Assistant Professor, Analytical Chemistry

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BACKGROUND

Trinity University (http://www.trinity.edu) is a secular, independent, selective, primarily undergraduate private institution founded in 1869. The university and department are committed to inclusive practices throughout our teaching and research activities, supporting experiential learning, and strengthening interdisciplinarity. We are located in the heart of San Antonio, a large, vibrant and diverse city where our students learn from and participate in a multicultural urban environment. Additional information can be found on the Resource Guide to Trinity & San Antonio.

The Department of Chemistry serves a wide range of chemistry-related majors, other STEM majors and pre-health professional students. We are committed to a teacher-scholar model with high quality education and active research programs with undergraduate students. Further information about our department is available at https://www.trinity.edu/academics/departments/chemistry. The

Department of Chemistry is part of the D. R. Semmes School of Science that was recently endowed with a gift of $26 million to support students and faculty.

Both the Department of Chemistry and the University as a whole value and safeguard academic freedom for faculty members in their teaching and scholarship. Trinity is guided by a set of core values and is committed to implementing practices in pursuit of an inclusive campus for all students, faculty, and staff to feel welcomed and engaged in a community of learning.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

* Teaching: Successful candidates will be expected to effectively teach 5 lecture and/or laboratory courses per year. These courses include disciplinary upper- and lower-division courses, primarily in the subdiscipline of analytical chemistry and general chemistry, and other courses related to broader University initiatives.

* Research: Successful candidates will be expected to develop a sustainable research program involving undergraduate students in any field of chemistry. Both experimental and theoretical research programs will be considered. Interdisciplinary research is welcome.

* Service: Successful candidates will be expected to advise departmental majors, and engage in department, University and professional service activities.

APPOINTMENT DETAILS

This position will be a 9-month appointment (9 or 12 month disbursement) starting August 2025, with a standard pre-tenure probationary period.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION

Required: Ph.D. in Chemistry (or related field)

EXPERIENCE

Required: Postdoctoral research experience (or equivalent experience)

HOW TO APPLY

For internal applicants, please apply through Workday using the 'Jobs Hub' application, see instructions provided here.

For external applicants, when starting the application, select "Apply Manually." Only complete fields with a red asterisk, which are required. Please create your Workday application account using a personal email address, as you will need to maintain access to this account throughout the pre-hire process, if selected.

For all applicants, you do not need to complete the "(Work) Experience," "Education," "Certifications," or "Languages" fields - these details will be provided in your curriculum vitae.

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Initially, the search committee will review anonymized research, teaching and diversity statements. "Anonymized" materials, which remove any reference to candidate or advisor names, institution names, and journal names, increases inclusivity and facilitates evaluation on the basis of merit. For all anonymized statements, please do not include any names of researchers who performed the work, institutions where the work was performed, organizations that funded the work, or journals in which the work was published. An example of an anonymized statement is provided below. In addition to the anonymized statements, we also ask for a CV (including names of three references) and unofficial transcripts for use in our second round of review.

[File 1] Anonymized materials as a combined pdf, composed of the following:

Teaching Philosophy Statement (1 - 2 pages): Describe your motivation, experience, and approaches to teaching at a primarily undergraduate institution like Trinity University. The incorporation of examples from your prior teaching experiences and examples specific to how you would approach teaching analytical chemistry is highly encouraged.

Anonymized Statement of Future Research Plans (3 - 5 pages; figures encouraged): Describe your goals and vision for a sustainable research program with undergraduates. Please include at least one example of a summer undergraduate research project.

Anonymized Statement of Past Research Accomplishments (1 - 2 pages): Describe your scientific accomplishments to date. Please include a list of published, accepted, and submitted articles with only the article titles, number of authors, your place in the author list (e.g., 3rd of 7 authors), and your contributions to the study.

Anonymized Statement of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (1 - 2 pages): Please address the following questions in your statement: In what ways are diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging important to your future work as a faculty member? How do you feel you can contribute to DEIB in your future work as a faculty member? Feel free to use examples from your own trajectory in your answer.

[File 2] Non-anonymized materials as a combined pdf, composed of the following:

Curriculum Vitae (non-anonymized), including the names of three references.

Unofficial transcripts for undergraduate and graduate schools.

Example of Anonymized Statement:
"As a postdoc I designed a new [assay, instrument or analytical technique] to [do something of high impact]. I used this to discover [important finding]. Reference: Applicant et al. (nth author of m) "Article title", 2023. This statement omits any reference to the specific named fellowships, research advisors, university, applicant name, co-author name or journal titles.

Please arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to: chemistrysearch@trinity.edu.

Review of application will begin on October 1st, 2024 and continue until the position is filled.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Chemistry Search Committee - chemistrysearch@trinity.edu

Please ensure that all required documents are uploaded prior to submitting an application. If you have revisions needed to an application already submitted or need help submitting an application, please contact Human Resources at 210-999-7507 or email humanresources@trinity.edu.