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Hope College Chemistry - Open Rank Analytical or Physical Chemistry in Holland, Michigan
Position Title Chemistry - Open Rank Analytical or Physical Chemistry
Classification Title Faculty Full Time (.75-1.0 FTE)
Benefits Eligibility
Benefits Eligibility
Department Chemistry
Job Description Tenure-Track Chemistry Position
The Hope College Chemistry Department invites applications for a tenure-track position to begin in Fall 2025. We anticipate filling at the Assistant Professor level, but candidates at all ranks are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be able to teach lectures and labs in either the Analytical or Physical Chemistry programs as well as the General Chemistry program. Candidates must have a Ph.D. in chemistry or a related field; postdoctoral experience is strongly preferred. The development of a strong, externally-funded, experimental physical, analytical, materials, or multidisciplinary chemistry research program involving undergraduates is expected. Start-up funds will be provided. Please submit application materials to Dr. Brent P. Krueger, Search Committee Chair via www.hope.edu/employment/faculty. A review of all completed applications will begin September 21.
About the Department of Chemistry The Department of Chemistry has long been one of the nation's premier undergraduate chemistry programs and is a national leader in undergraduate research. The department of 16 faculty graduates 40 majors per year with BA and BS degrees in chemistry, biochemistry & molecular biology, and neuroscience (accredited by the ACS and ASBMB). The hallmark of our program is undergraduate education through excellent classroom teaching with appropriate modern pedagogies integrated with authentic faculty scholarship with undergraduate student collaborators. Student-faculty collaborative research involves approximately 100 students per year, including 60 who perform research in the department each summer. Since 2014, members of the department have obtained external funding of $1.68M per year, and have published 94 papers, 67 of which incorporate 235 undergraduate student coauthors. Hope students regularly receive national accolades such as NSF-GRFP, Goldwater, and Fulbright fellowships. Based on NSF data, 259 Hope graduates have received PhDs in chemistry since 1966, which ranks Hope in the top 1% of all 533 US liberal arts and undergraduate institutions. The Department has a broad range of modern instrumentation for research and teaching, as well as endowed funds for instrument maintenance and repair, faculty and student summer support, and a well-funded competitive internal grants program.
About the College and Community Hope College is a strong co-educational, undergraduate, residential, Christian liberal arts college with over 3200 students; is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association; and is accredited broadly in programs from Chemistry and Engineering to Theater and Dance (including by ACS, ASBMB, NCA, NASAD, NASD, NASM, NAST, CCNE, CSWE, EAC of ABET, TEAC, and CAATE). Hope's beautiful and well-maintained campus is located just minutes from award-winning downtown Holland, Michigan, located near Lake Michigan. Holland's population of 35,000 has significant Latinx, African American, and Asian populations in a rapidly growing area of over 100,000. Hope is located 30 minutes from Grand Rapids; less than 90 minutes from South Bend and Lansing; and approximately 2.5 hours from Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Chicago. Hope College is affiliated with the Reformed Church of America since its founding in 1866, and is known for its ecumenical Christian atmosphere. Hope is recognized as a national leader