Assistant/Associate Professor of Biological Sciences- Biological Statistics

Job description

Description The School of Biological Sciences (SBS) at the University of Oklahoma (OU) invites applications for a full-time, 9-month tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor with a start date of August 16, 2026. We seek an innovative and creative educator/scholar who will lead the effort to establish a foundational course in statistics and quantitative analysis to serve as the requirement for undergraduate majors in the Biology degree program. In addition, the candidate will have the opportunity to develop advanced courses in biostatistics to offer at the senior undergraduate and graduate levels.Teaching load of two courses (1:1) per year. The successful candidate will also be expected to engage in scholarship focused on Biological Statistics and quantitative reasoning writ large. This research program could include, but would not be limited to the following: Bayesian Statistics, Biosignal Analysis, Statistical Learning/Modelling, imputation approaches, or STEM Pedagogy with a focus on Quantitative Literacy. The candidate’s scholarship should complement existing collaborations within one or more of the four synergistic research themes of the SBS (https:...