Faculty in Statistics and Data Science- Open Rank

Danforth Campus•Saint Louis, MO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Statistics and Data Science at Washington University in St. Louis has multiple openings for tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, to begin in 2027. The department supports foundational research as well as transdisciplinary research and is particularly interested in candidates who advance the university's broader +AI initiative. Successful candidates will join a rich intellectual community of AI practitioners and subject matter experts utilizing AI methods to solve society's greatest challenges. We invite applications from candidates with expertise and interest in statistics and data science, broadly defined. Candidates selected under the +AI initiative will be invited to participate in a university-wide workshop in one of the four identified areas and to be an active member of the intellectual community forming around that topic. Duties will include teaching and student mentoring at the undergraduate and the graduate levels, conducting and maintaining a strong research program, and participating in department and university service.

Requirements

Ph.D. in Statistics or a relevant field in data science
For Associate or Full Professor ranks: outstanding teaching, service, and research record commensurate with tenure at that rank.

Nice To Haves

Research advancing one or more of the four thematic areas of WashU’s +AI initiative: AI for Science and Engineering: Modeling the Physical World; AI-Driven Imaging Science: Imaging from Molecules to the Universe; Agentic AI: Governance, Society, and Institutions; Human Values, Creative Practice, and AI.
Leveraging AI to bridge information across temporal and spatial scales.
Engaging high-stakes contexts leveraging existing WashU strengths, such as population health, democracy, or biotechnology.