West Virginia University - Chemistry - Department Chair

INSTITUTION:West Virginia University
DEPARTMENT:Chemistry
POSITION: Department Chair (Tenure Track Associate/Full Professor)
LINK: http://chemistry.wvu.edu/jobs
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The C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry at West Virginia University seeks a strong leader to serve as Department Chair in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. The College has invested heavily in the hiring of new faculty in Chemistry, and is looking for a Chair to lead this successful department to greater national prominence. This is a tenured faculty position at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor, depending on background and experience of the applicant.

The Department Chair is part of the leadership team of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. The Chair will be expected to promote principles of shared faculty governance, foster a transparent culture that values and seeks input from all stakeholders, and facilitate professional development of faculty, students, and staff and guide the department to increased research activity and competitiveness. The Chair will provide responsible and professional leadership in managing the day-to-day operational needs of the department, including fiscal management, hiring and supervision of staff, evaluating faculty, and allocating facilities and equipment for teaching, research, and service activities.

The Department of Chemistry consists of 21 tenured and tenure-track faculty, 9 teaching faculty, 13 staff members, and about 70 graduate students. The department is divided into four divisions representing the traditionally defined fields of chemistry: Organic, Inorganic, Analytical, and Physical. Current department research interests include mass spectrometric characterization of proteins and peptides, supramolecular systems, micro-fluidics, fuel cells, synthesis of novel organic and inorganic molecules, catalysis, medicinal chemistry, formation and manipulation of nanostructures, toxicology, disease related protein aggregation, separations, heavy metals in the environment, chaotic systems, nonlinear systems, surface characterization, chemical education, and forensic science.