Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Recruitment Plan

I. RECRUITMENT PLAN


Posting Number:
F002660


Academic Title:
Assistant Professor of Chemistry


Rank:
Assistant Professor


Administrative Title:

Discipline
Physical Sciences


Specialty:
Inorganic Chemistry


Contract Type:
Tenure Track


Required Licenses/Certifications and other Specific Requirements:
Criminal History Screening, Education/Degree/Certifications Verification, Social Security Number Trace, and Sex Offender Registry Search


Proposed Start Date:
08/01/2027


Full-Time/Part-Time:
Full-Time


Position Description Summary:


The Department of Chemistry at the George Washington University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Chemistry beginning as early as Fall 2027. The search is open to all areas of inorganic chemistry broadly defined, with areas of interest to include materials, environmental science and application, synthesis, heavy metals, AI/machine learning, and radionuclides. The Department has teaching needs in our graduate and undergraduate programs, including emphasis on Environmental and Green Chemistry courses. Other existing strengths of the department include biomolecular chemistry, synthesis and characterization of small molecules and polymers, materials characterization, and theoretical/computational research that provides significant insight into experimentally relevant systems.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:


Successful candidates will be expected to develop a highly active, visible, and funded research program that advances the aspiration of GW to become a preeminent comprehensive global research university, as well as the vision of the Department to be globally recognized as the premier Chemistry Department for education, innovation, and cross-disciplinary research in the Nation's Capital.

Minimum Qualifications:


Applicants must have a Ph.D. or Doctoral degree in Chemistry or a related field by the date of appointment.

Advertised Salary:
$90,000-$96,000


Other Benefits:


This position is eligible for full-time health benefits. For more information on GW's health benefits, please visit: .

Other Information:


GW Chemistry is located in the Science and Engineering Hall, our unique facility that houses bright and expansive lab spaces, a state-of-the-art imaging suite, and a Class 100 nanofabrication/cleanroom facility. The imaging instrumentation includes SEM, TEM, FIB-SEM and Confocal Microscopes. In addition, two high-performance computing clusters are available to Chemistry faculty, and several laboratories within Chemistry and the School of Engineering and Applied Science have established, state-of-the art laser spectroscopy facilities available for collaborative use. Our department offers B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, and our dynamic faculty have collaborative programs on campus with the GW Medical Center, the Katzen Cancer Research Center, and the GW Institute for Neuroscience.

Our strategic and central location in Washington, DC facilitates engagement with prestigious research laboratories such as the National Institutes of Health, Naval Research Laboratory, Children's National Medical Center, National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Food and Drug Administration, the DC Center for AIDS Research and the Smithsonian Institution.

Special Instructions to Applicants:


Please complete an online faculty application at and upload a cover letter, curriculum vita, and statements of research interest and teaching philosophy. The latter should include details of experience or demonstrated commitment to teaching and mentoring underrepresented students. Recommendations from at least three references should be sent by the references to View email address on click.appcast.io .

Only complete applications will be considered. Review of applications will begin October 26, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. Employment offers are contingent on the satisfactory outcome of a standard background screening.

You are invited to call and discuss this opportunity at GW or forward our ad to someone who may be an appropriate candidate. You may reach the department by e-mail at View email address on click.appcast.io or by calling View phone number on click.appcast.io.

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Posting Close Date:

Open Until Filled:
Yes


Background Screening
Successful Completion of a Background Screening will be required as a condition of hire.


EEO Statement:


The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

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