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Posting Title: Assistant Professor

Position number: 37985

Type: UMFA, Tenure-Track or Tenured

Department: Chemistry

Faculty: Science

Posting start date: September 28, 2026

Posting close date: October 28, 2026

For more information please contact: Sabine Kuss (Department Head of Chemistry)

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Manitoba invites applications for a full-time probationary position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level (tenure track or tenured), commencing July 1, 2027, or on a date mutually agreed upon. Priority will be given to Assistant Professor applications. However, in exceptional circumstances, consideration may be given to candidates at the rank of Associate Professor. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Outstanding candidates in the areas of Analytical Chemistry and/or Physical Chemistry will be considered. Successful candidates will be expected to develop an internationally competitive research program to study fundamental or applied questions in Chemistry.

The Department is seeking scholars with a commitment to excellence in teaching and research, and a collegial approach to departmental affairs. Emphasis will be given to candidates who complement the department’s existing strengths or reinforce areas of growth. The successful candidate will hold a Ph.D. in Chemistry or a related field by the appointment date. Post-doctoral experience is preferred, and other distinguishing experience in academia and/or industry will be considered.

Duties will include undergraduate teaching, graduate teaching and supervision, research (including establishing and maintaining an externally funded research program), and service-related activities. The successful candidate will have a track record of high-quality scholarly research leading to peer-assessed publications.

At the Assistant Professor rank, candidates must demonstrate the potential to establish an independent, innovative, externally fundable research program, and have demonstrated potential for high-quality teaching contributions. At the Associate Professor rank, candidates must demonstrate an established, independent, innovative research program with a track record of external funding and have demonstrated strength in high-quality teaching contributions.

The Department currently has 21 full time tenured and tenure track faculty members and 10 Instructors, and offers Honours, Major and Cooperative undergraduate programs in Chemistry and Biochemistry, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in all of the major sub-disciplines of Chemistry including Analytical, Biochemistry, Inorganic, Organic, Materials, Physical, and Computational/Theoretical Chemistry. The current three-year average teaching load for research faculty is 2 undergraduate courses per year. The Department has a well-established and equipped research facility, including the Manitoba Chemical Analysis Lab (https://umanitoba.ca/science/chemistry/manitoba-chemical-analysis-lab), a Cryo- Transmission Electron Microscope, X-ray diffractometers for proteins, small molecules and other materials, 4 Liquid and solid-state NMR Spectrometers, an Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometer, a Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometer, a mIRage-LS multimodal Infrared Raman and Fluorescence microscope, and a Scanning Electrochemical Microscope among others, and is supported by strong research links with other departments within the Faculty of Science, including Microbiology, Physics and Astronomy, Biological Sciences, as well as those within the Faculties of Agricultural and Food Science, Engineering, and Medicine. All department members in Chemistry have access to instrumentation at the Manitoba Institute for Materials (https://umanitoba.ca/manitoba-institute-for-materials/). Further information about the Department can be obtained from https://umanitoba.ca/science/chemistry.

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Interested applicants should submit a package to the Chair of the Search committee that includes a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a 2-page statement on teaching, including teaching philosophy, a 2- to 3-page statement on research, including summary of expertise and research plan, a 1-page statement on your approach to addressing issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion, and contact information for three references. Any career interruptions can be addressed in the curriculum vitae.

Applicants must submit their application for consideration through the University of Manitoba Careers Portal. Review of applications will begin on October 29, 2026, and will remain open until the position is filled. For questions, please reach out to Dr. Sabine Kuss, Chair of the Search Committee, at chem.head@umanitoba.ca.