Virginia Tech (VT) invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in the School of Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level. We are seeking a candidate that will apply innovative approaches to computational neuroscience, neural engineering, cellular, molecular, or systems neuroscience, that will complement the expertise of the primary faculty members who have joined the School of Neuroscience since 2015 (http://www.neuroscience.vt.edu). Successful candidates will teach as well as establish a competitive research program that can attract extramural funding from a wide variety of funding agencies. Competitive salary, space, and start‐up packages will be provided.

Established in 2015, the School of Neuroscience is a collaborative academic research environment with 23 primary research an instructional faculty and over 50 affiliate neuroscience faculty, a thriving Neuroscience Ph.D. program, and over 750 undergraduate neuroscience majors. Using organisms from flies to humans, the School of Neuroscience faculty explore how the brain develops, and ages, how neurons and glia interreact with one another to create functional circuits, and how these circuits create or modulate behavior, such as learning, decision-making, and sleep. Our researchers are looking at these questions in the healthy brain, in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, in psychiatric disease, in neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, in drug abuse, and in brain injury.

Application Process
Interested candidates should submit 1) cover letter, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) a statement of research, 4) teaching philosophy, and 5) contact information for three professional references. Review of applications will begin October 15th and will continue until the position is filled.

Applications should be submitted through the university's online application system. For more information, contact the School Director, Dr. Michelle Olsen, molsen1@vt.edu