The Department of Bioengineering at Rice University in Houston, TX is currently soliciting external senior applicants for a tenured, full professor in bioengineering, who will serve as the new department chair starting in July 2023, and be nominated for the John W. Cox Professorship in bioengineering.  The department is currently ranked among the top 10 bioengineering programs in the country by US News & World Report and aspires to continue to enhance its impact and recognition.  All faculty laboratories and teaching facilities for the department are located at the BioScience Research Collaborative, a 477,000 sq ft. building at the intersection of the Rice University campus and the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the worl