Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Biology

Department: Biology
Vacancy ID: 040423
Closing Date: 12-Apr-2026

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as Assistant Professor in Department of Biology. Applications are invited from applicants with a track record of recent achievement in Biomedical and Health Sciences, preferably in areas that address major health challenges and integrate with current health-related research in Maynooth University. Research in Maynooth University, Department of Biology focuses on health across the life course and maintenance of good health as well as addressing chronic disease, Infection and Immunity, Cancer, Antimicrobial Resistance and the identification of new therapeutic approaches including cell-based therapies.

The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research and publication, appropriate to career stage. The appointed candidate will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the Department and undertake teaching duties on the Department’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes as well as the supervision of Master’s and PhD students.

The appointee will be expected to build a strong research profile, that supports the University’s research strategy including affiliating to the Research Institutes, where appropriate and working with colleagues on national and international research. The appointee will be expected to sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and substance and generate publications of international standard.

Salary:

Assistant Professor / Lecturer: €65,401 – €103,564 p.a. (7 points)

Assistant Lecturer)*: €42,599 – €72,718 p.a. (14 points)

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions. 

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 12th of April 2026.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Late applications will not be accepted.

Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer

The position is subject to the Statutes of the University