Community Belonging
Our Philosophy
The UT Austin Department of Chemistry values all of its members, each of whom provide essential contributions to our department’s teaching and research missions. Our community of Longhorn chemists is committed to supporting the success of our students, faculty, and staff regardless of their with attention to well-being, access for people with disabilities, attention to mental health conditions, and support for people with dependents. As a department, we believe that all members of our community should be treated with dignity and respect and given the opportunity to thrive. We welcome and value every individual’s opinion and contribution, recognizing that our department has been built and continues to grow on the shoulders of many, and thrives when we work together.
We continue to work on building an environment within our department that supports the needs of our students, faculty, and staff. The Department of Chemistry is striving to fulfill its commitment to nurture and promote crucial values that are at the core of our College and University missions. You Belong Here.
Our Community
Creating a welcoming campus is a top priority not just for our department, but for our college and university as well. We invite you to learn more about the ways that both the College of Natural Sciences and The University of Texas at Austin are working to improve experiences of belonging across campus. Many initiatives are led by our Division of Campus and Community Engagement, The UT Austin Ombuds and Title IX offices also support our community.
Our Place
We would like to acknowledge that we are meeting on Indigenous land. We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Carrizo & Comecrudo, Coahuiltecan, Caddo, Tonkawa, Comanche, Lipan Apache, Alabama-Coushatta, Kickapoo, Tigua Pueblo, and all the American Indian and Indigenous Peoples and communities who have been or have become a part of these lands and territories in Texas, here on Turtle Island.
Contact Us
Graduate Office: 512-471-4538
jgrimes@austin.utexas.edu
Undergraduate Office: 512-471-1567
css@cm.utexas.edu
Chair’s Office: 512-471-3949
Jennifer Brodbelt, Chair
Mailing Address:
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Chemistry
WEL 3.212
105 East 24th Street STOP A5300
AUSTIN, TX 78712-1224
Shipping Address:
University of Texas at Austin
Department of Chemistry
100 East 24th Street, Room 1.512
Austin, TX 78712
Faculty Recruiting
The Department of Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for one tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in all areas of chemistry, subject to available funding. Exceptionally qualified senior applicants will also be considered for Associate/Full Professor positions. We are interested in candidates who will contribute to higher education through teaching, research, and service.
The Department of Chemistry's mission is to create new chemical knowledge while providing all of our students with an innovative and forward-looking scientific education grounded in the fundamentals of chemistry. The department and University have state-of-the-art core facilities. Chemistry is ranked 16th best graduate program in the United States by US News and World Report (2023 ed.).
Qualifications
PhD in chemistry or closely related field. The successful candidate is expected to contribute to the core undergraduate and graduate teaching missions of the department, and to engage in departmental, institutional and professional service activities.
Application Instructions
Complete applications should contain a cover letter indicating area of expertise, a curriculum vitae, a description of research plans, and a teaching statement. Applicants should also arrange for 3 letters of reference to be uploaded to the lnterfolio website.
Application Process
This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The University of Texas at Austin is building a culturally and ethnically diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from women and underrepresented minority candidates. The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
Giving
Support
The Department of Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin is currently ranked 15th among the best chemistry programs in the country according to US News & World Report. The generous support of individual and corporate donors has played a significant role in helping us achieve this stature and accomplish our mission of excellence in education and research. Our students receive a top tier education to prepare them for future employment and leadership in all areas of the chemical sciences. The research conducted in our department has an impact throughout Texas, the nation, and the world. We seek to establish this department as one of the top five in the country. Continuing support from alumni and friends will be critical to our success as we advance toward this goal.
Current Priorities
Faculty Recruitment and Retention
The Department of Chemistry must be able to compete nationally with peer institutions, which are becoming increasingly aggressive in their pursuit of our faculty. The availability of adequate endowments for professorships, chairs, and excellence funds is critical to our success in this effort. Although we have a number of such endowments, more are needed if we are to expand and retain our exceptional faculty.
At more than 38:1, the department’s student/faculty ratio exceeds the University’s overall ratio of 20:1, making it one of the highest at UT. We must reduce this ratio so we can better educate our students, strengthen current research programs, and develop new initiatives in emerging areas of chemistry.
The department has established an endowment target of $5 million to provide discretionary funds for use by the chair to respond quickly to urgent, unanticipated needs. These monies will also support a variety of important programmatic activities such as seminars, symposiums, graduate student recruitment, and other activities that are not funded by the University. The Larry R. Faulkner Endowed Chair in Chemistry has been created and named in honor of our department alumnus and former president. Contributions to support the department may be made to this endowment or to other discretionary departmental funds.
The Mallet Chemistry Library has long been one of the most comprehensive chemistry libraries in the U.S., and provides essential chemical information resources and expert support to students and scientists across many disciplines at UT Austin. The University Libraries actively seek new endowments, and donations to existing endowments (the Aubrey Skinner Chemistry Library Endowment and the James and Ruth Ann Boggs Endowment Fund), to help us meet new and evolving chemical information needs in all formats.
Undergraduate scholarships enable students to devote more time to their studies and participate in research activities that help prepare them for productive careers as leaders in academia, medicine, and industry. You may help our undergraduates in several ways. For example, you may make a contribution as a one-time gift, or you may create an endowed scholarship.
Competition with other graduate programs is fierce, with many of our peer institutions providing lucrative, multi-year financial packages and fellowships for prospective students. Graduate fellowships play a key role in attracting the best students in the country to our department, and in order for us to be competitive, we must be able to offer the same recruiting incentives. You can help us by making contributions to graduate student fellowships or you may create a new endowed fellowship.
How to Give
The College of Natural Sciences has helpful information about various methods for giving to the Department of Chemistry. You may choose from outright or planned gifts, endowments, excellence funds, and other options. Every gift is significant and appreciated.
You may donate online through the University of Texas at Austin’s Development Office secure website. For your convenience, you may direct your gift to any of our established endowments by specifying “other” and listing the name of the endowment. Click here to learn more about the extensive benefits of endowed gifts. You may also choose to make a contribution to the Department of Chemistry and designate how you wish your gift to be used.
Click here to see if your employer or company will match your gift.
MAIL CHECKS TO:
College of Natural Sciences, Dean's Office
The University of Texas at Austin
W.C. Hogg Building, Suite 2.104
120 Inner Campus Drive, Stop G2500
Austin, TX 78712 USA
(512) 471-3299
(512) 232-1045 (fax)
Contacts
If you are interested in establishing a new endowment, or have questions about development for the Department of Chemistry, please contact:
Zachary Richards
Chief Development Officer
zrichards@austin.utexas.edu
512-232-0699
