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Position Details Title Multiple Tenured / Tenure-Track Faculty positions in Chemical Biology Appointment Status Tenure Department IU Bloomington Vice Provost For Faculty Affairs Location Bloomington Position Summary As part of a major, multi-year initiative to expand research activities in Chemical Biology across the IU Bloomington campus, the and the invite applications for multiple tenure / tenure-track positions at the Associate or Full Professor rank to begin as early as the Fall of 2025.
Appointments will be in one or more departments, including , , , , and . These exciting new positions are associated with the university’s in biosciences, expanding life sciences research on the Bloomington campus.
- We are interested in researchers working in the field of chemical biology, broadly defined. Of particular interest are candidates with research interests in the following topic areas : chemical biology tool development;
- bioorthogonal chemistry and biocatalysis; medicinal chemistry; computational chemical biology; omics in chemical / disease biology;
- macromolecular structure and function; molecular switches, imaging and biosensors, including single molecule studies; chemical biology of nucleic acids and epigenetic / epitranscriptomic regulation;
and glycobiology. We encourage applications from scholars who apply interdisciplinary perspectives across a variety of these domains.
Responsibilities : Candidates are expected to sustain an active, externally funded research program, to engage undergraduate and graduate students through effective teaching, and to participate in service to the university and the profession.
Candidates should be able to work effectively in a team environment. To advance scholarly innovation and excellence, we especially welcome candidates who will broadly increase the university’s diversity, equity, and inclusion through any of the following : their lived experience, research, teaching, and / or mentoring.
Basic Qualifications Qualifications : Applicants should possess a PhD in Chemical Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Engineering (or a related field) and be committed to excellence in scholarship and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Department Contact for Questions All queries about the position or the application procedures may be addressed to . Additional Qualifications Salary and Rank Special Instructions Application Procedures : Applicants should apply online and include a letter of application, CV, a research statement, and a teaching statement.
IUB faculty members are expected to interact with our diverse student and faculty community. As such, we are especially interested in applicants with a record of successful teaching and mentoring of students from diverse backgrounds;
applicants are encouraged to address this experience in their letter of application and define how this experience will enhance their research, mentoring, teaching, and / or service at IUB.
Applicants seeking appointment with tenure should apply at and be prepared to provide the names of six references. Review of applications will begin immediately and for best consideration, applications should be received by November 1, 2024 .
Before any conditional offer of employment with tenure is finalized, candidates will be asked to disclose any pending investigations or previous findings of sexual or professional misconduct.
They will also be required to authorize an inquiry by Indiana University Bloomington with all current and former employers along these lines.
The relevance of information disclosed or ascertained in the context of this process to a candidate’s eligibility for hire will be evaluated by Indiana University Bloomington on a case-by-case basis.
Applicants should be aware, however, that Indiana University Bloomington takes the matters of sexual and professional misconduct very seriously.
For Best Consideration Date 11 / 01 / 2024 Expected Start Date 08 / 01 / 2025 Posting / OAA # IU-100973-2024