The Faculty

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

Axel Concepcion

Class of 2022
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology


Karri DiPetrillo

Karri DiPetrillo

Class of 2022
Department of Physics


Joshua Conrad Jackson

Class of 2023
Booth School of Business


Anne Karing

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

Anna Wuttig

Class of 2021
Department of Chemistry


Zoe Yan

Class of 2023
James Franck Institute and the Department of Physics


Linda Zhao

Linda Zhao

Class of 2022
Department of Sociology


Current Neubauer Family
Assistant Professors