Assistant Professor - Inorganic Chemistry, Inorganic Materials Chemistry & Artificial Intelligence (AI)
About the role
The Department of Chemistry at the University of Houston invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in data-enabled materials synthesis. This search is part of the University's Presidential Frontier Faculty initiative.
Responsibilities
- Establish an innovative, nationally visible research program that integrates inorganic, solid-state, or molecular materials synthesis with computational or data-driven approaches
- Teach undergraduate and graduate chemistry courses
- Mentor students and researchers
- Contribute to university service
Research focus
The position seeks an experimental materials chemist who will integrate synthesis with one or more computational or data-driven approaches, including machine learning, high-throughput DFT, laboratory automation, data-guided experimental design, high-throughput or combinatorial experimentation, in situ or data-rich characterization, or closed-loop synthesis science. Relevant materials areas may include quantum and magnetic materials, energy materials, catalysis, separations or critical-mineral recovery, optical materials, and other functional inorganic materials.
The candidate will join UH's long-standing commitment to materials research and benefit from extensive collaborative opportunities across campus and Houston's energy, manufacturing, aerospace, and technology sectors.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree in chemistry, materials chemistry or science, chemical physics, chemical engineering, physics, or a closely related field by the time of appointment
- Postdoctoral or equivalent industrial or national-laboratory research experience is preferred
- Strong research accomplishments
- Potential to perform independent, cross-cutting, high-impact research
- Credible plan to use data-enabled methods to advance materials synthesis and experimental validation
Application requirements
- Cover letter
- Complete curriculum vitae with publication list
- Research statement of no more than five pages
- One-page statement of teaching interests and experience
- Names and email addresses of three professional references
Review will begin on October 1, 2026 and continue until the position is filled. Employees are expected to have a home address in the state of Texas for the duration of their appointments. Official transcripts are required for a faculty appointment and will be requested upon selection of the final candidates.