Trainee-to-Tenure
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Melanie Ott

Director

Kam Dahlquist, PhD

Professor of Biology, Loyola Marymount University

Li Qian, PhD

Professor and Associate Director of the McAllister Heart Institute, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Have you ever wondered what the search committee for a faculty job is looking for or how they evaluate candidates? Learn from panelists who have been on the other side of the faculty search, as they share their experiences and advice for those who are on the job market.

About the Speakers

Kam Dahlquist has participated in 15 searches over 22 years as a faculty member at primarily undergraduate institutions (Vassar College and Loyola Marymount), including on committees and as chair. These searches have spanned many areas in biology, including mathematical and computational biology, biochemistry, physiology, plant molecular biology, ecology, and evolution.

Melanie Ott has chaired and served on many search committees at Gladstone and UCSF, ranging from virology to immunology, cardiovascular science, and neurology.

Li Qian has served on multiple tenure-track faculty search committees at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State University covering fields such as cardiovascular biology, stem cells, regenerative medicine, bioengineering, cell biology, and physiology. 

Details

Dates
December 3, 2025
Time
12:00-1:00pm PST
Location
Online
Audience
Gladstone and UCSF, Graduate Students, Postdocs
Contact(s)






The Trainee-to-Tenure Track program aims to help early-career scientists in their path toward academic independence. From preparing your application package to negotiating your faculty position package, gain the tools you need to start your job hunt in academia. You’ll get the most benefit from this series when you attend about a year before you start your job search.

The Faculty Search Committee’s Perspective

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Gladstone, we are committed to providing events and professional development activities that resonate with our community’s diverse members. Our goal is to develop creative programming that encompasses a wide variety of ideas and perspectives to inspire, educate, and engage with everyone within our walls.

We want to effect positive change through our events and activities by providing a platform for discussions on important topics related to increasing diversity and inclusiveness in the sciences.