Assistant Professor in Translational Sciences

About the role

The University of Georgia invites applications for a 9-month, tenure-track faculty position in the interdisciplinary area of Translational Neuropharmacologist in Metabolic Engineering, as part of the 2025–2026 Presidential Strategic Faculty Hiring Initiative (PHI).

Responsibilities

• Establish an outstanding, internationally recognized translational drug discovery research program at the intersection of metabolic engineering and synthetic biology.
• Foster and establish interdisciplinary collaborations between the Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research and the School of Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering.
• Compete successfully for extramural funding including NIH, DOD, NSF and pharmaceutical partners to sustain cutting-edge research and to support an integrated graduate and postdoctoral training program.

Requirements

• A Ph.D. in biomedical sciences including pharmacology, physiology, neuroscience, pathology, synthetic biology and other related fields.
• Candidates must also have a documented research background appropriate for the appointment rank, as evidenced by peer-reviewed publications, extramural funding, and mentorship of undergraduate and doctoral students.

Qualifications

• Translational research evidence related to neurodegenerative diseases.
• Experience in research productivity in translational research.

Skills

• Bridges neuropharmacology, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, gut-brain physiology, and translational neuroscience to advance therapeutic strategies for neurodegenerative diseases.
• Knowledge in advancing biotherapeutics from preclinical to clinical commercialization.
• Commitment to teaching excellence and student mentoring.
• Strong integration of engineering methods with biological or biomedical applications.

Benefits

• Not specified.

Pay

• Commensurate with Experience.

Schedule

• Not specified.