Sign InCreate ProfileEnglish (US)The Grainger College of Engineering: Assistant Professor - BioengineeringUrbana, IL, United States|1038584Apply NowPosted on: 9/30/2026 Back to SearchAssistant Professor - AI and Physical AI Department of Bioengineering The Grainger College of Engineering University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign The Department of Bioengineering in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a tenure-track, full-time faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We welcome applications focusing on Artificial Intelligence in Bioengineering, including embodied intelligence and physical AI. Areas of interest include but are not limited to developing and applying new AI architectures in bioengineering contexts, AI-based approaches for synthetic
biology and biomolecular engineering, AI-enhanced medical imaging and diagnostics, robotic and autonomous surgery, and NeuroAI. Candidates may focus on developing new AI methods or on applying existing tools to address bioengineering problems. Successful candidates are expected to establish and maintain an active and independent research program, teach effectively at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and
provide service to the department, the university, and the profession. The Department of Bioengineering currently has three undergraduate degree programs in Bioengineering, Neural Engineering, and Computer Science + Bioengineering, three Masters of Science and Engineering programs, and one doctoral program , with total enrollments of 633 undergraduate and 204 graduate students. Ranked in the top 20 undergraduate and
graduate programs by U.S. News and World Report, the Department of Bioengineering at Illinois develops innovative engineering, technology, and quantitative methods to address grand challenges in human health and sustainability. These efforts encompass research and education across multiple disciplines including micro- and nanotechnology, bioimaging, computational and systems biology, cell and tissue engineering,
synthetic bioengineering, and biomedical engineering education. The department is undergoing substantial growth in its educational and research programs. With state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities, the growth of the Carle-Illinois College of Medicine, and strong collaborations with Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, the Department of Bioengineering is
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