The Neubauer Family Assistant Professors Program at the University of Chicago supports tenure-track appointments for up to 20 of the nation’s most outstanding early-career faculty annually. Each year, new Neubauer Family Assistant Professors join a multidisciplinary cohort that convenes regularly for lectures, research presentations, and other programming.
Xuechunzi Bai
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2024-29
Department of Psychology
Salman Banani
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2024-29
Department of Pathology
Axel Concepcion
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2022–27
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Karri DiPetrillo
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2022–27
Department of Physics
Janelle R. Goodwill
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2020–25
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Joshua Conrad Jackson
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2023-28
Booth School of Business
Anne Karing
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2021–26
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College
Mikayla Kelley
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2023-28
Department of Philosophy
Dakota McCoy
Neubauer Family Assistant professor, 2024-29 Department of Ecology & Evolution
Jasmine Nirody
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2023-28
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Nikhita Obeegadoo
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2024-29 Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Abigail Palmer Molina
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2024-29
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Kexin Pei
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor. 2024-29
Department of Computer Science
Diana Powell
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2023-28
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Anna Wuttig
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2021–26
Department of Chemistry
Zoe Yan
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2023-28
James Franck Institute and the Department of Physics
Linda Zhao
Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, 2022–27
Department of Sociology