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