Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics

Position:
Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics

Effective Date:
August 17, 2026 (Fall Semester)

Salary Range:
The Assistant Professor AY 2025-26 classification salary is $74,652 to $158,688/year, $6,221 to $13,224 per month (12 monthly payments per academic year). The anticipated hiring range is $88,000 to $95,000 per year, $7,330 to $7,920 per month. Salary offered is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Final date to receive applications:
Review of applications to begin October 1, 2025. Position opened until filled or recruitment canceled.

California State University, Long Beach CSULB is a Hispanic Serving Institution HSI and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution AANAPISI. CSULB earned the Seal of Excelencia in 2023, recognizing commitment to Latine/x student success. The university is committed to serving diverse students and supports equity and inclusive excellence initiatives.

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

• Teach and develop undergraduate and graduate applied math courses in Computational Mathematics, Scientific Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, or Data Science. Periodically teach late afternoon or evening graduate level courses. The University provides reduced teaching load for beginning tenure track faculty members. Mode of Instruction may include in person, hybrid, online, and or any combination thereof.
• Participate in professional development to improve teaching effectiveness
• Develop and maintain a research program which leads to publications in refereed journals
• Advise and mentor undergraduate and graduate students
• Participate in departmental activities and initiatives, including efforts to prepare students for successful careers and further education, and to develop or improve curricula
• Participate in service to the department, college, university, and profession or community

• PhD in Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, or a related discipline at the time of application, or official notification of completion of the doctoral degree by August 1, 2026
• Demonstrated commitment to mentoring students from underrepresented and underserved populations in STEM
• Ability to teach computational and applied mathematics courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels
• Demonstrated potential to establish an ongoing research program in computational and applied mathematics
• Demonstrated commitment to working successfully with a diverse student population, including low socioeconomic and first generation students

• Successful teaching experience at the university or college level with a diverse student body
• Experience or demonstrated potential for integrating undergraduate and graduate students in research projects
• Ability to complement existing teaching expertise and research programs in the department, college, or university
• Research experience and publication records in Computational Mathematics, Scientific Machine Learning, Mathematics Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, High Performance Computing, or Optimization
• Successful experience at the post doctoral level or in industry, ideally including interdisciplinary collaboration
• Potential for developing or maintaining a funded research program
• Experience of successfully working with populations demographically and/or socioeconomically similar to the CSULB student body
• Experience mentoring or supporting students with minoritized identities or experience using inclusive and culturally relevant teaching strategies in a diverse classroom

Required Documentation

• A Student Success Statement about your teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population (maximum two pages, single spaced). For further information and guidelines, please visit Student Success Statement
• Letter of application addressing the required and preferred qualifications
• CV
• Copies of graduate or post baccalaureate transcripts
• Names and contact information for three references to be contacted for confidential letters of recommendation should you reach the semi final stage
• Research or Scholarly Interests Statement
• Teaching Statement that addresses your ability to effectively teach data science and statistics courses, mentor, and support our diverse undergraduate and graduate students
• Finalists should be prepared to submit an official transcript if required

How to Apply:

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