Department and college-wide search for new AI faculty members
We invite applications for a faculty position from candidates who use AI in innovative applications within the CBE key areas of biological engineering, biomedical engineering, and materials design. Example areas of interest include applications of AI in protein engineering and genome engineering for synthetic biology applications, and AI applications that seek to advance theory and modeling of fundamental biological and chemical processes.
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For full consideration, please apply by January 5, 2025.
CBE offers a highly interdisciplinary and collaborative environment, with all research faculty holding courtesy appointments in other departments or cross-departmental programs. More than 50% of current graduate students also come from other departments or programs.
Collaborations within the department offer access to unique data sets, equipment and capabilities, including from protein X-ray diffraction, high-throughput biological synthesis in the Biofoundry, automated single-cell and single-molecule imaging, biosensors, microfluidic fabrication and meta-omics.
Chemical and Biological Engineering at CSU explores a broad range of innovative research areas, led by faculty who are world-renowned experts in their respective fields.
Advanced Polymeric Materials
Featured research topics
Soft Materials • Block Copolymers • Polymer Brushes • Polyelectrolytes • Polymer Blends • Nanocomposites • Coarse Graining • Fluctuation/Correlation Effects • Self- and Directed Assembly • Surface and Interface Phenomena • Structure-Property Relations • Molecular Simulations • Field Theories • Integral-Equation Theories • Density-Functional Theories • Mesoscopic Simulations • Statistical Mechanics
What is the impact?
- Can survive extreme conditions better than traditional materials
- Replaces finite materials like metal across industries and uses
- Sustainably used in agriculture, including as safe pesticides and fertilizers
- Used in medicine as smart drug delivery and sensors
Bioanalytical Devices
Featured research topics
Biosensors • Enzymatic Detection • Microfluidic Capillary Electrophoretic Detection • Bacterial and Viral pathogen detection • Organ on a chip • Wellness monitoring • Microfluidic platform design • Detection of endocrine-disrupting chemicals
What is the impact?
- Quantitative detection and identification of biological and chemical agents
- Monitoring the fate of ingested, inhaled, and transdermal compounds
- Used in biosensors, medical and other diagnostic tests, and microfluidics
Biomedical Science and Engineering
What is the impact?
- Combining biological and medical expertise to create new devices and treatments
- Understanding and refining mechanisms to detect and treat disease
- Developing biomaterials and data methods for safer medical procedures
- Real-world applications and classifications of chemical and biological agents
Featured research topics
Modeling and Engineering Microbiomes • Hydrogels and Ionic Elastomers • Membrane Development • Biological Soft Tissue Mimics • Novel Nanoparticles for Pharmaceuticals and Stimuli-Responsive Delivery • Xenobiotics In the Body • Computational Frameworks • Analysis and Prediction of Xenobiotic Metabolism • Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling • Environmental Pollutant Exposure and Optimization of Drug Regimens • Impact of Toxicant Exposure On Epigenetic Changes Using Multiscale Systems Biology • Development and Application of System and Parameter Identification in Biosystems • Pharmacogenetics
Systems Biology, Synthetic Biology, and Biomanufacturing
What is the impact?
- Manufacturing new products with specific and novel capabilities
- Adaptation in existing medicine and other fields to address new challenges
- Broad opportunities to help societal issues like climate change, occupational safety, and health
- Safe and sustainable chemicals and medicine based on groundbreaking biological research
Featured research topics
Plant Metabolic Engineering • Bioreactor Analysis • Applied Microbiology and Microbial Ecology • Bacteria and Algae for the Production of Biofuels and Other Chemicals • Production of Bio-Based Chemicals and Fuels • Computer-Guided Protein and DNA Engineering • Bioenergy • Synthetic Biology • Synthetic Biology • DNA Vaccines • Viral Vectors • Digital Certificate Technology for Engineered DNA Molecules • Cellular Biomechanics • Signaling and Gene Transcription Networks • Genome Scale Metabolic Modeling