The University of Kentucky in United States invites application for vacant Postdoc Positions, a public university in Lexington, Kentucky.
CAER Director Associate
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40550:Ctr For Applied Energy Res
11/27/2025
The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research is seeking to fill an Associate Director position to manage the Center’s Intelligent Systems for Grid Reliability group. This is a highly technical and a senior management-level position with responsibilities to establish a world-class research program focusing on artificial intelligence applications for electrical power system relia…
Post-Doctoral Scholar
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7H051:Cardiovascular Research Center
11/30/2025
The Saha CVRC is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar who will be working in Dr. Congqing Wu’s lab. The Wu lab is focused on how the immune system defends—and sometimes harms—the body. We investigate how inflammasome-activated pyroptosis releases tissue factor positive microvesicles that trigger coagulation and drive pathology in infection and sterile inflammation using in vivo models. Our recent wo…
Post Doctoral Scholar (College of Pharmacy Academic Fellowship)
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7K700:PHARMACY PRACTICE & SCIENCE
12/15/2025
The University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy Academic Fellowship offers an opportunity for a PharmD or PhD graduate to gain valuable academic experiences in teaching, scholarship, and service while learning from and working alongside award-winning faculty.The Fellowship is targeted toward graduates who have obtained a PharmD and completed one or two years of residency training and/or have obt…
Post-Doctoral Scholar
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7H018:Toxicology and Cancer Biology
12/31/2025
Dr. Ka Wing ‘Will’ Fong, Assistant Professor, Department of Toxicology and Cancer Biology, University of Kentucky (UK), United States is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to study transcriptional, epigenetic and metabolic regulation of prostate cancer. [See our publications: Kim et al., Journal of Clinical Investigation 2025; Kim et al., Molecular Cancer Research in press; Fong et al., Mol Cell …
Assistant or Associate Professor in Microbiology
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8E300:Biology
The Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY seeks to fill a tenure-eligible faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level with expertise in the field of Microbiology, broadly defined. This is a nine-month position in the regular title series with an anticipated start date of August 1, 2026. The anticipated first y…
Psychology Post-Doctoral Scholar
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8E120:Psychology
02/28/2026
The Treatment Innovation for Psychological Services (TIPS) Research Group in the Psychology department of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, KY is seeking a full-time postdoctoral scholar. Filling this position is contingent upon the availability of federal funding. The scholar will be hired for an in-person, full-time, 1-year position, with the poss…
Assistant or Associate Professor in Medicinal Chemistry
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8E030:Chemistry
11/01/2025
The Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY invite applicants for a tenure-eligible faculty position at the Assistant or Associate (preferred) Professor level in Medicinal Chemistry.The Department of Chemistry along with the Markey Cancer Center (Kentucky’s NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center) offer an inspiring, supportive and co…
Assistant/Associate Professor in Equine Veterinary Outreach
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81140:Veterinary Science
This is a tenure-eligible faculty position in the Department of Veterinary Science at the University of Kentucky, with a 12-month appointment in the Special Title Series. The Department’s Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center has considerable expertise and an established national and international reputation in conducting and communicating research that benefits the health and welfare of the …
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
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7E100:NURSING INSTRUCTION
The University of Kentucky, College of Nursing is seeking a Regular Title Series (tenure- eligible) Assistant Professor. This position is a 10-month appointment with an anticipated Distribution of Effort of about 45-70% Teaching and Advising, 0% Clinical Practice Activities, 20-40% Research and Scholarly Activity, and 10% Service which will be reviewed annually. We anticipate a start date on or…
Postdoctoral Scholar
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7H676:Pediatrics – Psychology
12/31/2025
This position is designed to have 60-70 percent clinical time commitment with the remainder of time dedicated to clinical research and program development/quality activities. Research time is protected time. The position is a two-year fellowship beginning July, August or September 1. With mentorship, the postdoctoral scholar will be expected to design and execute his/her own small research proj…
Postdoctoral Scholar
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7H667:PEDIATRICS – RESEARCH
12/31/2025
Postdoctoral Research Scholar position in Pediatrics – Research to contribute to groundbreaking research aimed at studying the sex differences in cardiovascular diseases with main focus on the role of sex chromosomes in aortic aneurysms, atherosclerosis, and heart failure using mouse models that modulate the sex chromosome complements coupled with castration surgeries. Under the mentorship of D…
Post Doctoral Scholar – Park Lab
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7K300:PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
10/30/2025
The Park research group has an opening for a postdoctoral research fellow within the College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences.We are seeking highly motivated, enthusiastic, and collaborative candidates. We employ both basic sciences and engineering approaches to modulate inflammatory responses after neural trauma. Currently NIH-funded projects for postdoctoral researchers focu…
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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81060:PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCES
08/31/2026
This advertisement seeks to fill an open postdoctoral position in the Rye Breeding Project in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY). The goal of this project is to develop commercially viable, short statured, high yielding, open pollinated rye varieties suitable for baking, brewing and distillation. The selected candidate will play a pivotal rol…
Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Family & Community Medicine
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7H460:FAMILY AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE
The Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine is seeking distinguished research faculty for a tenure track, 12 month position. The successful candidate will be offered an opportunity to contribute to a dynamic, productive research agenda that aims to make an impact in cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity, substance abuse, or …
Associate or Professor in Immunology
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7H400:Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Gen
The Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine is seeking to build on recent departmental growth by recruiting an outstanding immunologist at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor.We invite applications from accomplished mid-career scientists (PhD, MD, or MD/PhD) with expertise in Immunology. Areas of particular intere…
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
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7H667:PEDIATRICS – RESEARCH
The University of Kentucky College of Medicine is seeking an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics.The candidate should have an established track record in conducting independent research, publishing novel scientific findings, and obtaining extramural funding. The candidate will be responsible for reading the appropriate literature, writing manuscripts, submitting grant proposals, supervising techn…
Assistant, Associate or Professor Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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7A810: Division of OMFS
The University of Kentucky College of Dentistry is seeking applications for Assistant, Associate or Professor in the Division of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. This is a full time, 12-month assignment period, Special Title Series, tenure track eligible position at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Professor. Exceptional benefits are provided for this position which can be reviewed at the followi…
Assistant, Associate, or Professor of Endocrinology
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7H357:INTERNAL MEDICINE & DIVISIONS – ENDOCRIN
Faculty member will be expected to conduct innovative, rigorous, grant funded research and engage in scholarly activities (peer reviewed publications, presentations, etc.). Faculty member also will contribute to undergraduate teaching and training of UK medical students and research training of UK graduate students and postdoctoral scholars associated with the Department of Endocrinology, Diabe…
