The Department of Genetics and Biochemistry at Clemson University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the ASSISTANT PROFESSOR level, with an expected start date of August 2025. For full consideration, applications should be received by November 1, 2024. Clemson University offers competitive salaries, benefits, attractive start-up funds and state-of-the-art laboratory spaces.
We seek a candidate with expertise in mechanisms of biological resilience and/or adaptations to environmental stress. The successful candidate will demonstrate productivity, scientific excellence, and a commitment to enhancing the breadth, depth, and diversity of research programs in the Department of Genetics and Biochemistry. Applicants using any organismal system including plants will be considered. The Department is committed to inclusive excellence within the sciences and encourages all interested candidates to apply.
About the Department and the University: The Department of Genetics and Biochemistry boasts a talented group of faculty members who are recognized both nationally and internationally as respected leaders in their fields. Genetics and biochemistry are keys to understanding the natural world. In the department, students and faculty partner together using all types of organisms, from microbes to plants and humans, to solve complex challenges in diverse research topics, including environmental resilience, population and quantitative genetics, DNA repair, and the structural biology of fundamental macromolecules. Two NIH Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) are framed around our department, for study of human genetics (https://scienceweb.clemson.edu/chg/) and eukaryotic pathogens (https://www.clemson.edu/centers-institutes/epic/). For more information about the department, please visit the website https://www.clemson.edu/science/academics/departments/genbio/index.html.
Clemson University is located on Lake Hartwell in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. As a Carnegie R1 Institution, Clemson has excellent research facilities, including the Life Sciences Building and the Biosystems Research Complex with exceptional greenhouses. Additional resources include the globally ranked Palmetto high performance computing cluster, the Clemson University Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility, a multi-user analytical laboratory and state-of-the art light microscopy, electron microscopy, and vivarium. There are many opportunities for collaboration across a wide group of partners on and off campus. For more information about Clemson, please visit the website http://www.clemson.edu/.
Qualifications: Applicants must have a Ph.D. in genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology, or a related discipline with a minimum of two years of postdoctoral training. The successful candidate is expected to develop an extramurally funded research program, participate in graduate student training programs and contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching.
A cover letter that includes a description of research interests and experience (up to 2 pages).
A CV including at least three references for potential contact after initial review.
A statement of research interests and future research plans (up to 2 pages).
A one-page statement describing teaching philosophy.
Up to three reprints in one PDF.
For full consideration, applications should be received by November 1, 2024. The position will remain open until filled. For inquiries about the position, please contact Dr. Hong Luo (hluo@clemson.edu), chair of the search committee.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Clemson University is an AA/EEO employer and does not discriminate against any person or group on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, pregnancy, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or genetic information.
Clemson University is located on Lake Hartwell in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains (http://www.clemson.edu/). As a Carnegie R1 Institution, Clemson has excellent research facilities, including the Life Sciences Building and the Biosystems Research Complex with exceptional greenhouses. Additional resources include the globally ranked Palmetto high performance computing cluster, the Clemson University Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility, a multi-user analytical laboratory and state-of-the art light microscopy, electron microscopy, and vivarium. There are many opportunities for collaboration across a wide group of partners on and off campus. The Department of Genetics and Biochemistry (https://www.clemson.edu/science/academics/departments/genbio/index.html) boasts a talented group of faculty members who are recognized both nationally and internationally as respected leaders in their fields.
