The Department of Chemistry of the University of Kentucky invites applications for TWO tenure-track positions at the assistant professor level. Applications at the associate or full professor level may be considered in exceptional cases. We are seeking candidates who will develop a strong, nationally and internationally recognized interdisciplinary research program that combines biological chemistry with other areas of research. Preference will be given to candidates with a research emphasis on biofuels/renewable energy, synthetic organic or inorganic chemistry related to biological phenomena, environmental chemistry or other areas that complement existing departmental strengths. Successful candidates should be dedicated to excellence in teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, a detailed description of research plans and a statement of teaching philosophy to Chair, Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. Applicants at the assistant professor level should arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent directly to the Search Committee. Initial consideration of applications will begin Oct. 15, 2009, with an anticipated start date of August 2010. The University of Kentucky is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity University and encourages applications from women and underrepresented minorities.

The Department of Chemistry has extensive research programs in analytical, biological, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry and maintains numerous facilities that may aid the research program of new faculty. The department houses an NMR facility with six NMR spectrometers (two 400 MHz Varian INOVA, two Gemini 200 MHz, a 600 MHz Varian INOVA, and a 400 MHz Varian solid-state NMR) and a crystallographic facility that includes a Bruker-Nonius X8 Proteum (CuKα, rotating anode) and a Nonius KappaCCD (MoKα) diffractometer with low temperature capabilities. The Department also administers the University of Kentucky Mass Spectrometry Facility (UK-MSF), which, like the NMR facility, serves the mass spectrometric needs of the entire University. Large-scale Computing facilities at UK include a new HP Superdome supercomputer, with 224 processors capable of 672 GFLOPS and dedicated software (Gaussian 03, ACES II, GAMESS) for electronic structure calculations. Additional facilities available on campus include DNA sequencing, lab animal facilities including a transgenic core, a cord blood bank, an ecological research facility, electron and confocal microscopy facilities, flow cytometry, and a microarray core.

Situated in Lexington, in the heart of the beautiful Bluegrass region of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky is a comprehensive research university with a large medical center. Student enrollment on the Lexington campus exceeds 27,000 with a total faculty of about 1,900. The Department of Chemistry currently has 27 faculty members and offers B.S., B.A., M.S., and Ph. D. degree programs. Many of our faculty have active collaborations with colleagues in other departments and colleges, including the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Engineering, Agriculture, the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, and the Center for Applied Energy Research.

Applicants for these positions should submit a letter of application, curriculum vita, a detailed description of research plans and a statement of teaching philosophy. Applicants at the assistant professor level should also arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent to Chair, Search Committee, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506. Please submit any questions about this position to the Biological Chemistry Search Chair, Prof. Mark Lovell at malove2@uky.edu. Responses may require up to a week.

A complete application will comprise:
        1)  Curriculum vita;
        2)  Research plan;
        3)  A brief prospectus outlining teaching interests;
        4)  At least three letters of recommendation.