104 Postdoctoral Scholarships at Harvard University, United States

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

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Spirituality and the Arts

Harvard Divinity School

The Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School invites applications for a one-year paid postdoctoral fellowship in Spirituality and the Arts, in collaboration with the Warburg Institute, the Giorgio Cini Foundation, and the Centre for the History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam. This is a benefits-eligible position. The candidat…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Causal Inference for Cancer Control

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard Chan School is committed to enriching the academic experience of our talented students and researchers by providing the critical thinking and problem-solving skills they need to address current and future challenges in public health and clinical medicine. Our faculty and research staff are global leaders in the study of the frequency, distribution, …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Training in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Prevention

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Training in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Prevention is funded by the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (training grant T32 MH125815). This interdisciplinary program is designed to train young investigators on modern causal inference methods for research on suicide prevention. The program trains both (i) researchers who have causal inference expertise, but not necessaril…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – CAUSALab

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The CAUSALab in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is accepting applications for postdoctoral research fellows to work on research activities within the research lab. The CAUSALab launched in 2021 to articulate a growing research portfolio, create synergy with it;s strategic partners, and provide training on causal inference to the next generation of…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 in the Department of Epidemiology

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The postdoctoral fellow will work on clinical and nutritional epidemiologic projects related to colorectal cancer. Example projects include studies of diet and the gut microbiome in relation to colorectal cancer incidence and surviorship using the data from the Nurses’ Health Studies and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study; development of risk assessment tools for precision colonoscopy scr…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy of Religion

Harvard Divinity School

The Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School invites applications for a one-year paid postdoctoral fellowship in the philosophy of religion (broadly construed). This is a benefits-eligible position. The candidates will work under the supervision of the Director of the Center, Professor Charles Stang, as part of the Center’s initiative on “Transcendence and Transformati…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Writing Fellows – Social Sciences and Humanities

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

For the academic year 2023–2024, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Harvard University seeks postdoctoral fellows in Social Sciences and Humanities to serve as Writing Specialists in GSAS’s Fellowships & Writing Center. Discipline-specific writing specialists will assist students with all genres of academic writing, including fellowship proposals.FWC postdoctoral fellows wi…View Details Bookmark

Mindfulness and Public Health Faculty

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health seeks to recruit a faculty member in the field of mindfulness and public health. This is an open rank search for a tenure-ladder position, with the academic rank to be determined in accordance with the successful candidate’s experience and productivity. The department and the school are committed to mentoring early car…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship Position: The economics, policy, and ecology of nature-based climate change mitigation

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University seeks a post-doctoral fellow to advance interdisciplinary research into the economics, policy, and ecology of nature-based climate change mitigation. The fellow will collaborate with Joe Aldy, Noel (Missy) Holbrook, and Jonathan Thompson and others from across the University on research addressing forest and land use-rela…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

A postdoctoral position is available in the Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group at Harvard University. Visit us at http://acmg.seas.harvard.edu/. The successful candidate will work on using satellite observations of atmospheric methane to better quantify methane emissions on regional to global scales through inverse analyses. They will also have the opportunity to work on other problems relate…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow- AI & Data Science Operations (DSOps) 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 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…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 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

Postdoctoral Writing Fellow – STEM

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

For the academic year 2023–2024, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) at Harvard University seeks a full-time postdoctoral fellow in a STEM field to serve as a Writing Specialist in GSAS’s Fellowships & Writing Center. The STEM postdoctoral fellow will assist students with all genres of academic writing, including fellowship proposals, as well as presentation skills and science …View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow- Digital Emotions Lab- Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University

Harvard Business School

The Digital Emotions Lab, led by Dr. Amit Goldenberg, is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship. The lab’s objective is to investigate the relationship between technology and emotions, as well as groups, with a focus on digital well-being. The primary criterion for acceptance is research excellence and alignment with the lab’s proposed projects.The selected fellow will work primar…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Mathematics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

We currently (as of February 2023) have two openings for post-doctoral fellows to work on specific projects: Quantify resource consumption and waste production in the collective dynamics of a ~450 person residential community. The project will involve the design and deployment of sensors (using tinyML, with embedded approaches to ensure differential privacy), statistical analysis of physical, c…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Statistical and Causal Machine Learning Methods for Infectious Disease Science

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

A postdoctoral research fellowship position is available in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The scientific goals of this position are the development, implementation, and evaluation of statistical methods for causal inference and machine learning in the study of infectious diseases, including COVID-19 and HIV. The successful postdoctoral candida…View Details Bookmark

Postdoc Fellow in Learning, Optimization, Control, and/or Robotics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Professor Na Li’s group and Professor Heng Yang’s group in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Harvard University seek motivated postdoctoral fellows with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, or any related field.Candidates who have a strong mathematical background in machine learning, reinforcement learning, optimization, control, compu…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow – Decarbonizing Aviation

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, in conjunction with the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications from highly qualified candidates who are interested in working on the economics and policy of decarbonizing the aviation sector as a postdoctoral fellow. The ideal candidate will have research experience i…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 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 Customer Intelligence Lab – Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University

Harvard Business School

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 Tech For All Lab – Digital, Data, and Design Institute, Harvard University

Harvard Business School

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

Harvard Business School

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Pricing Lab (Macroeconomics) at the Digital, Data, and Design Institute

Harvard Business School

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

Harvard Business School

The Crafting Your Life (LIFE) Lab, led by Professor Leslie Perlow, is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. The mission of the LIFE lab is to use technology to create a life-long learning community that benefits the community through life-long learning and provides academics the opportunity to study both the process of such community building and the content derived from community members’ sharing the…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow with the Pricing Lab (Microeconomics) at the Digital, Data, and Design Institute

Harvard Business School

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Natalie Slopen, ScD in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow to work on projects related to childhood experiences and cardiometabolic health in young adulthood. The postdoctoral fellow will primarily work with the Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP), a study examining the long-ter…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Cardiac Cell and Tissue Engineering

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Disease Biophysics Group currently has postdoctoral positions open in the following areas:1). The use of additive manufacturing techniques to build tissues and organs2). Vascular network engineering and angiogenesis3). Applications of machine learning in cell and tissue engineeringCandidates should have demonstrated publication records in cardiac and vascular engineering or biology.A backgr…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Artificial Intelligence for Dynamics and Control

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The Harvard branch of the AI Institute in Dynamic Systems invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in the multidisciplinary study of AI for dynamics and control, and in particular the safety, robustness, and scalability of reinforcement learning algorithms, and/or the learning of physically interpretable models of dynamic systems from data. The candidate will have opportunities to wor…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

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 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 Fellowship in Science Education

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Position SummaryThe Science Education Department (SED) at the Center for Astrophysics l Harvard & Smithsonian is a national leader in the study of science learning and in the research and development of evidence-based STEM learning experiences for adults and youth in both formal and informal settings. The SED has the explicit goal of conducting rigorous educational research on STEM learning…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Physics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Accepting applications for two Postdoctoral Fellow positions working with Professor David Weitz. The first will focus the creation of materials with droplet microfluidics. The second will focus on the mechanics of interpenetrating biomolecular networks.Successful candidates must be able to work as part of team performing research to support the project. Additional responsibilities include prepa…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Physics

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position working with Dr. Yiqiao Song on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology development and applications in subsurface exploration and carbon storage. Successful candidates must be able to work as part of team performing research to support the project. Additional responsibilities include preparation of publications and reports, mentorin…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship Position: Ecosystem-Atmosphere Interactions

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Harvard Forest invites applications for a post-doctoral research fellow focused on ecosystem-atmosphere interactions. The project seeks to understand how ecological dynamics within forests and wetlands interact with climate change to shape the long-term exchange of carbon dioxide, methane, water, and energy at the ecosystem scale. The successful candidate will be a member of Dr. Jackie Matt…View Details Bookmark

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global Health

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 t…View Details Bookmark

2023-24 Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellowship in Taiwan Studies

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 competition for the Hou Family Fellowships in Taiwan Studies.The Hou Family Fellowships in Taiwan Studies sponsors one Postdoctoral Fellow who recently graduated or is currently teaching to come to the Fairbank Center to pursue Taiwan-focused research in humanities and social sciences for six to t…View Details Bookmark

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

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

Harvard Business School

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

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

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 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 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 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

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 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

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

Harvard Business School

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 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

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 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 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

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 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 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

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

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…

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 (…

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…

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@…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.