GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY (Washington, DC) wishes to recruit a tenure-track Assistant Professor in SYNTHETIC MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY to join the Department of Chemistry in Fall 2016 and be a member of the Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology (ISM2), that currently comprises 11 faculty members in the Departments of Chemistry and Physics. Research areas in synthetic macromolecular chemistry (as broadly defined) will be considered. The successful candidate will have research interests that complement those of existing faculty in both the Department and ISM2 and is expected to actively participate in strengthening the latter and collaborating with current members. Candidates must have a PhD degree in chemistry or a closely related field and postdoctoral training or equivalent is desirable. Development of an internationally recognized externally-funded research program, and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, are expected. Please send curriculum vitae, 3-page research plans, 3-page summary of research accomplishments, and statement of teaching philosophy as one document in pdf format, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to chemsearch@georgetown.edu. For full consideration, complete applications shall arrive before November 15, 2015. This position is subject to final approval by the University administration.

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