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
Class of 2024
Department of Psychology
Salman Banani
Class of 2024
Department of Pathology
Axel Concepcion
Class of 2022
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Karri DiPetrillo
Class of 2022
Department of Physics
Joshua Conrad Jackson
Class of 2023
Booth School of Business
Anne Karing
Class of 2021
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and the College
Mikayla Kelley
Class of 2023
Department of Philosophy
Dahlia Klein
Class of 2025
Department of Physics
Dakota McCoy
Class of 2024
Department of Ecology & Evolution
Isaac Mehlhaff
Class of 2025
Department of Political Science
Jasmine Nirody
Class of 2023
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Nikhita Obeegadoo
Class of 2024
Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
Abigail Palmer Molina
Class of 2024
Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
Kexin Pei
Class of 2024
Department of Computer Science
Diana Powell
Class of 2023
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Soyoon Ryu
Class of 2025
Department of Art History
Milos Simic
Class of 2025
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Jarrett Smith
Class of 2025
Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology
Anna Wuttig
Class of 2021
Department of Chemistry
Zoe Yan
Class of 2023
James Franck Institute and the Department of Physics
Linda Zhao
Class of 2022
Department of Sociology