Assistant Professor in Biochemistry​/Biophysics

Job Title

Assistant Professor in Biochemistry/Biophysics

Molecular Biosciences

University of Kansas Lawrence Campus

About the University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is the state’s flagship university, an R-1institution and one of just 71 invited members of the prestigious

Association of American Universities. Our university consistently earns high rankings for academics and recognition as a premier research university (engaging in $611 million of research in fiscal year 2025). KU has 25 programs ranked in the U.S. News & World Report top
25 among public universities, including #1 rankings for graduate programs in paleontology and special education. KU has 65 ranked graduate programs and is ranked 31st in best value among public institutions in 2026. KU offers more than 8,000 courses, 460 degreeand certificate programs, and more than 200 fields of study. The University values global engagement with more than 150 programs of international study and cooperative research and offers more than
200 study abroad programs. As of Fall 2025, student enrollment forthe Lawrence-Edwards campus was 27,212 representing all 50 statesand 115 countries.

At KU we make it our mission to educate leaders, build healthy communities, and make discoveries that change the world. We aspireto be an exceptional learning community that lifts each other and advances society. KU’s strategic plan Jayhawks Rising is focused on objectives to accomplish this vision through three mission-based priorities of student success, healthy and vibrant communities,research, and discovery.

KU’s research residential campus is in the center of a vibrant and culturally-rich community — a quintessential college town.

Visitors, students and new employees from outside the area enjoy discovering the many wonders of Lawrence, including a thriving downtown, diverse local and regional events, area lakes, vibrant arts and music scenes, and an indelible history. Home to nearly
95,000 people, Lawrence is located 45 minutes west of Kansas Cityand 30 minutes east of Topeka, the state capital. Along with themusic, arts, culture and sports experiences offered at KU and in Lawrence, the short drive to Kansas City provides quick access to historic jazz clubs, museums, world-class music and theatre venues,and professional sports teams.

The College emphasizes interdisciplinary, experiential learning andglobal awareness, houses a vibrant university wide Honors Program that highlights undergraduate research and service activities, andhas created strong affiliations with outstanding cross-disciplinary research centers. Faculty and academic staff have emphasized the importance of continuing and expanding on relationships with centers and entities including the Biodiversity Institute, Kansas Biological Survey, Kansas Geological Survey, the Hall Center for the Humanities, the Life Span Institute, the Institute for Policy and Social Research, the Spencer Museum of Art and the Natural History Museum.

These relationships have brought a broad range of disciplines together to pursue and conduct sponsored research and education at the international, national, state, regional and local levels, and have created employment structures in which faculty and academic staff share appointments to emphasize collaboration.

College faculty and research staff are welcomed as members in all KU’sdesignated research centers and institutes . The College ishome to internationally recognized scholars and scientists who brought in $44M in research funding in FY 2021, nearly 30% of thetotal funded research at KU Lawrence.

• Substantial and sufficient efforts to obtain external research funding,
• Publishing in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and
• Pres…