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  The Department of Biology within the College of Natural and Health Sciences at The University of Tampa invites applications for a full-time 12-month instructional staff position beginning June 1, 2020. This position is renewed annually based on performance. This instructional staff member would assist in the management, preparation, and maintenance of a selection of upper division biology department lab courses that service the pre-health professional students and the equipment that supports those lab courses. This coordinator would also instruct introductory biology laboratories and/or non-majors biology courses in the department (15 contact hours per year). Responsibilities Assisting with ordering, acquiring, tracking, and distributing instructional supplies needed for all upper-level biology department labs (solutions, organisms, supplies, etc.) Maintaining several key common pieces of molecular equipment, such as PCR machines, imagers, hoods, autoclaves, nanodrops, spectrophotometers, microscopes, pipettes, freezers, etc. Includes overseeing care of instrumentation and monitoring service contracts for assigned laboratory equipment and arranging and/or performing maintenance as needed. Maintaining, inventorying, and preparing supplies for these selected courses Assisting with the coordination of hiring, training, and supervision of undergraduate student laboratory mentors for these selected courses Collecting data on at least an annual basis regarding laboratory classroom needs, for items like fire extinguishers, eye wash stations, broken glass disposal containers, etc., and working with the University Safety Officer to coordinate the disposal of hazardous wastes in departmental laboratories In addition to these responsibilities, the candidate will be expected to teach 15 contact hours over the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters with teaching responsibilities to begin in August 2020. The primary responsibility will be instructing majors general biology laboratories and/or other non-majors biology courses as needed.

The Department of Biology in the College of Natural & Health Sciences at The University of Tampa invites applications for a tenure track position in Genetics at the rank of Assistant Professor starting in August 2020. Area of research expertise is open within the confines of this discipline. The University of Tampa is a medium-sized, comprehensive, residentially based private institution of 9,200 undergraduate and graduate students. The University is ideally situated on a beautiful 110-acre campus next to the Hillsborough River, adjacent to Tampa's dynamic central business district, which is a growing, vibrant, diverse metropolitan area. UT reflects this vibrancy; with 22 consecutive years of enrollment growth UT boasts 260 student organizations, a multicultural student body from 50 states and 140 countries and “Top Tier” ranking in U.S. News & World Report . The successful candidate is expected to demonstrate excellent communication skills, as well as dedication and commitment to high quality and innovative instruction to undergraduate students. The candidate will teach 12 contact hours each semester, by teaching courses in genetics for majors and contributing to our introductory biology, and/or non-science major lecture courses as assigned by the department chair. The candidate is expected to engage in scholarly and research activities that involve undergraduates, advise students, and provide service to the department, college, university and broader community. Research activities must yield peer-reviewed publications. Salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience. Modest start-up packages and modest research space are available for tenure-track positions.