Lecturer - Neuroscience Department

Position Overview
Position title: Lecturer
Salary range: UC academic salary scales determine minimum pay by rank/step. Rough estimate: $70,977 - $120,835.
Percent time: 10%-100% (part‑time to full‑time).
Anticipated start: AY 7/1/2025;
Fall 8/1/2025;
Spring 1/1/2026;
Summer May‑Aug.
Review timeline: Applicants considered as needs arise; pool does not guarantee availability.
Position duration: Semester, AY, and Summer (6‑10 weeks).
Application Window
Open date: June 2, 2025
Final date: Monday, Jun 1, 2026
Position Description The Department of Neuroscience (NEU) at UC Berkeley invites applications for a pool of non‑tenure track Lecturer positions to teach NEU courses as needed. Typically lecturers hire to teach or co‑teach a single course in a semester or summer session; occasionally a lecturer may teach multiple courses in the same semester.

Teaching Responsibilities
Lecturer duties: Small, medium, and large lectures, seminars, and laboratories in the subject areas listed below.

• Broad survey courses in neuroscience
• Molecular, cellular, and developmental neuroscience
• Circuit, systems, and behavioral neuroscience
• Cognitive neuroscience
• Computational neuroscience
• Neurotechnology
• Laboratory courses in the above areas
• Scientific communication and writing

General Duties In addition to teaching responsibilities, general duties include holding office hours, assigning grades, advising students, preparing course materials (e.g., syllabus), maintaining a course website, and using a learning management system (e.g., bCourses at UC Berkeley, Canvas).Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Masters degree (or equivalent international degree) for laboratory and lecturer courses.
Additional qualifications (required at time of hire)
Ph.D. or M.D. (or equivalent international degree) required to teach a lecture course by the time of hire.
Preferred qualifications
Documented experience teaching at the college level in a biological or life science.
Completion of all Ph.D. requirements except dissertation in a biological field or life sciences.

Application Requirements
Document requirements

• Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter (Optional)
• Statement of Teaching (Optional)

Reference requirements

• 3 required (contact information only)

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Equal Opportunity

UC Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.
For more information, please refer to the University of California’s Anti‑Discrimination Policy and the University of California’s affirmative action policies. All reference letters will be treated as confidential per University policy.

Job Location Berkeley, CA
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