Instructor 537517 Blacksburg, Virginia School of Neuroscience Teaching & Research Faculty College of Science Job Description The Virginia Tech School of Neuroscience invites applications for a full-time Instructor to teach undergraduate neuroscience students. The primary responsibility of this position is to teach approximately nine laboratory credit hours per academic semester within the neuroscience curriculum,
including Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Human Anatomy and Physiology laboratories, with responsibilities including the preparation and delivering laboratory activities; developing original, engaging laboratory exercises; supervising students during laboratory work; assessing student performance; and maintaining a safe, organized, and inclusive laboratory environment. The position requires excellent
communication and organizational skills, as well as the ability to work effectively with undergraduate students, graduate teaching assistants, and faculty. Teamwork is essential, as the Instructor will collaborate closely with School of Neuroscience faculty to ensure that laboratory activities support and complement course learning objectives. Some evening teaching may be required.Established in 2015, the School of
Neuroscience is a collaborative academic research environment with 23 primary research an instructional faculty and over 50 affiliate neuroscience faculty, a thriving Neuroscience Ph.D. program, and over 750 undergraduate neuroscience majors. Using organisms from flies to humans, the School of Neuroscience faculty explores how the brain develops, and ages, how neurons and glia interreact with one another to create
functional circuits, and how these circuits create or modulate behavior, such as learning, decision-making, and sleep. Our researchers are looking at these questions in the healthy brain, in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, in psychiatric disease, in neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, in drug abuse, and in brain injury. Required Qualifications 1) Ph.D. in
neuroscience or a closely related discipline.2) Experience teaching undergraduate students.3) Excellent communication, organizational, and teamwork skills. Preferred Qualifications 1) Experience teaching undergraduate laboratory courses.2) Hands-on experience with molecular or experimental biology techniques.3) Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.4) Experience creating engaging, hands-on laboratory activities.
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