Neuroscience Assistant Professor - Tenure Track

Neuroscience Assistant Professor - Tenure Track

Job Title: Neuroscience Assistant Professor - Tenure Track

About the University:
It’s your time to shine! Work where the world comes to create, discover and learn. We are one of Canada’s top universities and leading research institutions. With more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students, two campuses (Lethbridge and Calgary), seven faculties and schools, and more than 2,500 employees, ULethbridge is Lethbridge’s second largest employer.

Rank:
The Department of Neuroscience invites applications for a Tenure-Track position in neuroscience at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin July 1, 2025, subject to budgetary approval. Hiring salary will be in the range of $79,132 to $94,000 per year, commensurate with qualifications and experience. We are seeking a neuroscientist with demonstrated excellence in research on cerebral function across the life span, in humans and/or nonhuman animals, with a systems-level approach, utilizing state-of-the-art imaging methods, especially MRI or in vivo optical imaging.

Responsibilities:
The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. in Neuroscience or a cognate field and will be able to instruct undergraduate and graduate courses in neuroscience. We seek outstanding candidates with the capability to engage and inspire undergraduate and graduate students in their academic work, and who will show initiative in contributing to the department’s programs and curriculum development. The successful applicant will be expected to establish and maintain an independent, active, and externally funded research program.

Our Team:
We are a research-intensive group, which focuses on fundamental problems in the neurobiology of cerebral functioning. The successful applicant will develop a research program focusing on mechanisms underlying normal or disordered complex processes, including memory, perception, movement, action, social behaviour, emotion, and/or neurodevelopment in nonhuman animals and/or humans.

Facilities:
The successful applicant will work in a world-class research facility equipped with exceptional infrastructure, including NMRs, 3T MRI, electron microscope, multiphoton and confocal microscopes, high throughput digital imaging, in vitro recording facilities, multiple in vivo ensemble single unit recording suites, dense-array and portable electroencephalography, optical imaging lab, dedicated parallel computing cluster, and numerous state-of-the-art surgical and behavioural testing suites in a newly constructed vivarium.

Application Process:
All applications must be submitted online and include a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching interests and philosophy, outlines of courses previously taught, a statement of research program, teaching evaluations, and the contact information for three references (references will be contacted directly for short-listed candidates). Applications received by November 30, 2024, will receive priority attention, but the position will remain open until filled.

Contact Information:
For enquiries about the position, please contact Dr. Rob Sutherland, Chair, Department of Neuroscience (robert.sutherland@uleth.ca).

Required Documents

Required Documents:

• Curriculum Vitae
• Outlines
• Letter of Application
• Evaluations
• Statement of Teaching Interests and Philosophy
• Statement of Research Program
• Contact Information for Three References

Optional Documents:

Employment Equity

The University acknowledges the potential impact that career interruptions can have on a candidate’s record of achievement. We encourage applicants to explain in their application the impact that career interruptions have had on their record. The University of Lethbridge invites applications from all qualified candidates; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given preference.