Description:

The Position: The C. T. Bauer College of Business, in partnership with the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston (UH), invites applications for a tenure-track Presidential Frontier Faculty (PFF) for Fall of 2026 in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Energy Systems. The Presidential Frontier Faculty program is a university-wide integrated interdisciplinary hiring campaign that is overseen by central university leadership and encompasses hiring a large cohort of convergence research faculty to work on energy, health, sustainability, and security.

Qualifications: Candidates must hold a Ph.D. (or A.B.D.) in business, engineering, or economics, and exhibit promises for the highest-quality academic research. We seek candidates with strong potential for, or a demonstrated record of, securing external research funding in areas related to AI, energy systems, and digital innovation. The successful candidate will pursue impactful, interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of AI and energy, encompassing but not limited to business model innovation, responsible and ethical AI deployment, carbon and broader environmental market forecasting, sustainable energy transitions, and the integration of digital technologies in energy policy, operations, and market design.

Department: This PFF position will have primary appointment with the Decision and Information Sciences (DISC), C.T. Bauer College of Business, and a courtesy appointment with the Cullen College of Engineering. The C.T. Bauer College of Business is AACSB accredited with over 6000 undergraduate and 900 graduate students pursuing BBA, MBA, Executive MBA, Masters in accountancy, finance, energy management, marketing and supply chain degrees; and PhD. The PhD program has seen a substantial uplift in quality in recent years. The DISC department has 20 tenured or tenure-track faculty members belonging to the broader disciplines of Operations Management (OM) and Information Systems (IS) and engage in cutting edge research in areas that include sustainability, healthcare, AI, platform design and supply chain.

City of Houston: The University's 600-acre campus is only a short drive from downtown Houston, the fourth-largest city in the nation. In addition to being the energy capital of the world, the Houston metropolitan area can boast of leading consulting engineers, construction, oil servicing, computer, telecommunication, and biomedical companies, as well as NASA's Johnson Space Center and the world-renowned Texas Medical Center. Greater Houston is a modern, rapidly growing, and economically thriving region. It has a full spectrum of cultural activities, as well as sports and outdoor activities.

Application Submission: Review of applications will begin on September 20, 2025, and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit (1) a cover letter highlighting the candidate’s strengths and interest in the position, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) a statement of research interest, (4) a statement of teaching interest, and (5) names and contact information of three references. Please go to https://uh.edu/human-resources/careers/ and complete your online application.

Please direct any recruitment-related queries to: Dr. Ravi Aron (raron@bauer.uh.edu) or Dr. Shubham Akshat (sakshat@uh.edu)

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.