"Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellow, Chemistry"

Job Description

The Department of Chemistry at Barnard College seeks a full-time (early-career) Faculty Fellow specializing all areas of computational chemistry. Faculty Fellow program is a two-year residential fellowship welcoming of early-career scholars from a broad range of social backgrounds, including those under-represented in academia. This complement of extraordinary early-career scholars will play an active role in a vibrant scholarly community and fully participate in the life of their academic home(s) at the college. The fellowship is designed to help expand the breadth of scholars who are hired into tenure-track positions by providing them with the experience, skills, and accomplishments necessary to succeed in the highly competitive application process.

Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to both teaching undergraduates and developing their own research program. We are interested in candidates with a commitment to mentoring and supporting students from underrepresented groups. The ideal candidate will have 1-2 years of post-doctoral research experience, but recent Ph.D. recipients with well-developed research plans are welcome to apply.

Faculty Fellows teach two undergraduate courses (or their equivalent) relevant to their scholarly interests and experience, conduct research and scholarship, and receive mentoring and professional development support from the Department of Chemistry, Barnard college, and Columbia University. Teaching responsibilities will be determined based on candidates' interest and experience.

This is a two-year position beginning on July 1, 2026, with teaching responsibilities during the standard academic year from September to May.

For more information, please see https://barnard.edu/departments-and-programs and https://barnard.edu/research-scholarship

For a list of current Faculty Fellows, please see https://barnard.edu/BarnardFacultyFellows

On approximately January 20, 2026, the Department of Chemistry and the Faculty Diversity & Development committee will begin the review of applications, which continue until the position is filled. Please e-mail BFF2026@barnared.edu with any questions.

Skills, Qualifications & Requirements

Required Qualifications

Terminal degree in a relevant discipline, with all requirements for the degree completed by the start of appointment (i.e., July 1, 2026).

Application Requirements

Only complete applications submitted via Workday will be considered. Applicants are required to upload the following documents:

• A CV with links to all available research, teaching, and service materials
• A single pdf document containing:
• 2-3 page cover letter addressing research, teaching, and service/community engagement interests. Please also address your ability to work effectively with a student population that is broadly diverse, including with regard to gender and gender expression, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, politics, etc.;
• Personal statement that summarizes why this opportunity is particularly appealing to you and is likely to benefit you professionally;
• 1 representative publication or single writing sample preferably <30 pages (e.g. journal article, book chapter, dissertation chapter);

Finalists will be asked to identify three references who will be contacted at a later stage.

Salary

$75,000.

The salary for this position is fixed and non-negotiable.

Barnard Early-Career Faculty Fellows are benefit-eligible and also eligible to apply for the research ($4,000), conference travel ($3,000), and book publication subvention grants available to all full-time faculty. For more information, please see https://barnard.edu/human-resources/benefits and https://barnard.edu/support-faculty-research