Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Chemistry

Position Rank and Title

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Chemistry

College of Science/Chemistry

Commensurate with qualifications, experience, and rank as established by the CSU Salary Schedule . Anticipated hiring academic year annual salary range: $106k-$109k

Faculty employee benefits are very competitive for the higher education sector. See the CSU Employee Benefits Summary for details about the CSU’s excellent benefits package.

August, 2027

October 2, 2026 (Applications accepted until filled or closed)

The Department of Chemistry at San José State University is pleased to announce a search for a tenure track assistant professor position in chemistry beginning in August 2027. Excellence in research and teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level is expected. The candidate will be teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Analytical and/or Physical chemistry. Flexibility to teach in more than one sub-discipline of chemistry is desirable.

The candidate must be able to adapt their teaching methods to a variety of learning environments. The successful candidate will develop a robust research program engaging undergraduate and graduate (M.S.) students. The Department of Chemistry at San José State University strives to provide broad access to the highest quality education in chemistry at the bachelor’s and master’s degree levels. To achieve this ambitious goal, we have crafted a curriculum affording our diverse students access to expert instructors in each of the sub-fields of chemistry via classroom courses, hands-on laboratory courses, and research laboratories.

A rarity among PUIs, we also house the SJSU Nuclear Science Facility, a specialized teaching and research laboratory for nuclear & radiochemistry equipped with comprehensive nuclear counting instrumentation. The Department of Chemistry and San José State University value institutional excellence and are committed to advancing equity through research, teaching, and service. We enroll more than 40,000 students, many of whom are historically underserved;

approximately 45% of our undergraduate students are first-generation college students and 38% are Pell Grant recipients. In addition, we are both a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI). SJSU aspires to create holistic learning environments that facilitate both individual and collective transformation. We seek teacher-scholars who cultivate inclusive, empowering spaces for mutual learning, skill-building, and knowledge exchange for all students.

Our commitment to lifelong learning supports meaningful connections among faculty, staff, students, alumni, and the broader communities we serve.

We invite all applicants to include a Statement of Institutional Excellence (or incorporate it into your cover letter) to share how your lived and professional experiences will contribute to the SJSU community—particularly in relation to student success. A guide to writing this statement can be found at SJSU Institutional Excellence Statement Guidelines.

• Ph.D. in Chemistry or equivalent doctoral degree.
• Research experience in one of the subdisciplines of chemistry
• Applicants should demonstrate an awareness of and sensitivity to the educational goals of a socially and economically diverse student population as might have been gained in cross-cultural study, training, teaching, and other comparable experience.

Priority will be given to candidates who possess one or more of the following:

• Experience teaching in one of the subdisciplines of chemistry with…