Job Description

Position Summary
This is a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track undergraduate faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong interests and ability to develop and teach courses in Physical Chemistry and other classes dependent on expertise and department needs such as polymer or materials chemistry. Opportunities exist for optional summer employment through teaching, research grants, internship supervision and other funding sources. Anticipated appointment date: August 25, 2025.

The department has 7 full-time chemistry faculty and offers American Chemical Society approved programs in Chemistry and Biochemistry along with programs in Chemistry Education and Biotechnology. The standard teaching load is 12 credit hours per semester. The department’s instrumentation includes a dedicated chromatography laboratory, a SEM, UV-Vis spectrometers, a glovebox, a 400 MHz multinuclear NMR, a dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA), an atomic absorption spectrometer, a FT-IR, a microwave reactor, a GC-MS, a ball mill, and a joint optics laboratory with the Physics Department, all of which will be housed in the new Science and Technology Innovation Center (SciTech) opening in January 2026. Additional information about the department can be found at http://www.uwrf.edu/CHEM/.
Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be expected to:
Effectively teach physical chemistry and other courses as department need and/or applicant expertise dictates.
Develop an active research program in physical and/or polymer/materials chemistry involving undergraduate students.
Serve as academic advisor to undergraduate students.
Contribute to the department, college, university, and/or wider community through service roles.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Required Qualifications:
Ph.D. in Physical or Polymer/Materials Chemistry or a related field at the start of the appointment.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience teaching undergraduate students.
Demonstrated potential for research involving undergraduate students.
Instrumentation skills appropriate to support an undergraduate physical and/or polymer/materials chemistry curriculum.
Interest in interdisciplinary collaboration with UWRF and/or external partners in industry, higher education, or the community.
Ability to effectively communicate with diverse audiences and commitment to working with individuals from diverse backgrounds.