The Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology (QCB) in the Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences of the University of Southern California invites applications for a teaching-track faculty position, instructor or lecturer, of Quantitative and Computational Biology. The ideal candidate will have expertise in quantitative, computational, and statistical approaches to solve fundamental questions in biology and biomedicine. The teaching activities of the successful candidate will primarily entail the teaching of statistics courses, including multiple sections of QBIO 305 Statistics for Biological Sciences, as well as the teaching and development of other computational biology courses. It is expected for the successful candidate to have a track record as researcher and educator in quantitative approaches to biology and to have rigorous training in statistics or biostatistics.
The anticipated start date is August 16, 2027. Applicants must have received a Ph.D. (or equivalent) degree by time of appointment and ideally have at least one semester experience as instructor of record of a computational biology course at a higher education institution. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2026. Please submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a teaching statement, 3 current external letters of recommendation, and any other evidence of teaching effectiveness, including available teaching evaluations.