Postdoctoral Fellow Openings

The Department of Statistics and Data Science at Washington University in St. Louis seeks one or more postdoctoral fellows, including the possibility of one William Chauvenet Post-doctoral Lecturer, to engage in both teaching and research beginning in the fall of 2025.

The initial one-year term is renewable for up to two additional academic years with satisfactory performance. The teaching load is normally two courses per year for a postdoc who will be research active under the supervision of a faculty member at the university. Applicants should demonstrate excellence in teaching and show definite promise in research. Special consideration will be given to candidates whose research has significant overlap with that of existing faculty in the department. A PhD in Statistics or a related field is required. Candidates for Postdoctoral Fellow should apply here.

An application should include curriculum vitae, research and teaching statements, and three letters of recommendation, at least one of which addresses teaching ability. All qualified applicants will be automatically considered for the William Chauvenet Post-doctoral Lecturer position, which comes with a discretionary research fund and a two-year term with the potential for the third year.

Assistant Professor Openings

The Department of Statistics and Data Science at Washington University in St. Louis has multiple openings for tenure-track positions at all ranks, including applicants for Assistant Professor to begin in 2025.  Candidates for Assistant Professor should apply here. A Ph.D. in Statistics or a relevant field in data science is required.  The department supports foundational research as well as transdisciplinary research. Candidates with expertise and interests in emerging areas of statistics and data science, including but not limited to machine learning and artificial intelligence, public health, and social data science, are welcome. Duties will include teaching and student mentoring at the undergraduate and the graduate levels, conducting and maintaining a strong research program, and participating in department and university service.

If an applicant finds it appropriate to apply to a position through the cluster hiring in “theory, computation, data science, for understanding living systems” in Arts & Sciences; please see the cluster hiring job ad.

Application materials should include a CV, list of publications, research statement, teaching statement, and three or four letters of recommendation, one of the letters needs to address teaching credentials. Applicants are recommended to include copies of past teaching evaluations along with their teaching statements. Applicants and reference letter writers should submit   the required material via Interfolio. The department will review applications regularly from October 15, 2024, but applications completed prior to November 15, 2024 will receive full consideration.  Consideration after that date will be at the discretion of the department.

 

 

Associate and Full Professor Openings

The Department of Statistics and Data Science at Washington University in St. Louis has multiple openings for tenure-track positions at all ranks, including applicants for Associate/Full Professor positions, to begin in 2025.   Candidates for Associate and Full Professor should apply here. A Ph.D. in Statistics or a relevant field in data science is required.  The department supports foundational research as well as transdisciplinary research. Candidates with expertise and interests in emerging areas of statistics and data science, including but not limited to machine learning and artificial intelligence, public health, and social data science, are welcome. Duties will include teaching and student mentoring at the undergraduate and the graduate levels, conducting and maintaining a strong research program, and participating in department and university service. Candidates for the rank of Associate or Full Professor should have outstanding teaching, service, and research record commensurate with tenure at that rank.

If an applicant finds it appropriate to apply to a position through the cluster hiring in “theory, computation, data science, for understanding living systems” in Arts & Sciences; please see the cluster hiring jobs ad.

Application materials should include a CV, list of publications, research statement, teaching statement, and three or four letters of recommendation. Applicants are recommended to include copies of past teaching evaluations along with their teaching statements. Applicants and reference letter writers should submit the required material via Interfolio. The department will review applications regularly from October 15, 2024, but applications completed prior to November 15, 2024 will receive full consideration.  Consideration after that date will be at the discretion of the department.