Assistant Professor of Chemistry

JOB SUMMARY :

The Department of Natural Sciences is housed within the College of Arts and Sciences and Education and serves as home for 10 full time Faculty and nearly 150 undergraduates and 6 first cohort graduate students between its Biology and Chemistry programs.

Upon joining the Department of Natural Sciences, the successful candidate will work among a dynamic faculty to deepen our fundamental understanding of natural phenomena and address critical challenges facing our society. The research environment is strengthened by an initial NSF -funded research award, a Constellation E-2 grant, a Maryland Initiative Partnership MIPs-funded grant, as well as several NIH, DOD, USDA funded Research projects. The Department is equipped with state-of-the-art core facilities such as a 400 MHz NMR, GC mass spectrometry, HPLC, TGA, FESEM - EDS, AFM, TEM, Electrochemical PARR unit, Bomb Calorimeter, Raman, FTIR, UV- VIS, Circular Dichroism spectropolarimeter, Shimatzu spectrofluorometer, Electrophoresis, Tensile-Stress Electromechanical Tester.

The selected candidate will be teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in Chemistry, contribute to the on-going research programs in polymer and material sciences, secure external funding to support research and department programs, advise students, and provide service to the department/community.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES :

Teaching:

• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses, including Polymers and Materials Sciences, Computational Chemistry, Advanced Instrumentation, Foundations of Biomaterials, Thermodynamic of Polymers, and other courses as appropriate.
• Maintain and facilitate the delivery of courses and other scholarly material using contemporary technology for quality classroom instruction. methods and student teaching.
• Assist students in fulfilling their maximum potential by conducting comprehensive academic advisement sessions.

Research:

• Conduct scholarly research in and supervise undergraduate and graduate research.
• Secure internal and external grants to support research.

Services:

• Participate in department, school, and university assignments.
• Participation in program related accreditation activities for the department and academic unit.
• Participate in services activities conducted by the University, College, department, and community, which includes outreach to Community Colleges and high schools.
• Other duties as assigned as related to faculty workload policy.

Required Qualifications

EDUCATION :

• PhD in Chemistry from an accredited institution required.

EXPERIENCE :

• May be a recent graduate with two years of Post-Doc training in Chemistry.
• Teaching experience in a four-year university setting.
• Successful experience in obtaining external grant and undertaking cross-disciplinary research.

Preferred Qualifications

SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES, AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS :

• Excellent written communication and public speaking skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to higher academic and professional standards.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with Pre-professional student.
• Demonstrated ability in developing and leading undergraduate research.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver innovative and student-centered instruction.
• Demonstrated evidence of working in diverse learning environments.
• Demonstrated evidence of incorporating technology in courses to engage diverse learners.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively on university-wide committees.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with students to support their progression to the degree and their service to the community.

Position Detail Information

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number
FA2022-0008

Position End Date (if temporary)

Open Date
07/28/2022

Close Date

Open Until Filled
Yes

Special Instructions to Applicant