assistant professor
noun
: a member of a college or university faculty who ranks above an instructor and below an associate professor
assistant professorship
noun
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The researchers wanted to examine the circumstances surrounding those episodes to identify solutions for preventing such deaths, said Chaudhary, who is also an assistant professor in pediatrics and emergency medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Advanced Terrain Mapping for Robots Peng Lu, an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong, along with his postdoctoral student Yeke Chen and other team members sought to create a robot capable of overcoming these hurdles.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Pay attention to your body and listen to its cues, said Jennifer Lee, PhD, an assistant professor at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 24 Sep. 2025
The lull during the 2024 season was attributed in part to a jet of winds over Africa that were pushing northward and not following the typical track off the coast, Kelly Núñez Ocasio, assistant professor in the atmospheric sciences department at Texas A&M University, previously told USA TODAY.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Advanced Terrain Mapping for Robots Peng Lu, an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong, along with his postdoctoral student Yeke Chen and other team members sought to create a robot capable of overcoming these hurdles.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Pay attention to your body and listen to its cues, said Jennifer Lee, PhD, an assistant professor at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 24 Sep. 2025
The lull during the 2024 season was attributed in part to a jet of winds over Africa that were pushing northward and not following the typical track off the coast, Kelly Núñez Ocasio, assistant professor in the atmospheric sciences department at Texas A&M University, previously told USA TODAY.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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