The faculty of the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina, Columbia campus, invites applications for a 9-month, full time, tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin on August 16, 2026. We seek to hire a biologist who addresses fundamental questions in evolutionary genetics.  The successful candidate will join our graduate group in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and will be expected to establish an independent, extramurally funded research program in evolutionary genetics.  The successful candidate also will be responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in biology and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in research.