The 2023 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (curated by Andrew Spaeth and myself) has 497 research/teaching positions and 31 teaching positions.
Want to help out? Here's a Google Form to enter positions.To see trending, go to Andrew Spaeth's visualization of previous years' list.
On November 9, 2021, the 2022 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 429 research/teaching positions and 34 teaching faculty positions. On November 10, 2020, the 2021 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 165 research/teaching positions and 14 teaching faculty positions.
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Here is the link to the 2023 faculty search status started by Tori Barber. If inclined, please add to it.
ReplyDeletehttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zZf5I43l4jXVUWsIUZVo7UeA9vrIszitGdkYA9XUBgY/edit?usp=sharing
Has anyone heard from Utah, Rochester and Riverside biochemistry?
ReplyDeleteLast year, Utah and Rochester both started inviting remote and/or onsite interviews in early December, so it is probably still early for these two schools.
DeleteI received a request to submit references from McGill this morning after application several weeks ago. Not sure what this means.
ReplyDeleteIf it has been several weeks, I would guess you have been selected into at least the long list. If they weren't selective, they would have requested letters much earlier.
DeleteThanks for your thoughtful comment. You are right. They scheduled a Zoom interview with me yesterday.
Deletecongratulations!
DeleteBrandeis is requesting info on major instrumentation from top applicants
ReplyDeleteIs there any further news following this?
DeleteI provided info on instrumentation, have not heard anything since.
DeleteThanks! Same here.
DeleteAnyone hear from Brandeis after this?
DeleteAre the above discussions for physical chemistry? I got contact for zoom from MRSEC not chem, I am actually not 100% sure if it is the materials chemistry position (chem department) or a mse position I applied last cycle. Can someone confirm? Thx!
DeleteI think it is the Materials Chemistry hiring. I also receive an email from them for scheduling Zoom interview.
DeleteThanks for confirming, I've just put it in the status sheet. Good luck
DeleteI was a part of the discussion above for the pchem position; is this the same as the materials chem position?
DeleteJust answered my own question. Brandeis had 2 searches this year: exp. Pchem and materials. I was the original commenter and received a request for instrumentation info for the pchem search. I have not heard about a zoom interview (and it seems no one from the pchem search has?)
Deleteanyone hear from the brandeis pchem search after this?
DeleteHow many candidates typically get phone/zoom interviews? I know many departments invite 5-8 people on onsite.
ReplyDelete6-8 zoom -> 3 onsite
DeleteEh, it very much depends. Some schools have a lot more than 3 on-site candidates. UIUC last year had 15 on campus interviews.
DeleteI agree it varies widely. I've heard of typically ~15-25 zoom interviews and 3-6 on site
DeleteI heard similar numbers too: 3-5 on-sites for each opening and some schools can hire multiple so they interview 10+ people.
DeleteThe inorganic position at Salisbury has been filled.
ReplyDeleteAny insight on chances of still being contacted for an on-site after others have already been contacted? Specifically wondering about BU for organic.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about BU specifically. Accordingly to last year's tracker and open thread, several schools contacted for phone interviews on different days (could be a month apart). Don't give up hope. While you are waiting for this one, you may hear from an even more ideal position.
Deletelast year, BU invited 3 candidates to onsite before thanksgiving and later invited another 4 for the second round of onsite.
DeleteWas it because offers were made and declined? Or was there no obvious reason? I am asking in general, not just BU last year.
DeleteIt could have been an offer was declined or they could have been looking to fill more than one position - we don't really know, and it could be different this year
DeleteUT Arlington is requesting RLs. Don't know whether all applicants are notified.
ReplyDeleteAre there any updates from the Purdue inorganic position?
ReplyDeleteany information regarding the other asst/assoc Purdue positions (organic and chem biol) is welcomed as well!
DeleteThey just started contacting people today.
DeleteHas Rochester contacted for interviews?
ReplyDeleteI saw someone add a line in the spreadsheet for Rochester but not actually state if they’d been contacted. Maybe unis shouldn’t be added until one of those things happen since it’s not clear for the rest of us.
DeleteI could be wrong, but I think people add universities to the tracking list and then don't put a contact or rejection date as a way of asking if others have heard anything
DeleteAgree at @4:08, I didn't put Rochester in but have put others in without info hoping it will encourage someone else to answer
DeleteHas anyone heard from CSU Sacramento biochemistry position?
ReplyDeleteCSU Sac. already did phone interviews
Deleteanyone hear from CSU Sacramento biochemistry search after the phone interviews?
Deleteanyone heard from UCSD or Stanford chemistry?
ReplyDeletestanford already did phone interviews
DeleteUCSD has sent out invites for zoom interviews.
ReplyDeleteanyone know anything about the searches at Roanoke College or Millersville University?
ReplyDeleteRoanoke College is conducting in-person interviews.
DeleteAny word from George Washington University?
ReplyDeleteGW has scheduled first round interviews
DeleteHas anyone heard from Texas Southwestern Medical Center?
ReplyDeleteUT Southwestern requested letters on Oct 23.
ReplyDeleteI received the request for reference letters on Nov. 7th, but nothing afterwards. Maybe they have requested from a very large pool of candidates.
DeleteI meant Nov 7 not Oct 23.
DeleteIt will take them about a week to collect the letters and start reviewing. They probably just started reading the letters and haven't come up with a list yet.
DeleteAnyone heard from Yale Biophysics/Biochem
ReplyDeleteAny news from Caltech?
ReplyDeleteI think they already invited Zoom
DeleteHas anyone heard from Dartmouth?
ReplyDeleteAny news from Rutgers Chemistry?
ReplyDeleteManhattan College (physical chemistry) has sent phone interview invitations.
ReplyDeleteDelaware scheduled Zoom interviews last week.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone heard from Denison or Washington and Lee?
ReplyDeleteAlso would love any update on W&L
DeleteHas Wisconsin Madison invited interviews?
ReplyDeleteDidn't think there was a search for UW-Madison...
DeleteThey are probably asking about the biochemistry department.
DeleteI only know they have requested reference letters, for what it's worth.
DeleteWisconsin biochem has invited candidates for zoom interviews
DeleteAny updates on Colorado State?
ReplyDeleteAny news from Penn State (Chem or Chem Bio searches), NYU, or Stony Brook?
ReplyDeletePenn State chem is scheduling zoom
DeleteKeck Science canceled their search this year.
ReplyDeleteHas UIUC scheduled onsite interviews already?
ReplyDeleteHow long after zoom interview do you hear back for campus interview contact? Is it okay to contact the chair if two weeks have passed since the zoom interview?
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the status tracker from last year, the time between remote and onsite interviews varies from 1 week to 3 months, with an average of maybe 3-4 weeks. I feel the chair cannot tell anything meaningful if they have not met to make a decision.
DeleteThank you very much for the reply!! In my case the chair is in the committee and was present in the zoom interview. Also regarding the tracker, does phone interview contact imply the date you actually gave the interview or is it the date you are asked to schedule the interview (because u r generally given a two week window for scheduling). Similarly, for campus interview contact. Onsite interviews can be couple of months later but candidates might be contacted like a week after zoom interview - sorry the for long message - the waiting time is stressful - it's better to know whether I made it or not.
DeleteI believe in the tracker sheet people put the date that they are contacted. Not the date of actual interview happening.
DeleteI've heard (and experienced) the time period between zoom and campus interview contact varies dramatically, especially depending on the type of schools. Some schools will need to get approval to bring people on-site and it will take time to go up the approval ladder (upwards of a month). Other schools have contacted people the day after the zoom interview to invite them onto campus. It is definitely a fair question to ask during your zoom interview what the committee's timeline is or when you should expect to hear from them. If you're two weeks out from your zoom interview and haven't heard anything yet, I would give another week or so simply because you may have been one of the first zoom interviews. Regardless, I agree 100% with you in that the wait is incredibly stressful. Best of luck!
DeleteThank you! Best of luck to everyone!
DeleteFrom my own experience, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, and 3 months
DeleteA search committee will only get a limited number of spots to bring people to campus, so if you had a phone interview and don't hear anything they might have invited their top choices to campus, but you could still be in the running if none of those work out. That is why you might have a phone interview and then not hear anything from a school for a long time. They can't tell you a definite no until the hire signs on the dotted line. If they tell you no - they can't reconsider you for that search and would have to wait to reconsider you until after the search is failed.
DeleteThank you! Best of luck to everyone!
ReplyDeleteAny news from Montana State University (Organic, priority date 10-31-22) or Trent University (Canada, organic or bioorganic, priority date 10-14-22)?
ReplyDeleteAnyone heard about a campus visit for Roanoke College or Millersville University of Pennsylvania?
ReplyDeleteAnyone know if there is an equivalent status board for the ChemE openings? I applied to about half chem and half ChemE/MatSci openings and half Chemistry. Admittedly it might be better for my mental health to just wait to hear something than obsessively checking a list but....
ReplyDeleteFWIW, AIChE just finished so in general there has not been much movement in ChE yet. I don't know of anything like the tracker except the sheet on future PI slack. But I think there are very very few ChEs or chemists on there (mostly bio people).
DeleteHow many days do you have to prepare for your phone/onsite interviews after the notice?
ReplyDeleteFor phone/Zoom interviews I'd say anywhere between a few days to a week.
DeleteLast year, I spent 1-2 days preparing for zoom interviews. However, this year, I become less excited/energetic and only spend 1-2 hours. Is there anyone else has similar experience with me?
Deleteyep @6:13. For a zoom interview at this point i spend 1-2 hours prepping. They all kind of ask the same questions anyways.
DeleteHas UNC Charlotte invited onsite interviews after the first round?
ReplyDeleteI did the Biochemistry search Zoom interview in late October, have not heard back from them. Not sure about the analytic search.
DeleteIt is strange! I did the Zoom interview on 11/3/2022 for the Analytical position at UNCC, and there was no update (till yesterday) on the tracking spread sheet. Then, suddenly someone updated it with on-site interview dated on 11/8/22 (update on 11/09/22!). I am not sure what is going on!
DeleteA lot of people may not check or update sheet very often, if at all. The spreadsheet gives us a general trend that schools are moving on with the interviews, but cannot be an exhaustive list :)
DeleteAnyone hear anything about the NYU synthetic position?
ReplyDeleteWith >1 month gone after the priority date, they must have sent out invites for screening interviews, no? ( I didn’t get any)
ReplyDeleteSome schools let you wait for >2 months, so please don't give up hope.
DeleteThere are many schools where nobody has reported an interview here. Not every department has zoom/phone interviews. If they have on-sites in January, they will probably start inviting people in December. No need to panic.
DeleteLast year, some people didn't hear anything until December if not later, but had great offers in the end.
DeleteAnyone heard anything about the Ohio State search?
ReplyDeleteAnyone has update from Maryland or Pittsburgh?
ReplyDeletePittsburgh did zoom interviews yesterday for their biol chem/org chem search
DeleteI have heard from Maryland.
DeleteFor Maryland, which search was this? They had two positions.
DeleteTwo positions? I only saw one.
DeleteAny news on Emory? I saw Emory on the tracker but seems no info was entered. Thx
ReplyDeletesometimes ppl just enter the name of the school hoping that someone else will provide data
DeleteJust some people run into panic mode, searching for whatever news, good or bad, to get a closure
DeleteHas anyone heard from Waterloo (Analytical)?
ReplyDeletePreliminary interviews have now been scheduled.
DeleteNephews need to stop adding schools with no news to the tracker. If there were info it would be there!
ReplyDeleteyes it is so annoying. please dont just add an empty line. it is useless.
DeleteSure but what do you mean by "nephews?"
DeleteFYI there is an open thread for cheme positions too https://chemjobber.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-chemical-engineering-faculty-jobs.html?sc=1669598340327#c424591525212719581
ReplyDeleteU of Florida and Florida State have sent invitations for Zoom interviews.
ReplyDeleteDelaware is scheduling in-person interviews.
ReplyDeleteSmall error in a posting on the job list:
ReplyDeleteWeber State University (Ogden, Utah) is looking for candidates with expertise in any area of chemistry who can teach lower-division courses in introductory, organic, general, and/or biochemistry. The specialty was incorrectly listed as 'analytical' in the spreadsheet. Posting is linked below. Priority is Dec 1 and will remain open until filled. Thanks!
https://jobs.weber.edu/postings/18124
Anyone know anything about the search at Elon University?
ReplyDeleteReceived an (assuming generic) email from the UF lecturer position that they are starting to review material.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have a status update on the Washington University in St. Louis biochem search or the Indiana University preferred analytical position?
ReplyDeleteI heard IU Bloomington has invited some onsite interviews, not sure if there will be more.
DeleteStony Brook has sent out Zoom invites for chem bio
ReplyDeleteAny news from UC Davis or Rochester inorganic positions?
ReplyDeleteline 121 looks like Rochester has scheduled interviews for at least Pchem, is it not the same position as inorganic? Haven't heard from UC Davis either.
DeleteNo, Rochester had two positions open; experimental inorganic and physical. Hoping someone will fill in the information on the tracker if they have already reached out for the inorganic position...
DeleteI heard Rochester invited at least one inorganic person
DeleteI am just wondering where I can find this year's tracker..not the last year's...?
ReplyDeletehttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zZf5I43l4jXVUWsIUZVo7UeA9vrIszitGdkYA9XUBgY/edit?usp=sharing
DeleteAnybody know how easy/difficult is it to move from PUI (masters) to R1? Have been offered job at master's school but would like to eventually work in R1. Can't make a decision if I should take the offer or not. Anybody with similar experience, please share. :)
ReplyDeleteI know multiple PIs in my advisors' generation who moved from a PUI to an R1. They went through the tenure-track process again, which was stressful. I have a lot of respect for their bold moves in career.
DeleteThank you. I spoke to few professors about it and they did not really say positive things about the transition from PUI to R1. Also, there are many R1 schools I haven't heard back from yet, which is making it even harder to make a decision.
DeleteAre you on future PI slack by any chance (https://futurepislack.wordpress.com/join-us/)? There are more people from all different subjects, not only chemistry related, who might have faced a similar choice.
DeleteThank you for providing information about Future PI Slack. I have sent a request for joining the group. I will post this question on that forum once I get access to it. Thanks again. :)
DeleteOne thing to consider: will you enjoy the PUI job enough to excel at it and also be happy with your life? As other people have said, there is a lot of luck involved in moving between universities, even R1 to R1 or PUI to PUI. It's even harder to change school types (in either direction, since the places where you demonstrate excellence are very different). Are you just going to feel unfulfilled at the PUI unless you "move up", or can you believe in the mission of the school enough to inspire the students to do the research that might let you move to an R1?
DeleteQuite a number of responses to this tweet: https://twitter.com/Chemjobber/status/1599110932986486784
DeleteThank you so much for putting my query out there. It is helping me a lot. I am trying to connect with some of the names mentioned in the responses. :)
DeleteI did this and it is possible. Many things need to align. Happy to share my experience but don’t know how to get in touch with the person who posted this question .
ReplyDeleteMy experience is R2 to R1 not PUI to R1, to clarify 🙂
DeleteThanks for your comment. Any information would be helpful to make this decision. I can be reached at technologist.udct@gmail.com.
DeleteI received a few schools acknowledging the receipt of my application. This was not auto-generated email but directly from the search committee. Does it mean something? I even received this acknowledgement after the tracker indicated that this school already sent out interview invitations. Thank you for your help!
ReplyDeleteIt means nothing
DeleteThank you for your tip. Good luck!
DeleteThe Status Tracker says that Colorado State sent rejection emails 11/29 but I didn't get one. Anyone else did or did not get an email?
ReplyDeleteI got a rejection on that date for Colorado State. They said they got over 300 applications for their one position.
DeleteMe either. I wonder if they only bothered to notify the candidates selected for phone interviews.
Deletei got a rejection and didn't have any sort of interview
DeleteI got rejection without anything
DeleteMy guess is they might have a waiting list, but I don't know how useful that can be. If they've already interviewed several people, at least one of them will likely join them.
DeleteAnyone hear from Dartmouth?
ReplyDeleteI did not apply to Dartmouth this year. However, I applied last year and was invited for a "virtual" on-campus interview. I heard nothing from them until mid-December, then they called me on the phone and extended the interview invitation. It seems they might not have done screening interviews. They might be following the same plan this year.
DeleteHas there been any updates from Emory or Georgia Tech?
ReplyDeleteEmory Pharmacology and Chembio already interviewed candidates. I heard that Emory Biochem is having candidates on-site very soon. No word about their Chem dept. opening.
DeleteI thought Emory Biochem only recently invited candidates for screening interviews
DeleteThank you for the information. Which department does the Chembio opening belong to, if you know?
Deletechembio is part of the name - department of pharmacology and chemical biology
DeleteHas anyone heard from UCLA biochemistry search?
ReplyDeleteLine 109, there seems to be zoom interviews at least.
DeleteI have been informed that the Vassar position has been filled.
ReplyDeleteJust received an email update from CU Boulder about the position in Energy, saying they have started requesting recommendation letters. Their deadline is Dec 1, and I applied on Nov 23. Not sure what this means.
ReplyDeleteMee too
DeleteNew Jersey Institute of Technology is scheduling zoom interview.
ReplyDeleteWhat position, organic or bio? Thanks
DeleteIt's organic
Deletewith 15-20min presentation
DeleteThank you. good luck.
DeleteUCLA (open, chemistry) and Rutgers are scheduling zoom interviews
ReplyDeleteHas anyone heard from NEU antimicrobial resistance by any chance? It has been two months since the ddl, so I wonder if people have already been invited.
ReplyDeleteAny one hear from Stanford Chemical and Systems Biology?
ReplyDeleteThere aren't very many biologists here. The future PI slack is probably a better place to ask and share info.
Deletea bit of an archaic perspective on chemists/chemistry....?
DeleteSorry, I definitely didn't mean it.
DeleteAnyone heart anything from OSU, Cornell or Emory? These were all Oct deadlines that have no news on the tracker or here.
ReplyDeleteOn the tracker? Is this the future PI spread sheet or am I missing something else?
Deletehttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zZf5I43l4jXVUWsIUZVo7UeA9vrIszitGdkYA9XUBgY/edit#gid=0
DeleteI heard Cornell has invited some on-sites. Not sure if they will have more.
DeleteAnyone heard from Stonehill College, Trinity University, North Carolina A&T State University? Didn't see the on the tracker spreadsheet.
ReplyDeleteBerkeley? Yale? Harvard? MIT?
ReplyDeleteMIT started on-site interviews
DeleteHi all. What is the ball park figure for the start up budget for R2 schools? I was asked about my startup expectations in one of the interviews at R2 school and I was not really sure about it. Any information would be helpful. Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteThis threw me off a lot when I was first asked for startup expectations at R2 schools so I'm glad you're wiser than I and decided to ask! I have been told by a few R2 schools anywhere from 200-500K (I imagine there is some flexibility here, just not as much as an R1). However, a couple of key things to consider are 1) smaller programs tend to be much more communal regarding instrumentation so you may not have to buy every piece of instrumentation you expect to, 2) groups are much smaller so even if you propose the typical three projects with three aims each, you likely won't have the personnel to accomplish everything you propose so you won't be spending as much on supplies, 3) postdocs and technicians are not typically budgeted for and departments can support most students at an R2 with teaching assistantships so you're not paying for personnel during the academic year, and 4) many R2 caliber schools are eligible for R15 funding which is ultimately a less competitive pool of money with much higher funding rates than R01 grants and there you can almost double your startup with an early grant funded. All of that said, you don't want to undersell your research or your needs to run a successful lab. When I submitted estimated itemized startup needs, I listed everything I would need equipment-wise and prefaced the budget by saying that it was made under the assumption that I would be the first lab in the building with zero existing infrastructure. Departments seemed to appreciate that as they were able to say "we have X in my lab so you wouldn't have to buy one right away."
DeleteWhen approaching schools where there could be a wide/uncertain range, consider presenting your "three projects" as stackable if you can. "Project's 1 startup would be X. With an additional Y of startup, or after receiving Y in funding if that startup is not available, Project 2 would be underway." Or within projects, have two levels - the "basic, must-have" and then the "with a higher startup/already available equipment, or else with my first grant..."
DeleteI think R2 schools top out around $500 K. I had an offer from an R2 at right about this amount and an offer from an R1 that was slightly higher (which I think is low for an R1). I agree with the 12/14 9:00 PM comment. I applied last year and presented my research plan as scalable: $200 K gets X, $500 K gets Y, and $1 M gets Z. I think it was a successful strategy since I was ultimately offered positions at all categories of institution (PUI, R2, and R1) using essentially the same research plan for all my applications.
DeleteWhat do you think is the typical range for start-up for an R1?
DeleteI think the range for R1 start-ups is huge, going from about $500 K at the low end to $2 M+ at the high end. Somewhere around $1 M is probably typical. What I didn't fully appreciate until I applied is just how large a range of institutions the R1 category includes. Harvard and Princeton are in there alongside the University of Maine and University of Southern Mississippi. Very different institutional profiles!
DeleteDoes anyone know if Oregon has invited onsites for their environmental materials chemistry position yet?
ReplyDeleteAnyone heard back from Stanford ChemE or PennState for in person visits? Both of them have done zoom interviews.
ReplyDeleteYes Stanford ChemE is scheduling onsites
DeleteHas anyone heard back on Brandeis pchem search after submitting budget/equipment information?
ReplyDeletei submitted budget info and have also not heard anything since- idk if this helps at all
DeleteDo most "chalk talks" in chemistry field use slides?
ReplyDeletein organic, yes slides are customary
DeleteThanks. I feel like that's reasonable. Imaging if you need to draw on the board, the pace might be a little too slow, right?
DeleteI was told I could have a few overview slides but that most should be on the board for a biochem interview.
Deletepchemist here- mine have always used slides. I got the impression that many depts moved this way during the (remote) covid years and haven't gone back. when in doubt though, you can always ask a search chair about the expectations
Delete10:58, is the biochem interview from medical school or chemistry department? I've heard someone interviewing for medical schools, some still use white board (not yet heard so from people in chemistry/chemE).
DeleteIt was a med school department.
DeleteMost interviews I did at research-intensive places used slides, but at one place it was just the board (biochem). Ask for clarification from the search committee if you are uncertain. A talk at the board requires different (and imho more time-consuming) preparation, and I think you'll want as much advance notice as possible to comfortably prepare.
DeleteHow many different research projects do you all typically propose during a chalk talk?
Delete3 x white board format so far. Online used slides for zoom chalk talks
DeleteAnyone know what discipline filled the open position at UNC-Asheville?
ReplyDeleteTracker spreadsheet says open now
DeleteJust got a rejection email from Michigan that seems to indicate that the position has been filled.
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