ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN BIOLOGY SPECIALIZING IN BIOINFORMATICS

The Biology Department at Skidmore College invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Bioinformatics, beginning in Fall 2026.
Qualified candidates will: 1) possess a Ph.D. in any sub-discipline of Biology; 2) have expertise in bioinformatics (e.g., functional genomics, metagenomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and/or metabolomics), which will be a focal point of their teaching and scholarship; 3) have post-doctoral or similar training, with evidence of an active research program that has the potential to involve undergraduates; and 4) demonstrate their experience, training, and enthusiasm for teaching undergraduate-level courses at all levels of the curriculum. (https://www.skidmore.edu/biology/index.php).
The individual hired for this position will have a dedicated research laboratory within the Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences (CIS) , a modern, well-equipped facility designed to foster interdisciplinary connections among life science programs and the College. The CIS houses extraordinary shared facilities, including the Skidmore Microscopy Imaging Center (https://www.skidmore.edu/smic/index.php), the Skidmore Analytical Interdisciplinary Laboratory (https://www.skidmore.edu/sail/index.php), and a vivarium for housing vertebrate model organisms, all staffed by highly qualified personnel. Adjacent to the CIS is a newly constructed modular greenhouse. The hire may also benefit from Skidmore’s North Woods (a 150-acre forested landscape abutting campus) and proximity to the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the Hudson River Valley and Adirondack regions.
Skidmore College is a highly selective, nationally ranked liberal arts college in Saratoga Springs, New York, with a student population of ~2700 (8:1 student-faculty ratio). Skidmore is known for its faculty committed to the instruction and mentoring of undergraduates in a collaborative teaching and research environment.
The hire will receive generous start-up funds, a pre-tenure research leave, access to support for travel to conferences/workshops, and a 3-contact hour course release in the first year. The hire will be expected to teach 18 contact hours each year, with each lecture or lab section representing 3 contact hours. Teaching expectations include developing and delivering an intermediate-level Bioinformatics lecture and lab course, populated by students with diverse career interests (e.g., ecology, evolution, genetics, biomedicine, cell and molecular biology, microbiology, and animal/plant physiology). The hire will also contribute to delivering an introductory lecture course in Cell and Molecular Biology (BI 107), Organismal Biology (BI 108), or Biostatistics (BI 235); a first-year Scribner Seminar; and one or more upper-level specialized courses that will contribute to the Biology curriculum.
Salary: $78,000 - $85,000
Complete applications are due by midnight on September 1st, 2025 (Eastern Standard Time). Inquiries about the position may be sent to the department chair, Dr. Pat Hilleren (phillere@skidmore.edu). Applications that are either incomplete or submitted after the due date will not be considered.

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