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About School of Pharmacy

The School of Pharmacy has a 125-year tradition beginning with the Medical College of Virginia and continuing to the present. Ranked in the top 20 of Schools of Pharmacy nationwide, the school is dedicated to graduating outstanding future pharmacists and scientists who will improve human health, foster exemplary research, and provide sustaining contributions to inter professional patient care. The University recognized the School of Pharmacy as the highest-ranking academic unit for Inclusive Excellence.

About the Role

The School of Pharmacy (SOP) is seeking an adjunct instructor to teach an interactive and experiential course covering the topic of physical and organic chemistry, MEDC 591 001: Topics in Physical and Analytical Chemistry. This 3-credit (3 lecture hour) course during the Fall 2024 semester presents fundamentals of physical and analytical chemistry as relevant to the pharmaceutical sciences. The overall goal is to prepare students for advanced specialized courses, work in the laboratory as well as future work in academia or industry. The course covers topics including thermodynamics, kinetics, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, statistical thermodynamics, including principles behind instruments that analyze molecules and interactions. Secondly, the course instills an analytical approach to data and measurements by a survey of the analytical chemistry practice. Applications of the fundamentals to real life examples will be an important component of the course.

Position Responsibilities

Responsibilities include adaptation of and presentation of course lecture and lab content, use of Canvas as the course learning management system, grading of all content, and submission of course evaluation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master degree with prior classroom teaching

• Strong written and interpersonal communication skills

• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD

• 3 to 5 years of teaching experience and course coordination in the Pharm.D. program

Umesh Desai
urdesai@vcu.edu