All Ranks: Assistant /Associate/ Professor of Neurology (Tenure or Tenure-Track)

The Carol and Gene Ludwig Center at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center is seeking an investigator to join a team of clinician scientists, computational biologists, statistical geneticists, cell biologists, molecular biologists and protein chemists/biophysicists. The goal of the team is to understand the fundamental biology of neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer disease.

Other responsibilities include:

• Will collaboratively engage with existing expertise in clinical research (Neurology, neuropathology, neuropsychology), statistical genetics, computational biology, cellular biology (including spatial multi-omics) and biochemistry (protein biochemistry, metabolomics, lipidomics, neuro-inflammation);
• Will work especially closely with core faculty of the Carol and Gene Ludwig Center to generate ideas for new multi-PI collaborative efforts to uncover mechanisms leading to dysregulation and resilience in neurodegeneration
• Participate in the intellectual activities of the Carol and Gene Ludwig Center including participation in weekly lab meetings with other labs, monthly Ludwig Scholar’s and Taub Institute seminars and annual symposia,
• Participate in/peer review Ludwig pilot grant program.
• Grow their own research program through internal and external grant applications, and through the hiring and supervision of their own lab staff;
• Apply for research grants to support their salary, staff’s salary and equipment/consumables.
• Supervise and mentor of undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate and postdoctoral learners (and as appropriate, other faculty).

Requirements & Qualifications:

• PhD, MD PhD, or MD degree;
• Completed postdoctoral training in an area of molecular biology, cell biology, biophysics, bioengineering in the general areas of functional genomics, fundamental neurobiology or translational neurobiology;
• Track record of publication of impactful peer-reviewed research papers (career stage dependent);
• Track record of successful acquisition of Peer-reviewed grants (career stage dependent);
• Track record of productive collaborative work in multidisciplinary team settings;
• Demonstration of original (?out-of-the-box?) thinking on research topics. Demonstration of resilience, curiosity, innovation and receptiveness to experimental risk-taking to pursue new ideas.