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View this position and apply at https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05050

Application Window: Apply September 2, 2025 through Oct 22, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)

Start Date: July 1, 2026, or on a mutually agreed on date thereafter

Position Description

The UC Berkeley Department of Bioengineering invites applicants for an open Assistant Teaching Professor position. Assistant Teaching Professors are members of the Academic Senate, enjoy full faculty privileges, and undergo a final assessment for promotion to Associate Teaching Professor (with equivalent to tenure). The department welcomes applicants with interests in a broad range of bioengineering curriculum, pedagogical development, and mentorship to undergraduate and graduate students. The responsibilities of this Assistant Teaching Professor will emphasize teaching core Bioengineering courses, assuming a leadership role in designing curricula for undergraduate Bioengineering courses, and supporting the general teaching mission of the department. Teaching Professors are educational professionals who combine institutional excellence with professional and/or scholarly achievement and activity, including creative activity, especially as they relate to instruction and pedagogy. Teaching Professors are also expected to maintain an active program of educational and/or disciplinary scholarship, and to contribute to department service as senate faculty.

The UC Berkeley Department of Bioengineering is at the forefront of integrating engineering, biological sciences, and translational medicine to discover fundamental principles in biological systems and develop clinical technologies that advance healthcare. In addition to strong ties with other departments in the College of Engineering, the Department enjoys close relationships with the faculty of biological sciences, physics and chemistry at UC Berkeley, as well as the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Faculty in Bioengineering are also active participants in the Center for Computational Biology and the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, as well as active users of the extensive computational resources on campus and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. This exceptional environment for teaching and research in the rapidly growing field of biotechnology will provide the successful candidate with unique opportunities for intellectual, technological, and pedagogical leadership. To learn more about our department please visit:
http://bioeng.berkeley.edu

The Department of Bioengineering is building a vibrant and diverse community and stands in full support of the mission and principles of community of the University. These principles of community for the University of California, Berkeley, are rooted in our mission of teaching, research, and public service. They reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Details of the Department’s programs and resources dedicated to ensuring a welcoming, fair and inclusive environment can be found at:
https://bioeng.berkeley.edu/about-us/principles-of-community

The department is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty, including dual career couples and single parents. We are also interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths or who have taken time off for family reasons, or who have achieved excellence in careers outside academia. For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit:
http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty

Qualifications

Basic (required at time of application)
Applicants must have a Ph.D. (or equivalent international degree), or be enrolled in a Ph.D. or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.

Preferred
The successful applicant will show promise, or have an established record, as a bioengineering and/or bioscience educator and be interested in a teaching-focused career. Applicants should be excited about the opportunity to teach large courses, and to support, enhance, and refresh the department's core instructional offerings, especially those bridging lower and upper division laboratory and computational skills.

Application Requirements

Documents

• Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
• Cover Letter (Optional)
• Research Statement - Your Research Statement or Statement of Scholarly Activities should describe your research and/or other scholarly activities, which can include scholarship in instruction and pedagogy. Your statement may describe scholarship in the discipline of bioengineering and bioscience, or in the discipline of bioengineering and bioscience education. You should include a description of your plans for future scholarship at UC Berkeley.
• Teaching and Mentoring Statement - Please discuss prior teaching experience, teaching approach, and future teaching interests. This can include, for example, specific efforts and accomplishments, and future plans to support the success of all students through inclusive curriculum, classroom environment, and pedagogy. Please also discuss your mentoring experiences and approach. This can include, for example, past efforts and future plans to support the success of all students, and to foster an inclusive research environment that removes barriers and promotes equitable access and advancement of the research program.
• Teaching Portfolio - Your portfolio can include a selection of course syllabi, course website links, videos of your teaching (as an attachment or a link to video), created course materials including homeworks, projects, lecture slides, handouts, exams, teaching evaluations received either as a teaching assistant or a teacher of record, peer evaluations of teaching, and other materials that showcase your teaching excellence.
• Service Statement - Please discuss specific prior and proposed academic, professional and/or public service activities. This can include, for example, participating in professional or scientific associations, serving on committees that advance department, campus or discipline goals, and conducting outreach activities that can remove barriers and increase participation of academics in your field.
• Authorization to Release Information Form - A reference check will be completed only if you are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. Download, complete, sign, and upload the authorization to release information form

References

• 3-5 required (contact information only)

Applicants should provide reference contact information with their application. We will request letters on behalf of applicants who are selected for the long list.

For application assistance, contact jallen@berkeley.edu.

About UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service, consistent with UC Regents Policy 4400 and University of California Academic Personnel policy (APM 210 1-d). These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these values can thrive.

The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status.

For more information, please refer to the University of California’s Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment Policy and the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy.

In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, or discrimination. Consistent with this commitment, UC Berkeley requires all applicants for Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload an Authorization of Information Release form into AP Recruit as part of their application. If an applicant does not include the signed authorization, the application will be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application, will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, applicants will only be subject to institutional reference checks if and when they are selected as the candidate to whom the hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer. More information is available on this website.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

• “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment or discrimination, as defined by the employer.
• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
• APM - 035: Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment

Job location

Berkeley, CA