Full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor in Conservation Science at the University of Delaware

The Department of Art Conservation at the University of Delaware invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track assistant professor in conservation science. In addition to pursuing an ambitious research agenda, the appointee will be expected to enhance the department’s course offerings in instrumental analysis and general science teaching and play an active role in advising undergraduate and graduate students on scientific research projects. The successful candidate will join a department of five full-time UD faculty members with extensive records of scholarship and public outreach in addition to 15 teaching conservators and scientists at Winterthur Museum. This position is crucial to advancing the Department’s and College’s long-term commitment to excellence for education and training of undergraduates, Master’s-level, and doctoral students in conservation and preservation.
Founded in 1743, the University of Delaware is one of the nation’s oldest institutions of higher education and combines tradition and innovation. Our long-standing partnership with the Winterthur Museum allows for unparalleled opportunities for our faculty and students.  Also, the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture and the University of Delaware’s Center for Material Culture Studies and Department of Art History similarly enhance the opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching and research.
The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, materials engineering, or a closely allied discipline. Candidates with a Ph.D. degree in either analytical chemistry or organic chemistry would be especially welcomed, and the successful candidate should ideally possess experience conducting scientific study of cultural materials, teaching experience at the undergraduate and/or graduate level, and a demonstrated record of scholarship and publication. Candidates with experience conducting chromatographic studies of cultural materials will be given the strongest consideration, with particular emphasis on the LC and GC methods applied to the study of works of art. Experience teaching theory and applications of chromatography is also highly desired. Other aspects important for consideration include experience teaching science to non-majors and any pre- or postdoctoral experiences related to cultural heritage analysis. Specific consideration will be given to applications where the organic chemistry of ancient, historic or modern material culture has been probed in the candidate’s research. Familiarity with immunoassay methods for identifying organic components of museum collections and MS techniques applied to these same problems including DART, MALDI, or DESI is also desirable.
Please visit our website at www.udel.edu and the Art Conservation department website at http://www.artcons.udel.edu/. The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from minority group members and women.
The appointment will begin on September 1, 2014. The Ph.D. is required. Applicants should visit www.udel.edu/udjobs and read “Applicant Instructions” under the “Resources for Applicants” tab before submitting their applications. Applicants are asked to create and upload a single document that includes a cover letter and a c.v.  Please also arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent via e-mail or regular mail to Dr. Joyce Hill Stoner and Dr. Jennifer Mass, Search Committee co-chairs, Winterthur/University of Delaware, c/o Winterthur Museum, 5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735 (jhstoner@udel.edu and jmass@winterthur.org ). Review of applications will begin upon receipt, with a deadline of February 10, 2014 (will probably be extended at least two weeks).