Merry Christmas

Wishing you and your family a healthy and very Merry Christmas. Back on Monday.

A Christmas letter for your family

A Chemjobber Christmas tradition, updated for 2025. Send a PDF to your family - try it, it works! 

December 22, 2025

Dear family member:

This holiday season, your relative is in his or her fifth/sixth/seventh/_______ year of graduate school in chemistry. This is a delicate time in your students’ lives -- please make interactions smooth for all by following these simple suggestions:

1. Please supply lots of fresh fruit and vegetables -- they are in short supply. 

2. Do not offer pizza, which is an all-too-common part of their diets. 

3. Sleep is a rare commodity in graduate school; please turn down sheets and fluff pillows. Be prepared to see them about 24 hours after they get home.
   
   

In attempting to communicate with your graduate student, please avoid asking the following questions: 

1. When are you going to finish? 

2. What can you do with your degree? 

3. Will you be the kind of doctor that helps people? 

4. Can you get a job at FDA? I heard there are a lot of openings there. 

5. There's a clinical chemistry department at my hospital -- can you get a job there? 

6. Why do you need a postdoc? Haven't you gone to enough school? 

7. Can you explain “6-7” to me? 

8. MEGABIOGENE has opened a facility nearby -- can you get a job there?  

9. What prompts did you use to perform your research? 

10. I see [insert high school rival here] has finished medical school -- how much will they be
    making? 

11. Have you thought about teaching? I heard professors have a stable job. 

12. When are you going to finish? 

In following these simple suggestions, I trust that you, your graduate student and your family will have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Very sincerely,

Chemjobber 

Have a good weekend

Well, I think this was a great week (mostly). I hope that you have a relaxing and fun weekend, and we'll see you for a bit of fun and frivolity next week. Hope you have a wonderful weekend and we'll see you on Monday (really!)

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 349 research/teaching positions and 58 teaching positions

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 349 research/teaching positions and 58 teaching positions. 

Want to help out? Here's a Google Form to enter positions.

On December 17, 2024, the 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 449 research/teaching positions and 69 teaching positions. On December 19, 2023, the 2024 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 481 research/teaching positions and 60 teaching positions. To see long-term trending, go to Andrew Spaeth's visualization of previous years' list. 

Want to talk anonymously? Have an update on the status of a job search? Here's a link to the first open thread. 

Don't forget to click on "load more" below the comment box for the full thread. 

Are you having problems accessing the Google Sheet because of a Google Documents error? Email me at chemjobber@gmail.com and I will send you an Excel download of the latest sheet.

The Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List: 92 research/teaching positions and 19 teaching positions

The Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List (by Arvind Ganesan and Todd N. Whittaker) has 92 research/teaching positions and 19 teaching positions. 

Want to chat? Go to the open thread.  

Have a good weekend

I think I've had a good week, but I'm genuinely not sure juuuust quite yet. I think I'll know how this month went next week. I hope that you had a good week and I for one am looking forward to the weekend. I hope you have a good one. See you on Monday. 

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 339 research/teaching positions and 51 teaching positions

 The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 339 research/teaching positions and 51 teaching positions. 

Want to help out? Here's a Google Form to enter positions.

On December 10, 2024, the 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 436 research/teaching positions and 66 teaching positions. On December 12, 2023, the 2024 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 472 research/teaching positions and 49 teaching positions. To see long-term trending, go to Andrew Spaeth's visualization of previous years' list. 

Want to talk anonymously? Have an update on the status of a job search? Here's a link to the first open thread. 

Don't forget to click on "load more" below the comment box for the full thread. 

Are you having problems accessing the Google Sheet because of a Google Documents error? Email me at chemjobber@gmail.com and I will send you an Excel download of the latest sheet.

The Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List: 91 research/teaching positions and 18 teaching positions

The Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List (by Arvind Ganesan and Todd N. Whittaker) has 91 research/teaching positions and 18 teaching positions. 

Want to chat? Go to the open thread.  

Have a great weekend

Well, this has been a relatively good week, especially the first week back from Thanksgiving. Here's hoping that things calm down just a bit for me. Hope that you had a good week, and we'll see you back here on Monday. 

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 330 research/teaching positions and 47 teaching positions

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 330 research/teaching positions and 47 teaching positions. 

Want to help out? Here's a Google Form to enter positions.

On December 3, 2024, the 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 428 research/teaching positions and 65 teaching positions. On December 5, 2023, the 2024 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 472 research/teaching positions and 49 teaching positions. To see long-term trending, go to Andrew Spaeth's visualization of previous years' list. 

Want to talk anonymously? Have an update on the status of a job search? Here's a link to the first open thread. 

Don't forget to click on "load more" below the comment box for the full thread. 

Are you having problems accessing the Google Sheet because of a Google Documents error? Email me at chemjobber@gmail.com and I will send you an Excel download of the latest sheet.

The Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List: 89 research/teaching positions and 18 teaching positions

The Chemical Engineering Faculty Jobs List (by Arvind Ganesan and Todd N. Whittaker) has 89 research/teaching positions and 18 teaching positions. 

Want to chat? Go to the open thread.