Neuroscience Assistant Professor

**Job Title**
- Neuroscience Assistant Professor - Tenure Track

**About the University**

**It’s your time to shine**
Work where the world comes to create, discover and learn.
We are one of Canada’s top universities and leading research institutions. With more than 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students, two campuses (Lethbridge and Calgary), seven faculties and schools, and more than 2,500 employees, ULethbridge is Lethbridge’s second largest employer. Faculty and staff come together to contribute, each in their own way, to establishing ULethbridge as Canada’s destination university. In 2022, Lethbridge was recognized as one of Canada’s top small cities.

**Rank**
- Assistant Professor

**Tenure Information**
- Tenure Track

**Position Details**-
- Our Team:
- We are a research-intensive group, which focuses on fundamental problems in the neurobiology of cerebral functioning. The successful applicant will develop a research program focusing on mechanisms underlying normal or disordered complex processes, including memory, perception, movement, action, social behaviour, emotion, and/or neurodevelopment in nonhuman animals and/or humans.- The successful applicant will work in a world-class research facility equipped with **exceptional infrastructure**, including NMRs, 3T MRI, electron microscope, multiphoton and confocal microscopes, high throughput digital imaging, _in vitro_ recording facilities, multiple _in vivo_ ensemble single unit recording suites, dense-array and portable electroencephalography, optical imaging lab, dedicated parallel computing cluster, and numerous state-of-the-art surgical and behavioural testing suites in a newly constructed vivarium.- Our University:
- The **University of Lethbridge** (uLethbridge) is a comprehensive and research-intensive university founded on the **principles of liberal education** where inspired scholars integrate research and creative activity with teaching. Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. Founded in 1967 on traditional Blackfoot land, it is a place where student engagement in learning, creative activities, and research takes place every day. With campuses in Lethbridge and Calgary, uLethbridge offers more than 150 undergraduate and 60 graduate programs in the Faculties of Arts & Science, Education, Fine Arts, Health Sciences, the Schools of Liberal Education and Graduate Studies, and the Dhillon School of Business. Together, these programs serve more than 8,500 students.- Our Values:
- The university recognizes that diversity enriches our campus and our community and is fundamental to excellence in teaching, learning, and research. The university as a whole embraces equity as a core value to be truly inclusive of the communities of which we are a part, and this requires ongoing intentional and systemic action. Through recruitment and support of individuals who further enhance our diversity, the University strives to create a diverse and inclusive community where students, faculty and staff feel welcome, are treated equitably, and can thrive.- Our City:
- Home to more than 100,000 people, **Lethbridge** is a place where ideas grow. It is a culturally vibrant city with a flourishing arts scene and an active social calendar. We boast stunning scenery, four distinct seasons, spectacular sunrises and glowing sunsets that illuminate Alberta’s big sky. Lethbridge is only two hours from Calgary’s International Airport and a short drive to both Waterton Lakes National Park and the United States border.- Our Application Process:- Applications received by 30 November 30, 2024 will receive priority attention, but the position will remain open until filled.- All applicants will be considered, but in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given preference.- Our Contact Information:**Position Category**

**Faculty**
- Faculty of Arts & Science

**Campus**
- Lethbridge