Assistant Professor of Biology, Dept. of Biology

Cookeville, TN

Posted 3/6/2025

Essential Functions

Assistant Professor of Biology, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville. Tennessee. Full-time, 9-month, tenure-track appointment to begin August 2025. We seek an individual doing research related to human health, broadly defined, and who can teach undergraduate and graduate courses that contribute to our programs in Health Sciences Biology and Cellular and Molecular Biology. The specific research program is open, but must align with existing departmental infrastructure, which supports work with non-mammalian models, cell cultures, microbial systems, molecular tools, and/or computational methods using existing datasets.

Other essential functions include developing and sustaining an active and externally funded research program involving undergraduate and graduate students, directing graduate student research at the M.S. and/or Ph.D. levels, advising undergraduate and graduate students, and fulfilling service requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum qualifications include an earned doctorate from an accredited institution in biology or a closely related field by the employment start date, and the ability to perform essential functions associated with the position.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred qualifications include: prior university-level teaching experience; the capacity to teach health-science related courses such as human anatomy and physiology, histology, virology, toxicology, parasitology, cancer biology, epidemiology, or developmental biology; a record of research publications that is commensurate with experience; evidence of or potential for successfully acquiring external funding to support research activities; the capability to develop a research program that complements existing strengths within the Department of Biology;

the ability to maintain effective working relationships; and a commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and service.