Biotechnology Research Associate Jobs in Virginia

Job Description

Virginia Tech (VT) seeks to recruit a senior or mid-career level biomedical imaging technology innovator to join the faculty at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC (FBRI - https://fbri.vtc.vt.edu/) for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position at the associate or full professor level. The research institute supports entrepreneurial activity through dedicated translational biomedical research programs, innovation and commercialization offices, and robust partnerships with biotech and clinical enterprises. Candidates with experience in technology development, patenting, commercialization, and collaborative industry partnerships are encouraged to apply.
The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. degree, have completed postdoctoral training and successfully led their own independent extramurally-funded research program as a mid-career or senior level faculty member. In addition to leading their own research program, they will develop new advanced imaging technologies for use by their laboratory and for the use of other investigators at the research institute, while also overseeing the current portfolio of imaging technologies and facilities. The specific area of the candidate's own research program may be in cancer, neuroscience and/or cardiovascular science or span these areas, providing opportunities for collaboration with other faculty at the research institute across those three primary research focus areas. The faculty member will join 44 other faculty-led teams at the FBRI. They will also have leadership and oversight responsibility for our institute's multiple cellular and molecular imaging platforms and their technical support staff.
The primary responsibility for the position is to carry out leading-edge research that makes major use of advanced optical imaging technologies while also developing new approaches to imaging that will benefit their own as well as other FBRI investigators' research programs and to collaborate with those other investigators. The candidate will be expected to maintain extramural funding for their research program and to participate in graduate teaching as well as to provide research project mentorship for graduate, medical and undergraduate students. It is expected that the candidate will participate in programmatic grant development and multi-investigator collaborations. Candidates with national recognition and/or leadership in microscopy and imaging tool development are welcomed.
The position will be located at the FBRI on Virginia Tech's health sciences and technology campus in Roanoke, Virginia. In addition to the position at the FBRI, the faculty member will also have a tenured or tenure-track (as appropriate) appointment in an appropriate VT department from among multiple colleges.
The successful candidate will join a dynamic and growing community of scholars including scientists and physician-scientists focused on next generation approaches to cancer, heart and brain research directed at having dramatic impacts on understanding, prevention, diagnoses and treatments for a wide range of disorders that impact those systems and processes.

Required Qualifications

The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. degree, have completed postdoctoral training and successfully led their own independent extramurally-funded research program as a mid-career or senior level faculty member. In addition to leading their own research program, they will develop new advanced imaging technologies for use by their laboratory and for the use of other investigators at the research institute, while also overseeing the current portfolio of imaging technologies and facilities. The specific area of the candidate's own research program may be in cancer, neuroscience and/or cardiovascular science or span these areas, providing opportunities for collaboration with other faculty at the research institute across those three primary research focus areas.

Preferred Qualifications

Overtime Status

Exempt: Not eligible for overtime

Appointment Type

Regular

Salary Information

Commensurate with experience

Hours per week

40+

Review Date

1/20/2026

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.

About Virginia Tech

Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.

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