Global Impact Open Positions
Join Michigan State University’s Global Impact Initiative, designed to address the grand challenges through the creation of over 100 new faculty positions in some of the most promising – and critical – fields of research.
Why MSU?
Michigan State University is a member of the Association of American Universities and is listed among the 100 most distinguished research universities in the world. With over $725 million dollars in research investment annually, MSU ranks in the Top 10 nationally for both National Science Foundation (NSF) and Department of Energy (DOE) funding. More than 2,000 tenure stream faculty and 17 degree-granting colleges including Engineering, Natural Science, Agriculture, three Colleges of Medicine (Human, Osteopathic, and Veterinary), Education, Humanities, Social Science, and the MSU/Department of Energy Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, create diverse and countless opportunities for collaboration. More…
Diversity and Inclusion
Global Impact is a bold initiative to meet the Grand Challenges of the 21st Century. We believe that inclusion maximizes the expertise, creativity and accomplishments of our vibrant community of scholars and only through the recruitment of a diverse group of leading researchers can we attain the remarkable goals of this initiative.
MSU is committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity and actively encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities. Job applicants are considered for employment opportunities and employees are treated without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Learn more about:
Dual Career Support
Work/Life Balance
MSU Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives
Annual Diversity Reports
Advancing Diversity through the Alignment of Policies and Practices
→ Search for more academic openings at Careers@MSU.
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East Lansing, Michigan
The Mid-Michigan area is an ideal community for individuals and families to relocate to: it’s a diverse, welcoming cluster of small- and medium-sized suburban and rural towns with relatively low living costs, high quality primary and secondary school systems, and excellent health care facilities.
It is strategically located in the center of the Great Lakes region, offering easy access to the amenities of metropolitan areas such as Chicago and Detroit, without the stresses of daily urban life.
The Michigan State University campus is located in East Lansing, a vibrant city with a rich civic and cultural life.
Open Faculty Positions
Assistant/Associate Professor Tenure System in Isotope Biogeochemistry
Michigan State University (MSU) seeks applications for a tenure stream Assistant or Associate Professor in isotope biogeochemistry. Areas of particular interest include plant, soil, and microbial ecology and biochemistry, with a focus on questions of importance in terrestrial ecosystems or terrestrial-aquatic linkages. The ideal candidate will have a strong conceptual basis to their research, addressing fundamental questions with stable isotopes. This appointment will be based in academic departments that best fit the candidate’s interests within the College of Natural Science or the College of Agricultural and Natural Resources. MSU is undertaking campus-wide initiatives to promote an inclusive workforce and encourages applications from diverse candidates, including women and minorities.
View the full posting at https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/506600/assistantassociate-professor-tenure-system
Posting closes May 11, 2023
(Global Impact Initiative only; dates indicate application deadlines, but positions are open until filled. Check back often and be sure to visit the Careers@MSU job board to search other postings.)
Positions Posted and Filled in 2019-20
Advanced Engineering
- Uncertainty Quantification and Advanced Manufacturing Simulation
- Dynamics and Stability
- Solar and Renewable Energy
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Cryo-electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM)
Computation
- Machine Learning Algorithms and Applications
Plants/Food/Environment
- Plant Resilience
Women’s and Children’s Precision Medicine
- Pediatrics and Human Development, Human Genomics
- Developmental Neuroscience
Positions Posted and Filled in 2018-19
Advanced Engineering
- Embedded Cybersecurity
- Organic and Soft Electronic Materials
- Risk and Reliability
- Solar and Renewable Energy Systems
Antibiotic Resistance
- Antimicrobial Resistance
Education
- Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education
Epidemiology
- Neuroepidemiology
Women’s and Children’s Precision Medicine
- Pediatrics and Human Development, Human Genomics
Positions Posted and Filled in 2017-18
Advanced Engineering
- Autonomous and Connected Systems
- Dynamics
- Polymeric and Composite Materials
Computation
- Deep Learning
- Biomedical Imaging
Epidemiology
- Biostatistics
Plants/Food/Environment
- Plant Phenomics
- Plant Resilience – Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Plant Resilience – Plant Biology
- Plant Resilience – Horticulture
Women’s and Children’s Precision Medicine
- Pediatric Precision Medicine
Positions Posted and Filled in 2016-17
Advanced Engineering
- Biometrics
- Experimental Accelerator Technology
- Mechanical Engineering
- Nondestructive Evaluation
- Polymers and Composite Materials
Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
- Computational Material Science
- Data Science
- Inverse Problems and Imaging
- Numerical Linear Algebra
Genomics
- Application of Large-Scale Biology Data to Fundamental Problems in Plant Biology
- Statistical/Quantitative/Computational Genomics
Human Medicine
- Public Health (multiple positions in Flint, MI)
Plants/Food/Environment
- Global Nutrition
- Plant Biology
- Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences (Maize Genomics)
- Plant Stress Biology
- Quantitative Plant Biochemistry
- Senior Terrestrial Ecologist
Positions Posted and Filled in 2015-16
Advanced Engineering
- Accelerator Technology
- Applied Electromagnetics
- Coatings and Diamond Technologies
- Cybersecurity, Biometrics and Machine Learning
- Nondestructive Evaluation
Advanced Physical Sciences
- Analytical Chemistry/Mass Spectrometry
Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering
- Computational Lattice Quantum Chromodynamics (LQCD)
- Computational Modeling and High Performance Computing
- Condensed Matter Theory
- Data Science (two positions)
- High Energy Theoretical Particle Physics
Genomics
- Quantitative and Computational Animal Genomics
Plants/Food/Environment
- International Nutrition
- Lipids, Nutrition and Health
- Quantitative and Computational Plant Sciences
Precision Medicine
- Cancer Biology
- Women’s and Infant Health
- Reproductive/Developmental Biology
STEM Education
- Mathematics or Statistics Education
- STEM Education