Assistant Professor - Neurodegeneration and Neuroimmunology

Employer: Arizona State University

Location: Tempe, Arizona (US)

Salary: DOE

Closing date: Dec 24, 2025

Discipline: Life Sciences, Neuroscience

Position Type: Full Time

Job Type: Faculty

Organization Type: Academia

Job Details

The Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center and School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University invites applications for a full-time, benefits-eligible tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Neuroimmunology/neuroinflammation with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2026. Research areas of interest include but are not limited to neuroimmunology and neuroinflammatory processes as they apply to the molecular, cellular, and circuit-mediated mechanisms underlying nervous system function, especially within the context of aging and neurodegenerative diseases. Other relevant areas of expertise include how neuroimmunology and neuroinflammation play a role in cognitive decline.

About the research center The Arizona State University (ASU)-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center (NDRC) is led by recently appointed Founding Director, Dr. Jeffrey H. Kordower. This center currently has 8 full-time faculty and is currently undergoing an aggressive hiring process to expand our efforts. The NDRC is housed in an extremely modern lab facility in the Biodesign Institute in Tempe, AZ with contiguous space to the animal facility. ASU offers an attractive start-up package with highly competitive conditions of employment. ASU offers a stimulating and highly collaborative environment, access to core facilities, excellent animal support, and shared, state-of-the-art equipment. With >100 full-time faculty, strong graduate training programs, and over 76,000 undergraduates, the ASU School of Life Sciences’ (https://sols.asu.edu/about) wide-ranging expertise enables highly effective responses to interdisciplinary research initiatives. The research environment affords opportunities to collaborate with University-wide centers, institutes, and multiple partners in the Phoenix area, including the Barrow Neurological Institute (www.barrowneuro.org), Mayo Clinic (https://www.mayoclinic.org/about-mayo-clinic/facts-statistics/arizona), Translational Genomics Research Institute (www.tgen.org), Banner Health (www.bannerhealth.com), University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix (https://phoenixmed.arizona.edu/), and Phoenix Children’s Hospital (www.phoenixchildrens.org). We have established inter-institutional graduate training programs that conduct research in neuroscience-focused laboratories at many of these institutions (https://sols.asu.edu/degrees/grad/neuroscience-phd).

About The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is the academic heart of Arizona State University, committed to improving communities on a local, national, and global scale. We support the professional development and growth of our faculty and staff in their cutting-edge research to advance these aims. Within The College, our faculty engage with a large, curious student body, guiding them as they grow into socially aware, critical thinkers and writers able to succeed in a wide range of careers and to address the challenges of the twenty-first century. Advancing the success of our students remains our top priority. To learn more about The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, please visit https://thecollege.asu.edu.

About Arizona State University ASU exemplifies a new prototype for the American public research university. As articulated in the ASU Charter, ASU is a comprehensive public research university, measured not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes and how they succeed; advancing research and discovery of public value; and assuming fundamental responsibility for the economic, social, cultural, and overall health of the communities it serves.

Essential Functions

• Build a research program in the area of neuroimmunology/neuroinflammation
• Obtain extra mural funding required to support your research program
• Publish your research findings in appropriate journals or outlets
• Mentor undergraduate and graduate students
• Teach classes in your areas of expertise
• Perform service to SOLS, ASU, and the profession equivalent to 20% effort

Required Qualifications:

• A PhD and/or MD/PhD in Neurobiology, Neuroscience, or a related field by the time of appointment
• At least 2 years of postdoctoral or equivalent experience
• A strong, recognized research program with a peer-reviewed publication record commensurate with career stage

Desired Qualifications:

• A history of extramural funding appropriate to the candidate’s rank
• Experience with and willingness to continue teaching and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students while fostering a supportive work environment
• Strong interest or training in studies of aging and neurodegenerative diseases
• Demonstrated commitment to working with faculty, staff, students, and communities to advance the principles of the ASU Charter

Application Instructions: The application deadline is December 24, 2025. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled. Candidates will be asked to create or use an existing Interfolio Dossier to submit the following application materials:

• Cover letter including contact information (name, email, and telephone number) for three references
• Comprehensive curriculum vitae
• Statement of current interests and future research trajectory (three-page limit)
• Statement of teaching philosophy and mentoring experience (two-page limit)
• Up to three representative publications in pdf format

For more information or questions about this position, please contact the search committee chair, Dr. Jeffrey Kordower, jeffrey.kordower@asu.edu and chair administrator, Misty Smith, Misty.Smith@asu.edu.