Director, Beckman Laser Institute

Director, Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California

The University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine or UCI), one of the nation's top ten public research universities and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, seeks a visionary, entrepreneurial, and collaborative leader to serve as the Director of the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic (BLI). This is a unique opportunity to build on BLI's history of research excellence, innovation and entrepreneurship to advance bench-to-bedside technologies and therapies that will substantially improve health outcomes across a range of pathologies.

Established in 1982 by Drs. Arnold O. Beckman and Michael W. Berns as an interdisciplinary center for optics and photonics in biology and medicine, today the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic is one of five Beckman Institutes supported, in part, by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. The BLI resides in a 37,000 sq. foot building on the UCI campus with facilities for basic science and technology development, an active Laser Medical Clinic, and a Photonic Incubator for technology commercialization. This uniquely configured institute, together with strong connections to the medical school, local industry, and investors.

Situated at the intersection of medicine and engineering, the BLI incubates pioneering basic and translational research and the incoming director joins the institute at a pivotal moment, seeking to refine BLI's strategic vision and elevating the institute into the next chapter of success. Reporting to the Vice Chancellor of Research, the incoming director will serve as a bridge builder, crafting new initiatives and skillfully facilitating the work and successful results of interdisciplinary research teams from across the campus. Closely partnering with the Deans of Medicine and Engineering, the incoming director will embody the schools' long-standing commitment to innovative research and collaboration.

Internationally recognized as a leader in optics, photonics and translational medicine, the Institute proudly houses 30 faculty, 100 researchers, and 75 students from 15 departments in the UC Irvine Schools of Medicine, Samueli School of Engineering, Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences across 37,000 sq. feet of research and clinical space. The Institute generates about $10 million in research expenditures annually and enrolls over 400 subjects in more than 40 clinical protocols annually, evaluating biophotonics technologies in skin diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and metabolic disease, trauma and critical care, ophthalmology, neurologic function, head and neck surgery, and exercise medicine. Since its establishment, the Institute has generated 6% of the UC Irvine technology transfer portfolio, 39% of the campus patent royalty revenue, and $56 million for the University of California (UC) technology transfer portfolio. A large percentage of this revenue was generated through novel discoveries in the targeted laser treatment of port-wine stain blood vessels, which leveraged a dynamic cooling device to protect superficial layers of skin. This technique was pioneered by BLI Medical Director, J. Stuart Nelson.

Charged with curating and driving the institute's IP pipeline, the director will leverage Orange County's thriving biomedical device industry and partner across UCI to bolster research, innovation and entrepreneurship. This leader must also be able to attract robust philanthropic support, securing investments in facilities and infrastructure and maximizing the impact of BLI's research and clinical discoveries.

The ideal candidate will be an accomplished researcher with a deep understanding of both the scientific and business elements of running a successful special research unit. This person will have a demonstrated record of bringing together interdisciplinary collaborations across a complex research ecosystem as evidenced by substantial and successful leadership experience in academic, government, and/or industry executive roles.

Working in collaboration with key campus leaders, the CEO and Executive Director of the Beckman Foundation, and external strategic partners, the director of the Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic will be firmly committed to interdisciplinary approaches, providing vision, leadership and strategic direction in meeting the research, clinical, educational and fundraising goals of BLI. The hire for this role will be proposed for an endowed chair.

Responsibilities include overall management, academic planning, budgeting, resource allocation, personnel management, and research program development including linking with the other units across the campus and expanding entrepreneurial activities with UCI Applied Innovation. The successful candidate shall have a nationally recognized record of research excellence and leadership in the fields of Biophotonics and Biomedical Optics, a proven track record of management in academics, a record of technology transfer and commercialization, a record of successful philanthropic development, and a strong commitment to undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral teaching and training.

In this role, the director will collaborate with stakeholders across UCI to maximize research, clinical, and translational outcomes. Key partners include the Dean of the Samueli School of Engineering; Dean of the School of Medicine; Chief Innovation Officer and Director of UCI Beall Applied Innovation; the Associate Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Research and Director of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science; the Vice Chancellor for Research; and the BLI Medical Director.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS

The ideal candidate will demonstrate the attributes below:

* A strong academic record commensurate with appointment to the rank of Associate or Full professor with tenure;

* Outstanding communication skills, including evidence of the abilities to facilitate collaboration within and external to the university, to articulate a strong vision for the institute, and to interact successfully with multiple and diverse constituencies;

* Successful and progressively responsible administrative roles;

* A record of participating in the successful recruitment and retention of excellent faculty and research;

* History of significant contribution to the growth of innovative programs, departments, and schools;

* Astute and accurate judge of the quality of interdisciplinary research;

* A proven record of success working with federal funding agencies;

* An eye for high-level research and a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges faced by world-class researchers;

* An entrepreneurial spirit and robust commercial instinct;

* An inclination to engage with a broad range of constituencies and disciplines to advance the institute's research mission;

* A commitment to transparency in policy, strategy, and financial management, with an appreciation of and support for shared governance; and

* A record of successful engagement with multiple constituencies and dynamic public-facing presentations.

Qualified applicants must have an MD, MD/PhD, PhD, DsC or equivalent terminal degree and will hold a joint academic appointment in the School of Medicine and the Samueli School of Engineering.

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Compensation and Location

The budgeted salary range is $139,800 to $489,780. This is a faculty appointment with administrative responsibilities and the hire for this role will be proposed for an endowed chair. The actual salary will be determined by the underlying faculty appointment in a relevant department appropriate to the hire's academic background along with their administrative experience. "Off-scale salaries" and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions.

Samueli School of Engineering - See Professor and Professor of Teaching Series B/E/E/I - Academic Year Regular Scales.

School of Medicine - See Professorial Series (Adjunct, Clinical X, HS Clinical, In Residence, Ladder Rank) and Professor of Teaching Series - Health Sciences Compensation Plan. This position may also include membership in the health sciences compensation plan, which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.

Qualified applicants must have an MD, MD/PhD, PhD, DsC or equivalent terminal degree.

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