Assistant Professor BioChemistry (Tenure Track)Ursinus College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in biochemistry starting fall 2010. Applicants must have a Ph.D. and demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching in a liberal arts setting. Teaching responsibilities include biochemistry and other chemistry courses appropriate to the candidate’s expertise, as well as an interdisciplinary freshman seminar. The successful candidate will be expected to establish a research program in biochemistry that also engages undergraduate students and to supervise students’ honors research.
Send letter of application, résumé, undergraduate and graduate transcripts, statements of teaching philosophy and research interests, and three confidential letters of recommendation to Dr. Ronald E. Hess, Chair, Department of Chemistry, Ursinus College, P.O. Box 1000, Collegeville, PA 19426-1000. Full consideration will be given to applications received by September 21, 2009, but review of applications will continue until position is filled. Ursinus College is a highly selective, independent, co-educational, residential liberal arts college of approximately 1700 students located about 25 miles northwest of center city Philadelphia. Ursinus is an EEO/AA employer. In keeping with the College’s historic commitment to equality, men and women, and members of all racial and ethnic groups are encouraged to apply.
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