Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track)

Join a thriving, highly collaborative department with >$15M in annual extramural support and deep connections across the Tufts ecosystem. Our location in downtown Boston places us at the heart of a world-class biomedical community, adjacent to Tufts Medical Center, enabling rich translational and clinical collaborations. Faculty also engage across Tufts schools (e.g., Engineering/BME, Veterinary, Dental, Nutrition, Public Health) and with regional partners.

Our department’s strengths include synaptic excitation/inhibition, neuron–glia interactions, circuit dynamics, models of neurological and psychiatric disorders (including epilepsy and neurodegeneration), neuroinflammation, and animal and human iPSC-derived cellular models. We offer:

Generous start-up packages and newly renovated lab space

Shared cores for advanced imaging and behavioral testing

Mentorship by engaged senior faculty and structured career development

A collegial culture that values team science, openness, and impact

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. and/or M.D. (or equivalent) with a record of research commensurate with career stage. The successful candidate will:

Build a rigorous, externally funded research program in computational neuroscience

Contribute to graduate and medical education and mentoring

Engage in collaborative scholarship across the department, Tufts Medical Center, and the wider Tufts network