The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 395 research/teaching positions and 90 teaching positions

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 395 research/teaching positions and 90 teaching positions. 

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On March 25, 2025, the 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 500 research/teaching positions and 93 teaching positions. On March 26, 2024, the 2024 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 545 research/teaching positions and 82 teaching positions. To see long-term trending, go to Andrew Spaeth's visualization of previous years' list. 

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C&EN: "Indian fertilizer, specialty chemical industries hit by US-Iran war"

Via C&EN, this bad news (article by Aayushi Pratap): 

India, one of the world’s largest importers of oil and natural gas, is among the countries hardest hit by breaks in the natural gas and petrochemical supply chains caused by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz in response to attacks by the US and Israel.

In the Indian chemical industry, fertilizer makers were the first affected. Now, even specialty chemical makers are beginning to feel the pain. The woes of both sectors are largely due to the scarce availability of a single molecule: ammonia, a pungent gas that is a lifeline for many chemical plants. India is one of the world’s leading importers of ammonia, with most of its supplies coming from Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.

Mumbai-based Alkyl Amines Chemicals announced March 16 that it has suspended manufacturing of methyl and ethyl amines and their derivatives at three of its sites due to ammonia shortages.

I know that there is a global impact to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but it is good/helpful to understand who is impacted the most. This article (linked in the C&EN piece) is also helpful for understanding context. 

Have a great weekend

Well, this week wasn't so bad (although the spontaneous basketball game with ten year olds was probably not a great idea.) I hope I'm not too sore. Have a great weekend. We'll see you on Monday. 

C&EN: "Samples from asteroid Ryugu contain all five nucleobases"

Pretty cool astrochemistry news (article by Fionna Samuels): 

In December 2020, a capsule containing precious cargo fell from the sky and crashed into the Australian outback. The container carried a small amount of dust from the distant asteroid Ryugu. Its return marked the end of the primary Hayabusa2 mission. In the years since, scientists have meticulously studied every aspect of the grains. Now they’ve discovered that the grains contain all five nucleobases—nitrogen-containing organic molecules fundamental to DNA and RNA (Nat. Astron. 2026, DOI: 10.1038/s41550-026-02791-z).

This is not the first time scientists have detected a nucleobase in the Ryugu sample. “I was involved in the initial analysis of Ryugu samples and contributed to the study that reported the detection of uracil,” astrochemist Toshiki Koga of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology writes in an email. But at the time, the amount of material that his team was given was too small to do a more detailed analysis.

Pretty cool that they were able to do a successful analysis on just 11 mg of sample (although from a total synthesis perspective, that seems like so much!) 

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 393 research/teaching positions and 89 teaching positions

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 393 research/teaching positions and 89 teaching positions. 

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

On March 25, 2025, the 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 500 research/teaching positions and 93 teaching positions. On March 26, 2024, the 2024 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 545 research/teaching positions and 82 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. 

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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.

Have a good weekend

Well, this was a more chill week, but I still definitely have stress, and won't not have it for a while. I hope that you had a good week, and that you have a wonderful weekend. I know I will give it a shot. See you on Monday. 

C&EN: "University of California backs plan for $23 billion research bond"

From C&EN's Krystal Vasquez, this news: 

The University of California (UC) system announced March 5 that it’s sponsoring a bipartisan state senate bill that proposes a $23 billion bond to fund research across California, which would be the largest state-level investment in scientific research in US history.

S.B. 895, introduced by California senator Scott Wiener (D) in January, would also establish the California Foundation for Science and Health Research, which would use the money to provide grants and loans to public and private universities, research companies, and health-care organizations across the state.

The bill comes after a year of major turmoil over federal funding in support of the US scientific community. Although fiscal year (FY) 2025 budgets for federal science-funding agencies weren’t too different from FY 2024 levels, federally funded research at more than 600 colleges and universities still saw significant disruptions after the Donald J. Trump administration terminated or froze thousands of research grants last year.

I am sad that it has come to this, but from a broad perspective, it seems like a good move to support scientists in the current system. We can't do this forever. 

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 390 research/teaching positions and 87 teaching positions

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 390 research/teaching positions and 87 teaching positions. 

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

On March 11, 2025, the 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 496 research/teaching positions and 88 teaching positions. On March 12, 2024, the 2024 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 534 research/teaching positions and 82 teaching positions. To see long-term trending, go to Andrew Spaeth's visualization of previous years' list. 

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The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List: 387 research/teaching positions and 86 teaching positions

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 387 research/teaching positions and 86 teaching positions. 

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

On March 4, 2025, the 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 496 research/teaching positions and 88 teaching positions. On March 5, 2024, the 2024 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List had 534 research/teaching positions and 80 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. 

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C&EN: "The chemical industry promises another year of cutbacks"

This bad news from C&EN (article by Alexander Tullo, emphasis mine):

...BASF, the world’s largest chemical maker, wrapped up its earnings season posting a 2.9% decline in 2025 sales and a 38.8% drop in earnings from the previous year. Sales volumes increased for all its businesses except basic chemicals, but prices and currency exchange rates worked against the German firm.

Eastman Chemical cut costs by about $100 million in 2025 and is planning to shed another $125 million–$150 million in expenses this year. Despite that, Eastman’s earnings sunk by 32.7% in 2025 to $627 million, on a 6.5% decline in sales over 2024 values.

Eastman CEO Mark Costa vented his frustrations about the economy to analysts in a conference call. “Everyone’s talking about how great GDP is and its growth last year. [But] if you back out data centers, [artificial intelligence], health care, GDP is sort of flat,” he said, referring to the US gross domestic product. “Eighty percent of our consumers out there are really struggling with the economic challenges they have and the affordability, the fear of what tariffs are going to do, fear about ‘Can I get a new job if I lose mine?’ ”

This more or less confirms what we've known, i.e. things aren't so great for the chemical industry right now. It's not a major source of jobs for entry-level chemists, I suspect, but this doesn't bode well for employment in that sector.