Assistant/Associate Professor - Polymer Science
About The Position
Assistant and Associate Professors teach courses (undergraduate and graduate) offered by the Polymer Science and Engineering Department, and they are assigned a teaching load in the department comparable to the other tenure-track (assistant professor rank) and tenured (associate professor rank) faculty. We are seeking talented applicants qualified for an assistant professor position. Under exceptional circumstances, highly qualified candidates at other ranks may receive consideration. Most such courses are at the graduate level, and professors are expected to teach broader core curriculum graduate courses as well as advanced topics graduate courses in their areas of expertise; additional courses may be found at the undergraduate level. Building a strong, externally recognized and externally funded research group is a major activity for assistant and associate professors, and research groups typically include multiple graduate student advisees as members; they may also include undergraduate and post-doctoral advisees along with visiting scientists. Collaborative research and mentoring efforts across the department and university are expected. Professors are assigned appropriate research laboratories and are responsible for supervising the work conducted in these spaces. Additional service to department, college, and university is strongly encouraged, and this service can take many forms, including membership on academic committees, drafting planning documents, re-vamping courses and curriculum, recruiting students, and service in governorship. To build national and international research stature, service to bodies external to the university is also encouraged.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in a relevant discipline in the natural sciences, biological sciences, or engineering.
Responsibilities
- Teach courses (undergraduate and graduate) offered by the Polymer Science and Engineering Department.
- Build a strong, externally recognized and externally funded research group.
- Supervise graduate student advisees, and potentially undergraduate and post-doctoral advisees along with visiting scientists.
- Conduct collaborative research and mentoring efforts across the department and university.
- Supervise the work conducted in assigned research laboratories.
- Provide service to the department, college, and university (e.g., committee membership, planning documents, curriculum development, student recruitment, governorship).
- Engage in service to bodies external to the university to build national and international research stature.
- Mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students.
- Contributions to diversity and inclusiveness.
- Publication of high-quality original scientific research.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
