Key Requirements

• Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in chemistry or a related field by the start of the appointment and should be committed to excellence in teaching. Instructional experience with undergraduate organic chemistry or biochemistry courses is expected. The ability to teach a range of undergraduate chemistry courses is desirable. Candidates should have an interest in working with undergraduate students, in particular students with pre-medicine and health career goals. Responsibilities include assisting with the coordination of organic and biochemistry chemistry curriculum across the West Lafayette and Indianapolis locations and working directly with interdisciplinary faculty and staff who comprise the pre-medicine and heath initiative in Indianapolis. We welcome candidates with interest in conducting chemistry research at the undergraduate level. Professor of Practice faculty are expected to be actively involved in departmental educational activities, have professional development opportunities, and may direct, supervise, practice, and conduct research and outreach activities. The position is a non-tenure track faculty position with multi-year contracts. Salary and benefits are competitive.
• Purdue Chemistry
• The James Tarpo Jr. and Margaret Tarpo Department of Chemistry is internationally acclaimed for its excellence in chemical education and innovation, boasting two Nobel laureates in organic chemistry, the #1 ranked analytical chemistry program, and a highly successful drug discovery initiative. Faculty and students benefit from state-of-the-art facilities that include the Jonathan Amy Facility for Chemical Instrumentation, NMR and X-ray Crystallography Facilities, the Research Instrumentation Center, the AI Guided Drug Discovery and Automation Center, the High Throughput Experimentation Catalysis Center, the Center for Autonomous Materials Discovery, and the High Throughput DESI Facility. The Department is also actively involved in the Purdue Lilly 360 initiative, the largest academic-industry partnership in the US.