Postdoctoral Scholarships at Harvard University, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, United States

Postdoctoral Research Position in Biostatistics and Data Science

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Department of Biostatistics at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellow position focused on developing innovative statistical and machine-learning methods for analyzing and integrating various types of complex biomedical data (e.g., electronic health record data, claims data, biobanks). Areas of particular interest include (but not limi…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Scholar in Applied Physics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Quantum cascade laser pumped molecular lasers (QPMLs) are new sources of THz radiation being developed in the Capasso Group (https://capasso.seas.harvard.edu/) to fill the THz gap (Science 366, 6467 (2019); APL Photonics, 7, 016107 (2022); Appl. Phys Lett. 120, 08110(2022)) which can cover a broad frequency range from a few hundred GHz to several THz, depending on the gas used for the gain medi…View Details Bookmark

Curriculum Fellow in Neurobiology

Harvard Medical School

The Harvard Medical School Curriculum Fellows Program (HMS CFP) welcomes applications for a Curriculum Fellow (CF) in Neurobiology. The CFP is a postdoctoral service and training program intended for early-career scientist-educators, focused on curriculum development, teaching, and educational programming in the biological and biomedical sciences.Curriculum Fellows are part of a larger cohort a…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biostatistics

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

A Postdoctoral research fellow position is available in the Department of Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  The successful candidate will work closely with Dr. Rui Wang and Dr. Michael Hughes. The position involves the development, implementation, and evaluation of statistical methods for both observational and randomized studies in medicine and health care, with a fo…View Details Bookmark

Assistant/Associate Professor, Division of Orthodontics

Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Located in the heart of Boston’s Longwood Medical Area, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine ranks as one of the preeminent dental schools in the country. Established in 1867, HSDM was the first dental school in the United States to be connected with a university and coordinated with its medical school. HSDM is the only school within Harvard University that has its own clinical facility and pr…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Algebra and Geometry

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

A postdoctoral position is available in Anna Seigal’s group at Harvard University. The group is working in the area of Applied Algebra and Geometry. For recent publications, see https://people.math.harvard.edu/~aseigal/. For questions, please send an email to aseigal@math.harvard.edu. Those from underrepresented minorities in mathematics are particularly encouraged to apply. This is a 1 year po…View Details Bookmark

Curriculum Fellow in Genetics and Genomics

Harvard Medical School

The Harvard Medical School Curriculum Fellows Program (HMS CFP) welcomes applications for a Curriculum Fellow (CF) in Genetics and Genomics. The CFP is a postdoctoral service and training program focused on curriculum development, teaching, and educational programming in the biological and biomedical sciences. Curriculum Fellows are part of a larger cohort and work closely with members of the H…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Brain Health and Aging Epidemiology

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow with an interest in brain health (e.g., stroke and dementia) and aging epidemiology. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will work with a multi-disciplinary team to investigate modifiable risk factors of stroke, cognitive impairment, and dementia and identify early biomarkers that help early detection and prevention of stroke and demen…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Historical Psychology in Latin Texts

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

We seek a postdoctoral fellow with research experience in computational approaches to language and literature to work on a cross-institutional project on the study of historical psychology in Latin texts. This is a one-year full-time position beginning in Spring 2023 and potentially renewable for one additional year. Besides regular meetings with the project PI, Joe Henrich (Harvard University;…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Geometric Machine Learning

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

A postdoctoral position is available in Melanie Weber’s group at Harvard University. The group works at the intersection of Geometry and Machine Learning, with a focus on recognizing and exploiting geometric structure in data and models.Research areas include Representation Learning, Machine learning and Optimization on Graphs and Manifolds, as well as applications of geometric methods in the s…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Trustworthy AI Lab – Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University

Harvard Business School

The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit https://d3.harvard.edu.The postdoctoral fellows will work under the dir…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Trustworthy AI Lab – Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University

Harvard Business School

The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit https://d3.harvard.edu. The postdoctoral fellows will work under the di…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Neafsey Lab at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) is seeking an early stage or senior Postdoctoral Fellow to contribute to our research program in the genomic epidemiology of malaria (https://sites.sph.harvard.edu/neafsey-lab/). Our lab generates and analyzes large genomic datasets from malaria parasites and vector mosquitoes to understand transmission patterns, demographi…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow – Neural Engineering at Harvard BIONICs Lab

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

We are looking to hire 2 postdoctoral fellows who are motivated, hard working, and creative scientists, engineers, and/or doctors! The lab is committed to fostering lifelong learners in an environment that is diverse, inclusive and respectful. Learn more about our lab here: https://bioniclab.seas.harvard.edu/We are recruiting fellows from diverse backgrounds interesting in solving tough problem…View Details Bookmark

Research Associate/Research Scientist

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITYThe successful candidate will work with Drs. Curtis Huttenhower and Wendy Garrett on overall scientific coordination for the Harvard Chan Microbiome in Public Health Center (http://hcmph.sph.harvard.edu). This individual will be responsible for high-level scientific planning, reporting, outreach, and mentoring for the project, working with both computational and experiment…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow for Statistical Methods in EHR-Based Studies

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

This is a postdoctoral position with the scientific goals being the development, implementation, and evaluation of statistical methods for causal inference based on electronic health records (EHR) data. The postdoctoral fellow will work with Drs. Haneuse, Mukherjee, and Wang in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, as well as their collaborators at Ka…View Details Bookmark

Onnela Lab Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position Network Science

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Onnela Lab in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking candidates with a Ph.D. in biostatistics, applied mathematics, statistical physics, computer science, or a related quantitative field for a two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position. This position, which is in the field of network science, involves developing new network community …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Global Hygiene

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dr. Patricia Geli of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking a highly-motivated and capable postdoctoral researcher with an interest in inter-disciplinary quantitative research. The successful candidate will work on research related to global hygiene and its role in infectious disease prevention and control efforts. The work will focus on designing studies to better understand …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Position in Environmental Health and Biostatistics

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Postdoctoral Research Position in Environmental Health and BiostatisticsThe Department of Environmental Health together with the Biostatistics Department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position for the analysis of large-scale environmental health data. The Postdoctoral Fellow will work with a multi-disciplinary team to investigate…View Details Bookmark

Onnela Lab Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position Digital Phenotyping / Smartphone Data Research

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Onnela Lab in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan Schoolof Public Health is seeking candidates with a Ph.D. in biostatistics, applied mathematics, computer science, or a related quantitative field for a two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position. This position involves developing statistical methods, data analytic tools, and mathematical models for analyzing smartph…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Position in Data Science

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position for data science and/or statistical methods development to address questions of climate change and air pollution regulatory policy. Expertise in causal inference and machine learning is desirable but not necessary. The Postdoctoral Fellow will work with a mult…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Position in Statistical Genetics and Genomics

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in statistical genetics and genomics is available at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. This position involves developing and applying statistical and machine learning methods for analysis of high-throughput genetic and genomic data, including large scale Whole Genome Sequencing association studies, integrative analysis of genetic and genomic data,…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Biostatistics

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

This is a postdoctoral position developing statistical methods for finding patterns in complex biomedical data, working with Jeff Miller in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.  Models and methods of interest include hierarchical regression models, latent factorization models, nonparametric Bayesian models, models for sequential data, mixture models,…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Associate Position in Biostatistics and Biomedical Informatics

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

A Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Research Associate position in biostatistics and biomedical informatics is available at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The positions involve developing and applying statistical and computational methods for analysis of electronic health records (EHR) data including narrative data extracted via natural language processing, codified phenotype data as …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Positions in (i) Network Science and (ii) Biomedical Smartphone Research

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Onnela Lab in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking candidates with a Ph.D. in biostatistics, applied mathematics, statistical physics, computer science, or a related quantitative field for two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions. These positions involve developing statistical methods, data analytic tools, and mathematical models…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

We are seeking a candidate with expertise in computational and systems biology to work as part of a multidisciplinary team developing methods relevant to the study of genetics, gene regulatory networks, and the use of quantitative imaging data as biomarkers. Our goal is to use these methods to better understand the development, progression, and response to therapy. The successful applicant will…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow for Statistical Methods in Population Health Disparities

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Department of Biostatistics at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship focused on the development of statistical methods for population health disparities. The postdoctoral fellow will work with Dr. Briana Stephenson and collaborate with a multidisciplinary research team to develop innovative statistical and machine learning method…View Details Bookmark

Harvard History of Philosophy Workshop Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Department of Philosophy seeks applications for a postdoctoral fellow in Philosophy. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1st, 2023. The postdoctoral fellow will be responsible for teaching the equivalent of two undergraduate courses and advising an undergraduate senior thesis per year, with 50 percent of the appointment reserved for the postdoctoral fellow’s own research. At least …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship Position: Forest Landscape Ecology

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Harvard Forest invites applications for a post-doctoral research fellow focused on analysis ofNorthern New England forest landscape. The project seeks to understand the impacts of alternative ownership and management structures on forest conditions and evaluate alternative options for future management. The successful candidate will be a member of Dr. Jonathan Thompson’s Landscape Ecology L…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Intersection of Systems and Theory

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and seeks applicants for a postdoctoral fellow in Computer Science, specifically at the intersection of Systems and Theory.Systems + Theory Postdoctoral PositionThe John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University (SEAS) seeks applicants for a postdoctoral position in systems and theory. The po…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Literature and Culture

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Davis Center Postdoctoral Fellowship program offers comprehensive research, training and professional development opportunities for scholars advancing their careers in the humanities. Fellows pursue their research with support from an interdisciplinary community of experts and with access to world-class resources. The program provides scholars with experiences and connections that endure we…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship in History

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Davis Center Postdoctoral Fellowship program offers comprehensive research, training and professional development opportunities for scholars advancing their careers in history. Fellows pursue their research with support from an interdisciplinary community of experts and with access to world-class resources. The program provides scholars with experiences and connections that endure well beyo…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Thermal Barrier Coatings

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Professor David Clarke on oxide materials for high-temperature coatings and related materials. A PhD or equivalent in applied physics, thermal transport, mechanical engineering or a related area is required. The ideal candidate would also have experience in the design of experiments, should be comfortable with a wide variety of mat…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Epidemiology

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The HaSET (“happiness” in Amharic”) Maternal and Child Health Research Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston Children’s Hospital is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow with an interest in reproductive, perinatal, and pediatric epidemiology and maternal and child health. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will have opportunities to work on large-sc…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Digital Value Lab – Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University

Harvard Business School

The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit https://d3.harvard.edu. The postdoctoral fellows will work under the di…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Customer Intelligence Lab – Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University

Harvard Business School

The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows for academic year 2023-2024 to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit https://d3.harvard.edu. The postdoctoral fe…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biostatistics

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biostatistics at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health will develop methodology in the areas of longitudinal and survival data analyses. The application of the methods will be used in epidemiologic studies. The selected candidate will work with Prof. Molin Wang (HSPH), Prof. Donna Spiegelman (Yale), Prof. Bernard Rosner and their collaborators. More …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Mississippi Delta Partnership in Public Health

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Mississippi Delta Partnership in Public Health at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health is a program designed to advance health and well-being in the Mississippi Delta through community engagement, collaborative research, and leadership development.The program seeks a post-doctoral researcher to serve as a Teaching Fellow. One of the program’s main components is the Delta Scholars …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab at the Digital, Data, and Design Institute

Harvard Business School

The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows for academic year 2023-2024 to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit https://d3.harvard.edu. The postdoctoral fe…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab – Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University

Harvard Business School

The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows for academic year 2023-2024 to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit https://d3.harvard.edu. The postdoctoral fe…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Climate and Sustainability Impact Lab at the Digital, Data, and Design Institute

Harvard Business School

The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows for academic year 2023-2024 to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit https://d3.harvard.edu.The postdoctoral fel…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship – Maternal Nutrition and Perinatal Epidemiology

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Nutrition and Global Health Program in the Department of Global Health and Population, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with an interest in global health, perinatal epidemiology, and maternal/child/adolescent health.  The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will contribute to ongoing clinical trials and prospective cohort studie…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral position in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Engineering Applications

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory at Harvard University invites applications for a postdoctoral position at the interface of scientific Computing and Artificial Intelligence for applications ranging from turbulence to drug delivery beginning January 2023, or as soon thereafter as possible. The position is for one year, renewable for two additional years. The candidate will wo…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Platform Lab at the Digital, Data, and Design Institute

Harvard Business School

The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for multiple postdoctoral fellows to work on research activities at our research labs. D^3 launched in the summer of 2022 with 12 labs working on research at the intersection of academia and practice. For more information on D^3, please visit https://d3.harvard.edu. The postdoctoral fellows will work under the di…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theory for Society

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Department of Statistics at Harvard University seeks applicants for a postdoctoral fellow program in Computer Science.Postdoctoral Fellowship on Theory for SocietyThe Theory for Society Project invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships to advance a multidisciplinary understanding of and response to fairness is…View Details Bookmark

Embedded EthiCS Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Harvard Program for Embedded EthiCS invites applications for several postdoctoral fellowships based in the Philosophy Department beginning July 1, 2023, pending funding and program needs. The fellowships will be two years with the second year contingent on a satisfactory review during the first year. The postdoctoral fellows will be expected to spend 50% of their time working with the Embed…View Details Bookmark

Mellon Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellowship in Afro-Latin American Studies

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

With the support of the Mellon Foundation’s Sawyer Seminar program, the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University, seeks applications for a one-year Mellon Sawyer Postdoctoral Fellowship in Afro-Latin American Studies. The fellow will play a leading role in organizing, administering and participating in the Mell…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow – Human Rights and Transitional Justice

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

About HHIThe Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is a university-wide academic and research center in humanitarian crisis and leadership. HHI is based at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Department of Global Health and Population and is affiliated with the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). As an Inter-Faculty Initiative, HHI collaborates clos…View Details Bookmark

Post-Doctoral Fellowship – Health Care Markets, Policy, and Regulation

Harvard Business School

We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship position. The prospective postdoctoral fellow will work with faculty and students conducting research on health care markets, policy and regulation. During the one or two-year fellowship, the fellow will work with faculty on ongoing research focused on a range of issues including insurance markets, drug pricing, provider pricing, vertic…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Computer Science

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Department of Statistics at Harvard University seeks applicants for four postdoctoral fellow programs in Computer Science.Michael O. Rabin Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretical Computer ScienceThe John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University (SEAS) seeks applicants for the Michael …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Lewis Lab is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in one or more of the following areas: nanoparticle synthesis, colloidal science, rheology, or granular media. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team of researchers supported under a new ARO MURI award. The goal of this project is to develop a fundamental understanding of the transient yielding and printing behav…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Organ Engineering with the Lewis Lab

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Lewis Lab is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in one or more of the following areas: stem cell biology, organoid differentiation, bioprinting, or tissue engineering. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team of researchers supported under three new awards from NIH, DoD, and Wellcome Leap. The goals of these projects are to develop vascularized cerebral, cardiac…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Applied Physics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Loncar Group is looking for a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in nanofabrication, integrated optics, nonlinear optics, and microwave photonics. The candidate will focus on design, fabrication, and characterization of chip-scale photonic devices and systems, and their application in microwave photonics.View Details Bookmark

2023-24 REISCHAUER INSTITUTE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN JAPANESE STUDIES

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

2023-24 REISCHAUER INSTITUTE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS IN JAPANESE STUDIESApplicant Deadline: Friday, December 16, 2022, 5:00PM ESTRecommender Deadline: Friday, January 6, 2023, 5:00PM ESTThe Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RIJS) at Harvard University will offer several Postdoctoral Fellowships in Japanese Studies to recent PhD graduates of exceptional promise, to provide the …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard in RL with Applications in Digital Interventions!

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Join us as a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Susan Murphy’s Statistical Reinforcement Learning Group. Our research concerns sequential decision making in digital health, including experimental design and reinforcement learning algorithms. We combine statistical methods with online reinforcement learning algorithms to provide inferential tools. The successful applicant will be expected to devel…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Forecasting Species Distributions of Medicinal Plants

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Davis Lab of Plant Biodiversity at Harvard University is seeking an exceptional postdoctoral researcher to work with us on forecasting species distributions of medicinal plants and assessing global seed-bank coverage of species under investigation. The Davis Lab of Plant Biodiversity explores questions in plant evolution and ecology using a variety of cutting-edge methods. Current and past …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Genomic Investigations of Medicinal Plants

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Davis Lab of Plant Biodiversity at Harvard University is seeking an exceptional postdoctoral researcher to work with us on the sequencing, identification, and analysis of comparative genomic data from medicinal plants.The Davis Lab of Plant Biodiversity explores questions in plant evolution and ecology using a variety of cutting-edge methods. Current and past research has shed light on the …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Harvard Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS) solicits applications for postdoctoral fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. CRCS provides postdoctoral fellows with an annual salary plus travel and research funding to allow them to engage in independent research. We seek computer science researchers who are enthusiastic about collaborating with colleagues from other discipl…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical Neuroscience and/or Theory of Neural Computation

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

A postdoctoral position is available in Cengiz Pehlevan’s group at Harvard University. We are looking for candidates with strong analytical and numerical skills, and backgrounds in (theoretical) neuroscience, applied mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science, or related fields. Our research areas are in theoretical neuroscience and the theory of neural computation in natural and artif…View Details Bookmark

Research Fellow in Bioprinting

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Lewis Lab seeks a talented and enthusiastic Research Fellow to help in the development and application of novel 3D bioprinting methods for disease modeling and therapeutic tissues. The ideal candidate will report to the Principal Investigator in the Lewis Research Group and work closely with a senior postdoctoral research associate. This is a 1-year position with an opportunity to be extend…View Details Bookmark

Post-Doctoral Fellowships–Opportunity Insights

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

We are seeking applicants for post-doctoral fellowship opportunities at Opportunity Insights (OI) at Harvard University to work on projects with Raj Chetty, Nathan Hendren, John Friedman, and other OI collaborators. These positions will work on broad OI projects pertaining to economic opportunity and mobility.Appointments to begin July 1, 2023, renewable for a second year based on mutual agreem…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Invertebrate Paleobiology and Evolution

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Laboratory for Invertebrate Paleobiology and Evolution at the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Harvard University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join our team as part of the Human Frontier Science Program-funded project entitled “Reconstructing water to land transitions in arthropod evolution – combining atoms, genes, and fossils”…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Mathematics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

We currently (as of August 2022) have two openings for post-doctoral fellows to work on specific projects:1. Fossil and fracture reconstruction from fragments. The ideal candidate should have experience with using ideas from (discrete) differential geometry, statistics and computational mechanics. The project will involve close links with experimental observations and field studies.2. Quantify …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Li Group is looking for a postdoctoral research fellow for projects on battery materials/devices or strongly correlated materials. Recent Ph.D. and postdocs with a background in materials science, physics, applied physics, chemistry, or a related field are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have expertise in some of the following areas:Design, synthesis, and testing of elect…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Whipple lab investigates the causes and consequences of genomic imprinting in the brain using mouse models and in vitro neuron differentiation systems. There are open opportunities to work in project areas related to (i) mechanisms controlling imprinted gene expression, (ii) neuronal functions of imprinted non-coding RNAs, and (iii) new therapeutic opportunities for imprinted disorders. The…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Scholar in Applied Physics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The physics of two-dimensional (2D) materials, and especially structures with a relative twist between successive layers, has attracted much attention in recent years. Guiding experimental searches through theoretical models for interesting applications of these systems is crucial, because of the very large parameter space involved. The theoretical tools commonly employed in modeling of these s…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Material Science & Mechanical Engineering

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Four postdoctoral positions in the Materials Intelligence Research group of Prof. Boris Kozinsky at Harvard University are open to develop and apply first principles and machine learning methods for computational materials physics and chemistry. Applications include investigation and design of catalysts, soft materials, energy conversion and storage materials, power electronics and thermoelectr…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Department of Psychology at Harvard University invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow in any of the following areas.Clinical ScienceCognition, Brain, and BehaviorDevelopmental PsychologySocial PsychologyThis is a grant-funded one-year term position with possibility of renewal dependent upon job performance and continued availability of funding.The Department of Psychology sits withi…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The team of Dr. Elena Rivas has an NSF-funded postdoctoral position available for up to 3 years, in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University. We are seeking postdocs in computational biology working at the interface of probabilistic and evolutionary models interested in remote homology problems.The research project aims to bring homology detection to the next level…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Ölveczky (olveczkylab.oeb.harvard.edu) and Uchida (projects.iq.harvard.edu/uchidalab/home) labs at Harvard University are seeking a postdoc to join a collaborative team probing social interactions in rats and the role of dopamine in regulating these in both normal individuals and in genetic models of autism. The project will combine sophisticated machine learning-based behavioral tracking w…View Details Bookmark

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

We are seeking motivated, bright scientists to join our antibiotics drug discovery and development team in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University (Andrew G. Myers Research Group). Key Responsibilities: A postdoctoral fellow will be required to design and synthesize novel, fully synthetic antibiotics in quantities suitable for in vitro study. A postdoctoral fellow…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Control

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Multi-omic studies towards the identification of robust biomarkers for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.The aims of this Army-funded study are identifying, validating and characterizing blood-based diagnostic biomarkers for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Harvard is part of a collaborative consortium of researchers that includes NYU, UCSF, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, the Institute for Sy…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Position in Computational Biology

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Haber Lab in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard University has openings for highly motivated postdocs to develop and apply novel computational approaches for next generation sequencing data analysis, particularly single-cell RNA sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, and related approaches.Our research group uses single-cell genomics to study immunity at mucosal sites, with a f…View Details Bookmark

Curriculum Fellow in Developmental and Regenerative Biology

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Harvard Medical School (HMS) Curriculum Fellows Program (CFP) is seeking an innovative, collaborative early-career science educator to act as the Curriculum Fellow (CF) in Developmental and Regenerative Biology (DRB). The CFP is a postdoctoral service and training program focused on curriculum development, teaching, and educational programming in the biological and biomedical sciences. The …View Details Bookmark

Curriculum Fellow in Biomedical Informatics

Harvard Medical School

The Harvard Medical School Curriculum Fellows Program (HMS CFP) welcomes applications for a Curriculum Fellow (CF) in Biomedical Informatics. The CFP is a postdoctoral service and training program focused on curriculum development, teaching, and educational programming in the biological and biomedical sciences. Curriculum Fellows are part of a larger cohort and work closely with members of the …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Walsh Lab

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) seeks a talented, creative, and enthusiastic individual to build life-changing technologies for rehabilitation and human performance enhancement. The Postdoctoral Researcher will coordinate and lead a research project at the intersection of wearable sensing, controls, neurophysiology, movement science, and clinical re…View Details Bookmark

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Post-doctoral positions are available in the Yang lab based in the Department of Developmental Biology at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.  The laboratory of Dr. Yingzi Yang has a longstanding and intense interest in defining the functional mechanisms of Wnt, Hippo, and Hedgehog signaling pathways in development and disease pathogenesis. We are recruiting a motivated postdoctoral fellow t…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Mathematics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Soft Math Lab (https://softmath.seas.harvard.edu/) is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to start in the summer/fall of 2022 with interests and expertise in the areas of (i) the physics of morphogenesis, (ii) collective behavior of organisms across scales and (iii) soft matter physics, who has familiarity with data analysis geometric signal processing and computational science, along with a …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in On-Premise Computing for Autonomous Vehicles (Computer Architecture, Machine Learning and Runtime Systems)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

ProjectDeep learning plays an essential role in the operation of an autonomous vehicle (AV), allowing for automated detection, prediction, mapping, and planning. During the vehicle’s operation, data is obtained through a myriad of sensors in an AV—including RADAR, LIDAR, cameras, and other advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) sensors. These sensors generate a vast amount of data concurrent…View Details Bookmark

Research Associate Mazur Group

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Mazur Lab in the Applied Physics Department of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (mazur.harvard.edu) has an opening for a Research Associate in the area of nanophotonics and biophotonics. As pioneers in these areas, we develop and use cutting-edge theoretical and experimental techniques to design, fabricate, and study nanophotonic metamaterials and devel…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evolution of Development

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The laboratory of Dr. Cassandra Extavour at Harvard University is looking for one or more collaborative, self-motivated Postdoctoral Associate in Cambridge, MA. The Extavour lab works on the evolution of development at many different levels of biological organization and scale. We seek to understand the evolutionary origins and modern functions of the genes that govern cell fate decisions durin…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Strominger Lab seeks a scientist with 0-5 years of postdoctoral experience to participate in an ongoing research program focused on the regulation of expression of the Class 1 MHC proteins HLA-C, HLA-E, and HLA-G, in the maternal-fetal interface and their role in tolerance and infections. We are particularly interested in pregnancy complications (e.g., preterm birth and preeclampsia) which …View Details Bookmark

Postdoc in Analysis of Novel Quantum Materials with Electron Microscopy Techniques

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

We seek a postdoctoral fellow position in our group as part of the Harvard Quantum Initiative (HQI)  and the Center for Integrated Quantum Materials (CIQM)  in the area of Transmission and Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (S/TEM) of novel quantum materials. We seek to visualize and understand quantum phases of matter at the atomic scale sensing using TEM/STEM coupled to analytical meth…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Medical Instrumentation

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Harvard University’s Assistive Technology Initiative has an immediate opening for an entrepreneurial research fellow to coordinate and lead a project at the intersection of wearable sensing, controls, neurophysiology, movement science, and clinical rehabilitation. The position will involve work underway at the Harvard Biodesign Lab (https://biodesign.seas.harvard.edu), Harvard Biorobotics Lab (…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Physics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Prof. Donhee Ham’s group (https://www.donheehamlab.org) at Harvard University has openings for several post-doctor positions for our ARPA-E funded project on CMOS and GaN-based spin resonance technology for applications in subsurface exploration, chemical sensing, biological sensing, and magnetic resonance imaging. For questions, please contact Dr. Yi-Qiao Song (YSONG5@mgh.harvard.edu) and Pro…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Physics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Donhee Ham group (https://www.donheehamlab.org) at Harvard University has openings for several post-doctor positions for high-throughput DNA memory synthesis on CMOS microelectrode arrays. This is an I-ARPA funded project in collaboration with Broad Institute (https://www.broadinstitute.org), Cambridge, MA and DNA Script (https://dnascript.com), Paris, France. Contact Prof. Donhee Ham (donhee@…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Biomechanics and Wearable Robotics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Harvard Biodesign Lab invites applications for an immediate opening on a research project focused on biomechanical, physiological, and clinical evaluations of wearable robotic devices developed to assist individuals with neurological disorders (e.g., stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and cerebral palsy). These soft wearable robots are lightweight and pliable and apply appropr…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Position in Biophysics

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Physics Department at Harvard University invites applications for a postdoctoral position in the field of biophysics, biochemistry and biology. The successful applicant will work in Prof. Mara Prentiss’ group at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, performing experimental studies of RecA family protein mediated homologous recombination in collaboration with groups in the Biology Department at N…View Details Bookmark

DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS | HARVARD & SMITHSONIAN, DIRECTOR, SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY AND TENURED PROFESSOR IN ASTRONOMY

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution jointly seek an astrophysicist with outstanding research accomplishments and demonstrated administrative ability to serve as the next Director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA). The CfA is a unique, collaborative center, bringing together faculty from the Harvard Department of Astronomy, housed at the Harvard Coll…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Scholar in Machine Learning and Computational Imaging

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Harvard is seeking applicants for a postdoctoral position in Machine Learning and Computational Microscopy. This is a one-year appointment, with the expectation that it will be extended up to two years after review. A postdoctoral position is currently available at the Center for Advanced Imaging at Harvard with Dr. Dushan Wadduwage to develop novel computational imaging technologies for micros…View Details Bookmark

Independent Fellows in Quantitative Biology

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

We are looking for independent postdoctoral fellows to work at the interface between the life and mathematical sciences as part of Harvard’s Initiative in Quantitative Biology and its NSF/Simons Center for the Mathematical and Statistical Analysis of Biology. Funds from the Simons Foundation will support the fellow for three years. If their work is theoretical or computational, fellows can work…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellow who will work on statistical methods development for multivariate spatial data and high-dimensional multivariate microbiome sequencing data. Under the joint supervision of Drs. Kyu Ha Lee (Nutrition, HSPH), Jacqueline Starr (Forsyth Institute), and Brent Coull (Biostatistics, HSPH). The init…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Machine Learning and Design of Biological Systems

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

A postdoctoral position is currently available in the laboratory of Dr. Mor Nitzan at Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences to study spatial and temporal aspects of interaction patterns in biological systems. We are looking for exceptional candidates with background in machine learning and/or computational biology. Research will focus on both top-down and bottom-up mapping of local…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow – LInc-The Learning Incubator

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) seeks applicants for full-time Postdoctoral Fellows with the SEAS Learning Incubator. The mission of the SEAS Learning Incubator is innovation of educational pedagogy in engineering and/or science. The position requires a combined expertise in a specific scientific discipline with in-depth knowledge of teaching metho…View Details Bookmark

Molecular & Integrative Physiological Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowships

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Postdoctoral positions, including a named fellowship, are available at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Our faculty includes Drs. Joseph D. Brain (toxicology, fate and biologic effects of nanoparticles and metals, ARDS), James P. Butler (physics, applied mathematics, sleep, respiratory mechanics), Philip Demokritou (effects of nanoparticles on biological systems, nanoscience, aer…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Department if Genetics and Complex Disease(GCD) at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) seeks candidate for the position of Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Farese and Walther Laboratory studies the biochemistry of cellular lipid metabolism and homeostasis. We are particularly interested in neutral lipid synthesis and Lipid Droplet biogenesis.View Details Bookmark