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University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) College of Science invites applications for the position of Chair, Department of Chemistry, at the rank of Professor, a tenured position, with an anticipated target hire date of July 1, 2027 . Exceptional candidates at the Associate Professor rank will also be considered. T he Department and College seek a dynamic, collaborative and visionary leader to serve as Chair to advance the
Department of Chemistry’s research, education and service missions. The Department is one of 10 departments in the College of Science, together with the College’s public service programs, and plays a foundational role in research and education across the University. The Department includes two dozen academic and administrative faculty, whose expertise spans analytical, bio-organic, computational, inorganic,
materials, organic, physical and theoretical chemistry. The Department offers a highly reputable B.S. in Chemistry with multiple areas of emphasis, and has maintained continuous American Chemical Society (ACS) certification status since 1941. It also offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry, and participates with the Department of Physics in the interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Chemical Physics. The Chemistry
graduate programs support approximately 65-75 graduate students working with research-active faculty. Undergraduate and graduate students benefit from extensive opportunities for faculty-mentored research and access to advanced research infrastructure. Departmental research is supported by extramural grants from federal and private agencies, with over $10M in research funding in FY25-26. Research spans experimental
and theoretical chemistry, and is supported by extensive shared instrumentation in the Shared Instrumentation Laboratory (SIL), including NMR spectrometry, X-ray diffraction, mass spectrometry, optical and laser spectroscopy, and materials characterization capabilities. The Department also operates ChemStores, a research stockroom that provides chemicals, supplies, and related resources to researchers across campus.
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