Tenure Track Assistant or Associate Professor - Evolutionary Biology

About the role

The Department of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of Houston seeks to hire an evolutionary biologist at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. The department has over 40 tenured and tenure‑track faculty across three research divisions and offers well‑equipped shared resources, including high‑performance computing at the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute, a 925‑acre Coastal Center as part of the Institute for Ecological Resilience, advanced microscopy instrumentation at the Biology and Biochemistry Imaging Core, and a Sequencing Core with modern equipment. As a member of the Texas Medical Center and Gulf Coast Consortia, the university provides access to additional world‑class facilities and collaborators. Founded in 1927, UH serves more than 49,000 students across 15 colleges and is located in Houston, home to the Texas Medical Center, NASA’s Johnson Space Center, a thriving energy industry, and a vibrant cultural scene.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a nationally competitive and externally funded research program.
• Teach courses in Evolution and/or Genetics.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a relevant field.

Qualifications

• Assistant Professor candidates: strong publication record and potential to establish an independent, externally funded research program.
• Associate Professor candidates: well‑established, externally funded research program and a strong record of independent scholarship and scientific leadership.

Skills

• Expertise in quantitative approaches to study evolutionary biology.
• Ability to complement existing departmental strengths in evolutionary genetics, genomics, ecology, integrative biology, developmental biology, cancer biology, structural biology, and neurobiology and behavior.