Assistant Professor - Psychology

Location: Albany, NY Category: Faculty Posted On: Mon Sep 22 2025

The Department of Psychology within the College of Arts and Sciences at the University at Albany invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor. Although the area of behavioral neuroscience investigation can be broadly defined, we are particularly interested in applicants specializing in brain and behavioral processes underlying sensory‑perceptual processing, learning and memory, emotion, stress systems, cognition, neurodegenerative disease, and/or mental health disorders.

Candidates should employ modern research approaches such as Optogenetics, Chemo genetics, 2‑photon imaging, genetic mouse models, or machine learning methods. Ultimately, we seek principal investigators with the potential to secure federal funding and demonstrate leadership to run a laboratory. The applicant will teach undergraduate and graduate courses within the Department of Psychology and participate in service at the departmental, college, and university levels.

The Department of Psychology offers Bachelor's, Master's, PhD degrees with concentrations in Behavioral Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology. The University at Albany also has a vibrant community of Neuroscience faculty across various departments who are associated with the Center for Neuroscience Research.

Additionally, the Department of Psychology and the College of Arts and Sciences offers a collaborative and supportive environment. This position emphasizes candidates who pursue excellence in research, teaching, and service at an R1 institution that serves a diverse community and mentors the next generation of scientists.

Research: Scholarship and the creation of new knowledge through scholarly or creative activities. Conducting innovative research and publishing in peer‑reviewed journals, including presenting research at professional meetings and conferences and securing external funding to support programmatic research.

Teaching: Educating students, mentoring them, and fostering their intellectual development, which includes teaching undergraduate and graduate courses and course preparation and development.

Service: Contributing to the governance and functioning of the university, college, and department including participating in admissions, advising, and mentoring graduate students and chairing and serving on doctoral dissertation committees.

• Reports to:
  
  Psychology Department Chair
• Supervises:
  Graduate and undergraduate students as well as any laboratory personnel (e.g., postdoctoral researchers; research scientists; technicians)

• Ph.D. degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, or a related discipline of behavioral neuroscience from a college or university accredited by the US Department of Education or an internationally recognized accrediting organization by August 15, 2026.
• A demonstrated potential for research in the field of Behavioral Neuroscience (related fields).
• Potential to obtain independent extramural funding.
• Interest and ability to teach behavioral neuroscience courses (including supervision of trainees).
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within our diverse campus community.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging relative to their role.

• Applicants should have a promising and growing track record of impactful research.
• Demonstrated ability to secure external research funding.
• Preference is for candidates whose research focuses on non-human models of learning and memory, emotion, stress systems, and cognition, as well as preclinical and translational models of neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer’s Disease), neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., Autism), and mental health disorders (e.g., Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD).
• Experience teaching at the collegiate level.
• Experience teaching behavioral neuroscience courses at the…