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LC Faculty TT/TN 12m

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Las Cruces, NM Full Time
POSTED ON 7/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 8/28/2026
Department Contact: Kathy Hanley, (575) 646-3611, khanley@nmsu.edu

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: The Department of Biology is seeking applicants for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor. Candidates whose research focuses on the interactions between symbiotic or pathogenic microbes and their animal hosts, using state-of the field approaches are highly encouraged to apply. Applicants with expertise in the use of mammalian models are especially desirable.

Position Details

Position Title: Assistant Professor

College/Division: Arts and Sciences College

Department: 330350-BIOLOGY

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: Commensurate with Qualifications

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status: Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Teach both undergraduate and graduate courses in Microbiology and related areas.
  • Develop an independent research program that will provide avenues for grant funding.
  • Mentorship of undergraduate and graduate student research.
  • Productivity in scholarship, as measured by publications or other creative venues.
  • Assist the Biology Department with multiple undergraduate academic issues including departmental committee assignments, advising of undergraduate majors, and departmental decisions made by all faculty.
  • Perform related duties as required.
  • Opportunities exist to participate in externally funded student training programs (G-RISE, U-RISE, McNair and LS-AMP)
  • Opportunities exist to access the Jornada Basin Long Term Ecological Research site, and to apply for research support from faculty development programs such as the NM-INBRE and U54 PARC programs.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

  • PhD in Biology or related life science
  • Minimum of 1 yr Postdoctoral research experience or the equivalent
  • Research Productivity commensurate with experience
  • Prior teaching experience desirable
  • The Department is broadly interested in candidates whose research focuses on the interactions between symbiotic or pathogenic microbes and their animal hosts, using state-of the field approaches. Applicants with expertise in the use of mammalian models is especially desirable

Equivalent Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

  • teaching in areas of expertise (Microbiology), 2) the transformation of research concepts and ideas into research design.

Skills in: Teaching undergraduate and graduate students, student mentorship, research area of expertise (Microbiology, host-microbe interactions), and experience in service to their discipline.

Ability to: Direct, evaluate, train, and supervise the work of assigned personnel; develop and maintain effective working relationships; maintain accurate and orderly records; use independent judgment and initiative; organize and direct activities; analyze and evaluate information

Special Certification/Licensure

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

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