Associate​/Full Professor of Genetics​/Genomics

Job no: 536865
Work type: Faculty - Tenure Track
Location: Eugene, OR
Categories: Biology/Life Sciences, Research/Scientific/Grants, Instruction

November 30, 2026

A complete application must include:

• A letter of interest that outlines your qualifications for the role and that highlights your track record in growing and strengthening community through collaborative efforts and coalition-building. Please include a Google Scholar link.
• CV outlining work history and professional qualifications relevant to this position.
• Statement of current and future research interests and plans.
• Statement describing experience with inclusive teaching and mentoring practices that promote students’ success.
• Names and contact information for three professional references.

The University of Oregon invites applications for a Philip H. Knight Chair in Biology, a tenured faculty position at the rank of Professor. The position will be based at the University of Oregon’s main campus in Eugene, Oregon, with a primary appointment in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Biology and opportunities for affiliation and leadership across the university’s research institutes, centers, and academic programs.

The Philip H. Knight Chair, which is among the highest honors bestowed by the university, recognizes exceptional scholarly achievement and provides support for the successful candidate’s continued leadership in research, education, and the development of a new genome science and biotechnology major at the University of Oregon.

We seek an internationally recognized scholar whose work addresses important questions in genome science and related fields. The scientific area is intentionally broad. Relevant areas may include, but are not limited to:

• computational genomics and bioinformatics;
• genome engineering and synthetic biology;
• evolutionary and population genomics;
• genome structure, function, and regulation;
• developmental and cellular genomics;
• ecological and environmental genomics;
• microbial and host-associated genomics;
• quantitative, complex-trait, or statistical genomics;
• single-cell, spatial, or multi-omic approaches;
• artificial intelligence and machine learning for genomic discovery; and
• development of new genomic methods, technologies, software, or community resources.

The successful candidate will have an outstanding record of influential scholarship, sustained extramural research support, and national and international leadership in their field. The candidate will be expected to maintain an ambitious and externally funded research program and to provide intellectual leadership that strengthens genomics across the University of Oregon, including helping the university fulfill its mission to engage in research and scholarship that contributes meaningfully to the public good.

We are particularly interested in candidates whose work creates connections across biological scales, organisms, methods, or disciplines. The successful candidate’s expertise should complement and advance research in the Department of Biology and contribute broadly to the university’s strengths in areas such as ecology and evolution, molecular and cellular biology, neuroscience, marine biology, data science, bioengineering, and the study of host-microbe systems.

The successful candidate will also demonstrate a strong commitment to the educational mission of a public research university. The candidate will contribute to undergraduate and graduate curricula in genomics and related areas; mentor undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars; and help shape emerging educational and research initiatives in genome science, biotechnology, and…