selected applicant will be responsible for maintaining current efforts while establishing a world-class research program in enabling technologies, specifically in the area of cutting edge and high-throughput technologies. The successful candidate must have a strong record of accomplishment in the biosciences and in program development and a Ph.D. or equivalent in the biosciences.  Managerial experience in a multiprogram, multidisciplinary research environment is highly desirable. The position has the possibility of being a joint appointment with the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, or the University of Illinois.

Argonne offers an excellent compensation and benefits package. For full consideration, please apply by March 31, 2008. Send a curriculum vitae, list of publications and patents, professional references, and salary history to biosearch@anl.gov.

Argonne National Laboratory is a multiprogram laboratory managed by UChicago Argonne, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science.  We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our workforce. Argonne's site is located about 25 miles southwest of Chicago on a beautiful 1,500-acre campus.

Search Committee for Biosciences Division Director

• Andrzej Joachimiak, Co Chair, Sr. Bio Physicist, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory – andrzejj@anl.gov
• Richard Morimoto, Co Chair, Northwestern University – rmorimoto@northwestern.edu
• Jan Griffin, Staff Assistant,Sr., Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory – griffin@mcs.anl.gov
• Kenneth Kemner, Physicist/Group Leader, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory – kemner@anl.gov
• Roderick Mackie, University of Illinois, Champagne / Urbana – R-mackie@uiuc.edu
• Michael Papka, Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory – Papka@mcs.anl.gov
• Marianne Schiffer, Sr. Bio Physicist, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory – mschiffer@anl.gov
• Olaf Schneewind, University of Chicago – oschnee@bsd.uchicago.edu
• Eric L. Weiss, Northwestern University – elweiss@northwestern.edu
• Kevin P. White, University of Chicago – kpwhite@uchicago.edu
• John C. Wooley, University of California, San Diego – jwooley@sdsc.edu
• Huimin Zhao, University of Illinois, Champagne / Urbana – zhao5@uiuc.edu
• Cheryl Zidel, Staff Assistant, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory – zidel@mcd.anl.gov