Research Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

About the role

The Department of Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania seeks an Assistant Professor (non‑tenure research track) to develop an independent research program focused on circuit‑level mechanisms underlying sleep regulation in the mammalian brain.

Location: Philadelphia, PA | Open Date: Nov 05 2025 | Application Deadline: Nov 05 2027 11:59 PM ET

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead an independent research program investigating sleep regulation at the circuit level.
• Apply state‑of‑the‑art recording and manipulation techniques, including high‑density electrophysiology, optogenetics, and computational analysis of neural data.
• Utilize behavioral learning paradigms in experimental designs.
• Secure and maintain extramural research funding.
• Teach and mentor graduate students and post‑doctoral investigators.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a relevant field.
• Expertise in high‑density electrophysiology, optogenetics, and computational neural data analysis.
• Proficiency with behavioral learning paradigms.

Qualifications

• Distinguished record of scholarship with publications on in vivo electrophysiology.
• Demonstrated research on the neural control and function of sleep.