Biology, Instructor in Bioinformatics, Non-Tenure Track (One-Year)
Loyola University Chicago
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Posted: 23-Jun-23
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 25312
Job Description Summary:
Loyola University Chicago (LUC), College of Arts and Sciences, Bioinformatics Interdisciplinary Program, invites applications for a Temporary, One-Year Instructor Appointment (non-renewable), starting in August 2023 for the academic year 2023-2024. The Bioinformatics Program serves more than 70 majors and students from associated university programs at the Lake Shore Campus. For more information on the program, please visit www.luc.edu/bioinformatics/index.shtml
Located on Chicago's vibrantly multicultural North Side, LUC is committed to creating an inclusive, responsive community of faculty, students, and staff. As an urban-based Bioinformatics Program dedicated to mentoring a diverse student body, many of whom come from underrepresented and underserved populations, we especially encourage applications from candidates from underrepresented groups. We also encourage applications from scholars committed to interdisciplinarity (i.e., working with colleagues across different subfields and disciplines) and from candidates who can further the University's efforts to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.
This search is part of a university-wide, multiyear hiring initiative designed to hire outstanding researchers and teachers who are reflective of our diverse student body and committed to interdisciplinarity (i.e., working with colleagues across different subfields and disciplines). Of special interest are candidates who can further the University's efforts to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion.
This is a non-tenure-track, full-time position that involves teaching courses in Bioinformatics and Python programming. Teaching responsibilities shall include a 4-4 teaching load.
Minimum Qualifications:
The candidate will have an advanced degree in Bioinformatics or a related field, Ph. D. preferred. Candidates for the position must demonstrate the potential for excellence in teaching and a clear potential for student mentorship. The candidate should be willing to support the mission of LUC and the goals of a Jesuit Catholic Education.
Loyola University Chicago, a private university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, is one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic Universities and the only one located in Chicago. Loyola University Chicago is comprised of four campuses: Lake Shore (LSC), Water Tower (WTC), Health Sciences (HSC), and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy, and is home to ten schools and colleges: arts and sciences, business administration, communication, education, graduate studies, law, medicine, nursing, continuing and professional studies, and social work. Loyola also features course locations in Beijing, China; Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vernon Hills, Illinois (Cuneo Mansion and Gardens); and a Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois. Recognizing Loyola's excellence in education, U.S.News and World Report has ranked Loyola consistently among the "top national universities" in its annual publications. Loyola is among a select group of universities recognized for community service and engagement by prestigious national organizations like the Carnegie Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service.