Job Description

Position Description Summary:
The Department of Chemistry at the George Washington University invites applications for a full-time non-tenure accruing special service Teaching Assistant Professor beginning as soon as Fall 2027. The initial appointment will be for three years and may be renewed pending satisfactory performance.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
The successful candidate is expected (over the course of an academic year) to teach one lecture section of General Chemistry, one upper-level undergraduate analytical chemistry laboratory, hold weekly office hours, and teach either one lecture section of Medicinal Chemistry for non-science majors or one graduate level analytical course. The course load will be three courses each semester.
Minimum Qualifications:
Applicants must have a Ph.D. or Doctoral degree in Chemistry or a related field and 1-2 years of teaching experience, including general chemistry lecture and analytical chemistry laboratory instruction, by the date of appointment.
Advertised Salary: $75,000-$80,000
Other Benefits:
This position is eligible for full-time health benefits. For more information on GW’s health benefits, please visit: https://hr.gwu.edu/health-benefits.
Other Information:
GW Chemistry is located in the Science and Engineering Hall, our unique facility that houses bright and expansive lab spaces, a state-of-the-art imaging suite, and a Class 100 nanofabrication/cleanroom facility. The imaging instrumentation includes new SEM, TEM, FIB-SEM and Confocal Microscopes. In addition, two high-performance computing clusters are available to Chemistry faculty, and several laboratories within Chemistry and the School of Engineering and Applied Science have established, state-of-the art laser spectroscopy facilities available for collaborative use. Our department offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, and our dynamic faculty have collaborative programs on campus with the GW Medical Center, the Katzen Cancer Research Center, and the GW Institute for Neuroscience.

Our strategic and central location in Washington, DC facilitates engagement with prestigious research laboratories such as the National Institutes of Health, Naval Research Laboratory, Children’s National Medical Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Food and Drug Administration, the DC Center for AIDS Research and the Smithsonian Institution.
Special Instructions to Applicants:
Please complete an online faculty application and upload a cover letter, curriculum vita, and statement of teaching philosophy. The latter should include details of experience delivering lectures and laboratory instruction in analytical chemistry, and experience or demonstrated commitment to teaching and mentoring underrepresented students. Recommendations from at least three references should be sent by the references to [email protected].

Only complete applications will be considered. Review of applications will begin December 7, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. Employment offers are contingent on the satisfactory outcome of a standard background screening.

You are invited to call and discuss this opportunity at GW or forward our ad to someone who may be an appropriate candidate. You may reach the department by e-mail at [email protected] or by calling 202-994-6121.