Between July 24 and July 30, there were 7 academic positions posted on the ACS Careers website. The numbers:
Total number of ads: 7
- Postdocs: 2
- Tenure-track faculty: 4
- Temporary faculty:
- Lecturer positions:
- Staff positions: 1
- Ratio of US/non-US positions: 4 / 3
College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University is searching for a tenure-track professor in analytical chemistry (broadly defined.) Assistant professor applicants desired, but senior candidates will be considered.
Evanston, IL: "Northwestern University’s High Throughput Analysis Laboratory (HTAL) and Center for Molecular Innovation & Drug Discovery (CMIDD) invite applications for a Screening Research Scientist, at the research faculty level." 3-5 years of industrial or academic (?) experience with high-throughput screening technology desired.
Santa Cruz, CA: UC-Santa Cruz wishes to hire a tenure-track assistant professor of chemistry, specializing in experimental physical and materials chemistry.
Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada: The University of Manitoba wishes to hire an assistant professor of inorganic chemistry. I have no idea what Manitoba is like, having never visited central Canada (is that an accurate regional description?)
Total number of ads: 7
- Postdocs: 2
- Tenure-track faculty: 4
- Temporary faculty:
- Lecturer positions:
- Staff positions: 1
- Ratio of US/non-US positions: 4 / 3
College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University is searching for a tenure-track professor in analytical chemistry (broadly defined.) Assistant professor applicants desired, but senior candidates will be considered.
Evanston, IL: "Northwestern University’s High Throughput Analysis Laboratory (HTAL) and Center for Molecular Innovation & Drug Discovery (CMIDD) invite applications for a Screening Research Scientist, at the research faculty level." 3-5 years of industrial or academic (?) experience with high-throughput screening technology desired.
Santa Cruz, CA: UC-Santa Cruz wishes to hire a tenure-track assistant professor of chemistry, specializing in experimental physical and materials chemistry.
Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada: The University of Manitoba wishes to hire an assistant professor of inorganic chemistry. I have no idea what Manitoba is like, having never visited central Canada (is that an accurate regional description?)
its Winnipeg, and its a nice area, rough winters as you would expect. Good fishing and outdoorsy stuff to do.
ReplyDeleteI spent a summer at UCSC doing an REU as an undergrad. As a midwesterner, the place felt like it was lost in time, stuck somewhere in the late 60's-70's. Definitely an awesome place to visit, though I think it would take a particular personality to want to settle down there. Although Santa Cruz crushes Winnipeg in the weather column.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what Manitoba is like, having never visited central Canada (is that an accurate regional description?)
ReplyDeleteI guess I'll step up to the plate. I wasn't born in Manitoba (that's important), but I've been here for three years and counting.
Manitoba is a little sleepy, the first of the Prairie provinces (moving westward). Loads of farming (canola was invented at the university of Manitoba), a bit of manufacturing, a bit of mining up north, and a lot of service jobs in between (insurance companies are big here, for some reason).
Like a lot of Canadian cities Winnipeg is a mesh of cultures, with Mennonite farmers forming the bulk of the population and Filipinos and Indians the recent arrivals. The city is seen as a testing ground of sorts for a fair bit of marketing campaigns, which has somehow translated into a huge and eclectic mix of restaurants (a vegan burger joint opened up in 2010, just a few blocks away). Their NHL hockey team returned this season, which led to a huge celebration in one of the downtown parks. One downside to the city is the geography. There's a world famous beach about an hour to the north (it graced the pages of Playboy around 1980 or so), beautiful wooded lakes ninety minutes to east, and dunes/badlands to the west. But it's all out of town. Winnipeg is almost as flat as a map, which makes it great for cycling, but your view of the sky isn't ever going to be obstructed by mountain peaks.
Wow, I went off a bit there. On the matter at hand:
The department has been hiring a professor or two every year for about a decade, making it a relatively young department. As you'd expect it's primarily a teaching university, but the younger faculty especially have been doing some great work. A new faculty member can expect good shared equipment (XRD, ICP, etc.), and a ready supply of eager undergraduates, but the local pool of potential graduate students is limited. I fairly certain the Inorganic research lab has been freshly renovated (ie. within the last 8 months), but I could be wrong there; it's on the other side of the building and five floors down.
I guess that's it. If anyone has questions I'll do my best. I like it here.