2025-2026 AssociateFull Professor, Neurodevelopment, Wu Tsai Institute and Partner Department(s)
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Job Location:
New Haven, CT - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
11 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The mission of Yales Wu Tsai Institute (WTI) is to understand human cognition and explore human potential by sparking interdisciplinary this search WTI invites exceptional candidates using interdisciplinary approaches to address questions of neurodevelopment and plasticity to apply for an endowed faculty position at the (tenured) Associate or Full Professor rank to begin July 2026 or later. There is one opening available.
We seek applicants whose research program has made or shows promise to make breakthroughs in our understanding of fundamental processes in neuroscience via the implementation of new technologies new methodologies in imaging new development of probes new mathematical or computational frameworks or new concepts. Applicants should have a background in neuroscience biology biomedical engineering physics chemistry or related field.
Successful candidates will receive a tenure-track or tenured appointment in one or more departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences School of Engineering and Applied Science and/or School of Medicine. WTI is dedicated to hiring mentoring and advocating for colleagues who foster excellence in our community through their research teaching mentoring and service. We are eager to accommodate the needs of families and welcome applications from dual-career couples to this search or a combination of Yale searches.
Background: WTI was founded in 2021 by a historic gift from Joe Tsai and Clara Wu Tsai to reveal fundamental truths about the mind through the integrated study of the brain. Based at 100 College Street in New Haven with research linkages across Yale campuses WTI rests on three pillars that coordinate its research activities: the Center for Neurodevelopment and Plasticity the Center for Neurocognition and Behavior and the Center for Neurocomputation and Machine Intelligence. WTI enables interdisciplinary inquiry through fellowships for co-mentored postdocs grad students and undergrads; shared research facilities and services with cutting-edge technologies; collaborative grants to nucleate disruptive ideas; and regular conferences workshops seminars and opportunities for professional development. WTI integrates approaches across disciplines through common mathematical statistical and computational frameworks. WTI fosters a welcoming environment that provides equal opportunity to people of a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives. For more information please visit the WTI website: .
Applicants must have a PhD (or equivalent) at time of hire and hold a research faculty position or equivalent at a level of seniority appropriate for tenure at the time of the application.
Current Yale scientists are not eligible for this position.
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- AI
- Genetics
- Clinical Trials
- Pharmacy Residency
- Research Experience
- Teaching
- Higher Education Teaching
- Curriculum Development
- Grant Writing
- Program Development
- Mentoring
- Research Laboratory Experience
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