SMB Assistant/Associate Professor

Available Title(s):

270-NNFACULTY - Assistant Professor, 280-NNFACULTY - Associate Professor

Business Title:

SMB Assistant/Associate Professor

Employee Type:

Faculty

Time Type:

Full time

Position Term:

12 Month

Position Details:

Summary of Duties:

The position is defined as approximately 65% research, 25% formal teaching in undergraduate and graduate courses, and 10% service with final effort distribution determined at time of offer based on candidate qualifications and interest. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and/or maintain a productive, extramurally funded research program that complements existing research activities in the School of Molecular Biosciences. We seek excellent scientists who will investigate molecular and cellular mechanisms of life using innovative cellular and animal models and state of the art technologies paired with genomic, genetic, biochemical, metabolic, and/or physiological approaches. The successful candidate will be actively involved in the school's undergraduate and graduate education programs and academic service activities.

Required Qualifications:

• Earned Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences: biology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, biology education research, or closely related field.

• At Assistant Professor level a minimum of two years of productive post-doctoral research experience. At the Associate Professor level, demonstration of a successful research program supported by extramural funding is required.

• Demonstrated ability to conduct hypothesis-based research and publish high quality papers in top-tier journals.

• Experience teaching undergraduate courses in the molecular life sciences.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Demonstrated commitment to inclusion and diversity within research, teaching, and/or service.

• Ability and desire to work collaboratively and work independently.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Research focus must be compatible with or complimentary to current research areas within the School of Molecular Biosciences.

University:

Washington State University is among the 95 research universities nationwide with a Carnegie classification of "very high research activity." With the main campus in Pullman, Wash., WSU is a land-grant institution with several co-located campuses and an enrollment of nearly 30,000 students. The University is one of the largest residential universities in the Northwest and Pullman offers a safe, friendly, small-town living environment. WSU has 105 undergraduate programs and more than 70 Masters and 46 Doctoral programs offered through ten colleges and the Graduate School. Washington State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educator. Members of ethnic minorities, women, Vietnam-era or disabled veterans, persons of disability, and/or persons the age of 40 and over are encouraged to apply. WSU is committed to excellence through diversity and has faculty-friendly policies.

Area:

Washington State University's Pullman campus is situated in the rich agricultural area known as the Palouse, in eastern Washington. Pullman has a strong school system and a reputation as an excellent, safe environment to raise a family. Pullman is only eight miles from the University of Idaho at Moscow, approximately 1.5 hours sout