Physical Sciences HSI Cluster Assistant Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry
Company: University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: May 24, 2025
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Job Description:
Position overview
Position title:
Assistant Professor
Salary range:
$78,200-$101,400
Review timeline:
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Search Committee will
begin initial review of materials and applications on January 3,
2025 and continue until the position is filled.
Application Window
Open date: December 4, 2024
Most recent review date: Wednesday, Jan 8, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the
search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Monday, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry is searching for
a tenure track Assistant Professor with outstanding potential as a
research scientist, science educator, and mentor to students from
groups that are under-represented in the physical sciences. This
search is part of a cluster hire with faculty positions in the
departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mathematics, and Physics
and Astronomy who will support UCLA's goals of achieve federal
designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution as early as 2025. In
preparation for this designation, the Office of the Chancellor and
the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost have sponsored this
search in order to recruit exceptional scholars whose teaching,
scholarship and/or mentoring has strong ties to Latinx experiences
in the United States. This search is conducted as a partnership
between the Chicano Studies Research Center and the Division of
Physical Sciences. Faculty hired through this search are expected
to have a demonstrated commitment to and future plan for mentoring
and encouraging the success of U.S.-based Latinx and
first-generation scholars and to maintain an active affiliation
with the Chicano Studies Research Center. Since the Latina
population is particularly under-represented in physical sciences
nationwide, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the
Division of Physical Sciences are especially interested in
candidates with potential to serve as outstanding mentors to Latina
students.
All applications must be uploaded and submitted through UCLA
Academic Recruit at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10039.
Candidates should provide a cover letter, the names of three
references who can be contacted for letters (reference letters will
only be requested of selected candidates) a curriculum vitae, a
research statement including future research directions, a teaching
statement that includes teaching interests as well as experience
employing pedagogies that promote active learning and inclusive
teaching practices, and a statement of contributions to equity,
diversity, and inclusion that includes previous and planned efforts
that advance EDI through formal and/or informal mentoring
especially of Latina students.
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and based on University
of California pay scales. The posted UC salary scales set the
minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See
Table 1: Faculty - Ladder Ranks. The salary range for this position
is $78,200-$101,400. "Off-scale salaries" and other components of
pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide
salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary
to meet competitive conditions. See campus compensation page for
additional information.
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Search Committee will
begin initial review of materials and applications on January 3,
2025 and continue until the position is filled.
Candidates in any area of Chemistry or Biochemistry, broadly
defined, will be considered. A necessary qualification is a Ph.D.
degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry or a relevant discipline in hand
at time of appointment. Ph.D. candidates can also apply, but the
degree is required at the time of appointment; post-doctoral
research experience is strongly encouraged. The successful
candidate will be expected to develop an externally funded research
program, and teach and mentor at both the undergraduate and
graduate levels employing inclusive pedagogical approaches. UCLA
and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry are committed to
the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities,
and to the development of a campus climate that supports diversity,
equity, and inclusion.
Located in an urban setting, UCLA is California's largest
university with a diverse student body of 38,000 undergraduate and
graduate students. Of those students, > 27% come from
underrepresented minority groups, and 31% are first-generation
college students. UCLA is home to a number of NIH, NSF, and HHMI
funded training programs focused on increasing success for students
underrepresented in science. The Chemistry and Biochemistry
Department at UCLA has over 80 faculty and is a vibrant department
with a strong commitment to advancing diversity in STEM. The
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry also features large and
diverse graduate and undergraduate programs. The department has
strong connections to the California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI)
and the Molecular Biology Institute (MBI), as well as many other
research centers on campus.
We strongly encourage applications from individuals from
underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and other individuals
who are underrepresented in the field, across color, creed, race,
ethnic and national origin, physical ability, gender and sexual
identity, or any other legally protected basis. UCLA offers a
diverse campus community and is a leader in advancing strategies to
diversify its faculty. This includes recent initiatives such as
Rising to the Challenge, Hispanic-Serving Institution initiative,
and Native American/Pacific Islander Bruins Rising. UCLA has
programs to assist in partner employment, childcare, schooling, and
other family concerns. For additional information, visit the UCLA
Academic Personnel Office website
(https://apo.ucla.edu/faculty-career-development/work-life-balance)
or the UC Office of the President's website
https://www.ucop.edu/faculty-diversity/resources/faculty-diversity-policies/index.html
and
https://www.ucop.edu/faculty-diversity/resources/family-friendly-practices-and-policies/index.html.
The Department is committed to addressing the family needs of
employees, including dual career couples and single parents. We
also welcome applications from candidates who have followed
non-traditional career paths.
The University of California is committed to creating and
maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application,
and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through
academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in
University programs and activities can work and learn together in a
safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying
and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or
intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to
addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted
employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or
other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of
appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted
employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists'
current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have
been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the
University's Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process,
UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions
to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled "Authorization to
Release Information" into RECRUIT as part of their application. If
the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release
information with the application materials, the application will be
considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the
application will not receive further consideration. Although all
applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire
application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or
other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered
for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted
employment reference checks.
Department: http://chemistry.ucla.edu
Qualifications
Basic qualifications
A Ph.D. degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry or a relevant discipline
in hand at time of appointment.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10039
Help contact: monicadz@chem.ucla.edu
About UCLA
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all
applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected
veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal
law.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to
disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or
judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that
they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for
misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged
misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
UC Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students and Third
Parties
Job location
Los Angeles, CA
Keywords: University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA), Rosemead , Physical Sciences HSI Cluster Assistant Professor in Chemistry & Biochemistry, Education / Teaching , Los Angeles, California
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