The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) invites applications for a one-year term position in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the rank of Assistant Professor, with a proposed starting date of July 1, 2025. As an institution committed to the fostering of an inclusive and transformative learning environment, UNBC values high quality and growth in both teaching and scholarship.

We are looking for candidates with a strong interest in teaching chemistry and biochemistry courses and a range of expertise across all disciplines in Chemistry. The successful candidate will be asked to teach a first course in Analytical Chemistry (lecture & laboratory), second year organic chemistry, a blended course in second year organic and biochemistry, a course in biochemical methods (lecture & laboratory), and an advanced organic chemistry course. The ideal candidate will be someone who has taken multiple courses in all of the sub-disciplines of chemistry.

This position has no expectation of research, however, the University of Northern British Columbia is ranked as one of Canada’s best small universities with a strong emphasis on research and graduate programs. It has a core campus in Prince George and regional campuses and research institutes throughout northern British Columbia. The Chemistry & Biochemistry Department offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs (B.Sc., B.Sc.- Honours, M.Sc.) and has a wide variety of relevant research instrumentation such as multinuclear NMR (300 MHz and 400 MHz), FT-IR, Mass Spectroscopy, Gas Chromatography, and analytical and preparative HPLC. We also have a wide variety of instrumentation for Chemical-Biological studies such as a Cell Sorter, a QPCR machine, a multimode plate reader, and a confocal microscope. 

For information including application instructions, please see the below link to the job posting.