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How to apply:
Submit the following materials at the application link. Review of applications begins on March 1, 2024.
- CV
- Cover letter
- Research statement – discuss research interests and accomplishments (1-2 pages)
- Teaching statement – discuss teaching background, accomplishments, and plans (1-2 pages)
- Diversity statement – discuss diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and/or justice as it relates to you and your work (1-2 pages)
Job Description Summary
The Department of Biology at Barnard College seeks a full-time Term Assistant Professor to teach undergraduate courses in computational biology. Applicants should electronically submit a cover letter, CV, research, teaching, and diversity statements and contact information for three references.
Essential Duties Summary
Teach undergraduate courses emphasizing computational biology as a field and computational skills for biology majors. Teaching duties include existing or new upper level lecture, seminar and computational laboratory courses, and possibly prerequisite courses at the introductory level. The teaching load is five courses per year. This is a one-year position, renewable up to two years, beginning Summer 2024 for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Required Qualification Summary
Applicants must be active scientists with strong skills and background in biology who can teach computational biology courses. Applicants should have a Ph.D. relevant to the position.
Preferred Qualification Summary
We seek broadly trained biologists who use the research tools and expertise of computational biology and data science to study one or more biological systems. Desirable to have prior experience and demonstrated commitment in undergraduate teaching. Engagement is strongly encouraged in teaching innovation or outreach.
Salary (for FY25): $82,000
Upcoming Employment Opportunities
- The biology department intends to hire graduate teaching assistants for BIOL BC1500 Intro to Organismal / Evolutionary Biology for Fall 2024. Undergraduate degree required. Teaching assistants work part time, with an anticipated stipend of $4,000 per semester.
- The biology department intends to hire graders for Genetics and Microbiology for Fall 2024. Undergraduate degree required. Graders work part time, with an anticipated stipend of $2,500 per semester.
- The biology department looks for adjunct professors based on semesterly instructional needs. The pay rate for adjunct professors in the 2023-2024 academic year is $12,000 per course for courses with at least three academic credits and $7,920 per course for each course under three academic credits. We may search for adjuncts to teach plant physiology and applied ecology and evolution during the 2024-2025 academic year.
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Date this page was last updated: 2/9/2023