CBE Faculty Opportunities
The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University–New Brunswick is growing. We invite talented individuals to join our community of educators and researchers who are shaping the future of chemical engineering, biomanufacturing, pharmaceutical engineering, and sustainable energy.
Located in central New Jersey—the heart of one of the nation's most active industrial and pharmaceutical corridors—our department offers unique opportunities for collaboration with globally established pharmaceutical companies, emerging biotechnology firms, and advanced manufacturing industries.
Anticipated Openings
The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE) at Rutgers University anticipates inviting applications for an open-rank, tenured/tenure-track faculty position.
We seek outstanding candidates with distinctive experimental, computational, or data-driven capabilities that complement departmental strengths in pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical engineering, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology and biomolecular engineering, clean energy, sustainability, materials, catalysis, and computing. Candidates with demonstrated experience or strong interest in industry collaboration are especially encouraged to apply.
The current search emphasizes pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and advanced chemical processes and manufacturing, with areas of particular interest including:
- Biomanufacturing of bioproducts, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and vaccines
- Synthesis, process development, and manufacturing of pharmaceutical drugs and products
- Electrified processes for sustainable and energy-efficient manufacturing
- Carbon circularity and industrial decarbonization
- Waste upcycling and resource recovery, including critical minerals and materials recovery using biological and non-biological approaches
CBE is also particularly interested in computational and data-driven approaches that advance these and related areas, including:
- AI/ML and data science applications for synthesis, process development, scale-up, optimization, and manufacturing
- Self-driving laboratories and autonomous experimentation
- Digital twins, process monitoring, control, and optimization for chemical and biochemical processes and manufacturing
These areas are intended to identify important opportunities rather than narrowly define the search. Exceptional candidates in related areas of chemical and biochemical engineering whose research complements CBE’s existing strengths are also encouraged to apply.
Formal position announcement and application information will posted at jobs.rutgers.edu once the search is officially approved.
Why Rutgers CBE?
Our department enrolls more than 250 undergraduate and 110 graduate students and includes 20 tenure-track faculty and one full-time teaching professor. Faculty and students have access to outstanding research facilities and collaborative opportunities through numerous centers and institutes on campus, including:
- Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine (IQB)
- Rutgers Climate & Energy Institute (RCEI)
- Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems (CSOPS)
- Catalyst Manufacturing Center
- Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ)
- RCSB Protein Data Bank
Rutgers Engineering faculty also benefit from extensive High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources to support research and teaching.
Contact
For questions about faculty positions, please email cbechair@soe.rutgers.edu.