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About North Park
Founded in 1891, North Park University is a Christian university affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church of over 3,200 students from around the country and the world. Located for over 125 years on the land of the Miami and
Potawatomi tribes in what is today Chicago’s northside, NPU has recently been designated a Hispanic Serving Institution and is committed to serving diverse populations. Elevating North Park University’s core distinctives of Christian, city-centered, and intercultural, NPU values diversity among its faculty and is committed to building a racially and culturally diverse intellectual community and strongly encourages the nomination and candidacies of persons who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color regardless of gender.

North Park University is located in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, one of the most ethnically diverse zip codes in the United States. It is nine miles from downtown Chicago. The North Park campus has often been referred
to as an oasis in the heart of the city – a place where students from urban, rural, and suburban backgrounds alike can call home. And all of this within the major metropolitan backdrop of Chicago: one of the world’s largest and most
diversified economies, renowned for its museums and music, and voted best large city in the U.S. for four years in a row by Condé Nast Traveler.

Mission
The mission of North Park University is to prepare students for lives of significance and service through education in the liberal arts, professional studies, and theology.

Vision
Building on our core institutional identity—Christian, city-centered, intercultural—our vision is to create a university of uncommon character and enduring excellence, where faith, learning, and service meet.

Duties and Responsibilities
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at North Park University invites applications for a open rank tenure-track position in the area of Biochemistry to begin in August 2025. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in chemistry, biochemistry, or a closely related field and a commitment to innovative,
exemplary undergraduate teaching.

Responsibilities include teaching introductory and advanced biochemistry lecture and lab courses, as well as elective courses suited to the candidate’s expertise. Candidates will be expected to develop a program of research that incorporates undergraduate students.

The Chemistry Department at North Park features state-of-the-art teaching laboratories, dedicated research space, and a fully equipped instrument laboratory with an ATR-FTIR, GC-MS, HPCL TXRF, Raman spectrometer, and a 300 MHz NMR, among other instrumentation. We seek candidates excited to contribute to the continued growth and development of the department.

Qualifications

Required:

• Ph.D. in chemistry, biochemistry or a related field
• Teaching experience
• Committed to the university’s mission and identity.
• Personal commitment to North Park’s mission of Christian higher education.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of biochemistry laboratory techniques
• Research experience in biochemistry or a related field
• Experience teaching university-level biochemistry courses
• Post-doctoral Research Experience
• Experience teaching inorganic chemistry
• Ability to work independently and in collaboration with others
• Comfort using modern technology

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