Job ID: 122978

Tenure-track Chaire Professor Junior (CPJ) position at LNEC laboratory

Position: Professor

Deadline: 13 June 2025

Employment Start Date: 1 January 2026

Contract Length: 5-year tenure track

City: POITIERS

Country: France

Institution: University of Poitiers, Inserm U1084

Department:

Description:

We are thrilled to announce a tenure-track Chaire Professor Junior (CPJ) position at LNEC laboratory for 2025-2026. You will find he official call here: https://www.univ-poitiers.fr/documents/appel-a-candidatures-chaire-de-professeur-junior-au-lnec-desordres-psychiatriques-et-neurologiques/

We’re seeking candidates with:

✓ Excellence in Neuroscience research

✓ Strong publication track record

✓ Interest in neurobiological mechanisms of:

• Psychiatric disorders (autism spectrum disorder, addiction)
• Neurological disorders (neurotrauma)

What we offer:

• Access to state-of-the-art facilities: behavioral experiments, electrophysiology, fiber photometry, optogenetics, microscopy, histology, and molecular biology
• Newly built animal facility and ImageUP imaging platform
• Welcome package including:
  • €60k equipment grant
  • 3-year PhD student funding
  • €70k/4 years operating budget
• Clear path to full professorship within 4 years
• Teaching opportunities across Neuroscience programs

The successful candidate will join our dynamic research environment in Poitiers, France, and is expected to pursue competitive national and international funding within two years.

🔗 Learn more about our research: https://lnec.labo.univ-poitiers.fr/ 🔗 Explore our imaging platform: https://sfa.univ-poitiers.fr/imageup/