Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

Salary
: $110,000-$144,500

Johns Hopkins University:
Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences:
Department of Biophysics

The Thomas

C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics () invites applications for tenure-track appointments at the assistant professor level. We encourage applicants who seek to understand the physical chemistry, structure, function, and assembly of biomolecules, their integration into subcellular and cellular structures, and time-dependent processes spanning molecular and cellular scales. We encourage the use of theory and computation as well as experiment, and welcome applicants who use machine-learning and artificial intelligence methods to enhance their research programs.

We also encourage applicants in advanced imaging, cryo-ET, and cryo-EM, and high throughput biophysics which are emerging areas of strength at Johns Hopkins. Successful applicants will join a vibrant and collaborative biophysics community at Johns Hopkins which includes both the T.C. Jenkins Department of Biophysics in Arts & Sciences and the Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry at the School of Medicine.

A Ph.D. and postdoctoral experience or equivalent are required.

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Statement of current research
• Statement of future research
• Statement of teaching interests and philosophy

In addition, please arrange for three confidential letters of recommendation to be submitted through Interfolio.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning April 13, 2026. To be considered, applications must be complete at the time of review. A complete application includes four uploaded PDFs and three letters of recommendation.

The expected academic base (9-month) salary range for the Assistant Professor level is $110,000–$144,500.

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