Assistant Professor - Molecular and Cellular Biologist

Title: Assistant Professor – Molecular and Cellular Biologist

Position Number: 0082921

Hiring Unit: College of Natural Sciences - School of Life Sciences

Location: Manoa

Date Posted: 10/15/2025

Closing Date: Continuous; applications review begins Nov 15, 2025. Applications received by Nov 15, 2025 will be given priority.

Salary Information: Commensurate with qualifications and experience

Monthly Type: 9 Month

Tenure Track: Tenure

Full/Part Time: Full time

Temp/Perm: Permanent

Funding: General Funds

The School of Life Sciences (SoLS, (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).), College of Natural Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor (F-3). We seek an individual who can contribute disciplinary expertise in Molecular and Cellular Biology and/or Immunology, demonstrating an outstanding record of research productivity related to these areas. We welcome early-career applicants who are willing to leverage the unique research and educational environments in Hawai‘i.

This is a permanent, tenure-track, full-time, 9-month faculty appointment to begin August 1, 2026, subject to position clearance, availability of funds and satisfactory performance.

The successful candidate is expected to develop an independent, extramurally-funded research program to be based at SoLS laboratory facilities on the UH Manoa campus. There will be access to advanced research cores (microscopy, microbiome, sequencing, and histology) within the same building and/or walkable distances. The faculty is expected to develop or update undergraduate course(s) in areas of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and/or Immunology, which are central components of the Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) undergraduate program.

The MCB program was recently certified and serves the career needs of UH students. The faculty is also expected to be actively involved in supporting combined bachelor's and master's degree programs (BAMs), collaboratively working between SoLS, John

A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), and UH Cancer Center. The faculty will also be expected to contribute to teaching and mentoring graduate students, as well as serving on thesis committees in one of the SoLS graduate programs:
Zoology, Microbiology, Botany, or Marine Biology.

• Develop and/or update and teach undergraduate course(s) in areas of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and/or Immunology
• Become an active member of the graduate program in Zoology, Microbiology, Botany, and/or Marine Biology
• Develop and/or update a graduate course in their specialties to support Zoology, Microbiology, and/or Marine Biology graduate programs
• Develop and sustain an innovative, externally-funded research program
• Mentor and advise undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Life Sciences
• Serve on departmental, college, and university committees as appropriate
• Contribute to service to the professional and local/regional community that is relevant to the individual’s academic specialty
• Active involvement in supporting the development of combined bachelor's and master's degree programs (BAMs), collaboratively working between SoLS, JABSOM, and UH Cancer Center
• Commitment to supporting the mission of the School of Life Sciences ().

• Earned Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree from a college or university of recognized standing in a field relevant to the position by time of hire.
• Professionalism in meeting and conferring with others.
• University-level or equivalent teaching experience or mentoring experience
• Postdoctoral research experience
• Research excellence and creativity in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Immunology, or a related field as demonstrated by publications in peer-reviewed journals.

• Demonstrated experience in seeking or obtaining extramural funding.
• Demonstrated experience and excellence in instruction of undergraduate and graduate courses in the life sciences, with an emphasis on cellular and molecular biology or immunology
• Experience working with students from varied backgrounds
• Vision of research that…