Harvard University currently has an extensive range of postdoctoral opportunities across its various schools, including the Medical School (HMS), the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
While the “29 positions” often refer to a specific batch of recent listings, the total number of open academic and research roles at Harvard typically exceeds 180 at any given time.
29 Latest Postdoctoral Positions at Harvard University in United States
Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Ashwini Ashokkumar’s lab at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position to start in Summer 2026. The lab conducts research on social and political psychology, with a specific focus on identity, language, group and dynamics, using an array of methods including natural language processing and experiments. This is a two-year positi…
Postdoctoral Fellow – Orthogonal Protein
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
About the Wyss:The Wyss Institute’s mission is to transform healthcare and the environment by emulating the way nature builds. We harness the imagination of academia and the focus of industry to translate ground-breaking technologies into commercial products that solve big problems. We support research that universities, companies, and venture capital firms don’t fund because they view it as to…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Statistics
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Department of Statistics invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Samuel Kou. Professor Kou’s group focuses on research in statistical modeling and stochastic inference in protein folding, biology, chemistry and medicine, Bayesian inference, machine learning and AI, statistical computing, big data and AI applications and prediction in biology, medicine and infectious di…
HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics (Park Lab)
Harvard Medical School
The candidate will have the opportunity to work with the Park Lab to develop an independent research project within the scope of the labʼs research focus. In addition to carrying out research, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to apply for fellowship funding, contribute to the writing of grants and manuscripts, participate in teaching and mentoring of lab members as needed, and…
Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in the Science and Theory of Generative Modeling
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) seeks applicants for two Postdoctoral Fellow positions in Assistant Professor Sitan Chen’s research group, to work on topics in the science and theory of generative modeling, including (but not limited to): (1) diffusion language models, (2) reward tilting, (3) complexity of score estimation, and (4) sampling with advice.
Postdoctoral Fellow – 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…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics (Cai Lab)
Harvard Medical School
A Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in biomedical informatics is available at Harvard Medical School to work at the intersection of advanced machine learning and large-scale biomedical data. The selected fellow will join a dynamic research group focused on several synergistic goals: generating actionable Real-World Evidence (RWE) from multi-institutional Electronic Health Records (EHR), imp…
Postdoctoral Fellow – History at HBS
Harvard Business School
The History at HBS Project at Harvard Business School identifies and supports outstanding scholars whose work responds to the growing interest in the study of Business from a historical perspective.One History at HBS Postdoctoral Fellow will be appointed for the academic year 2026-2027 and will be provided time, guidance, office space, and access to Harvard University facilities. Fellows should…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Ultrafast Optics/Statistical Physics
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The nature of equilibrium fluctuatiuons of ions, atoms and electrons on their native pico-attosecond timescale determine their dissipative properties and ultimately the limitations on device effeciencies. We are building an experimental system to probe these fluctuations in real time. We invite applications from postdoctoral candidates who are interested in this problem and who are equipped wit…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Agentic AI for Science
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Professor Jia Liu is seeking a highly-motivated postdoctoral researcher with a strong background in agentic artificial intelligence and machine learning. The successful candidate will conduct independent, high-impact research at the intersection of autonomous AI systems, neural computation, omics and neurobehavior analysis.The position focuses on developing AI agents inspired by and applied to …
HMS – Postdoctoral Associate in Genetics
Harvard Medical School
We invite applications for a Research Associate position in the Perrimon Lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. The work of the Perrimon Lab is focused on uncovering the fundamental mechanisms governing insect cell membrane deformability, with an emphasis on molecular biology and virology approaches to study host–pathogen interactions. We welcome applications from candidates wh…
Postdoctoral Fellow Whipple Lab
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
A postdoctoral position is available in the Whipple Laboratory at Harvard University tostudy epigenetic regulation in the mammalian brain. Our research focuses on genomicimprinting—an epigenetic phenomenon in which genes are expressed in a parent-of-origin–specific manner—and its critical roles in brain development, growth, behavior, andlearning. The significance of imprinted genes is underscor…
Weatherhead Scholars Program Practitioner Fellowship in International Affairs
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Weatherhead Scholars Program at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs invites applications for its 2026–2027 Practitioner Fellowship, a one-year, residential opportunity for accomplished professionals from across the globe who are working on international, comparative, transnational, or global issues.Practitioner fellows join a multidisciplinary cohort—including postdoctoral rese…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics
Harvard Medical School
The successful candidate will work with Chirag Patel’s group to produce highly impactful biomedical informatics research that presents new innovations in methods and novel findings that inform disease etiology. The candidate should be interested in focusing on multi-omic integration analytics, machine learning, and/or AI. In addition to carrying out research, the successful candidate will be ex…
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Active & Soft Condensed Matter Theory at Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Active & Soft Condensed Matter Theory at Harvard UniversityThe Soft Condensed Matter and Active Matter Theory groups in the Department of Physics at Harvard University, led by Professors David Nelson and Sunghan Ro, expect to appoint one postdoctoral fellow beginning in Fall 2026. We seek candidates with interests in soft condensed matter theory, includin…
HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Genetics
Harvard Medical School
The laboratory of Dr. Yankner at Harvard Medical School is seeking ahighly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to investigate the molecular genetics and neurobiologyunderlying microglial and oligodendrocyte function in the context of aging, neurodegeneration,and Alzheimer’s disease. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and collaborative researchenvironment focused on uncovering the cellular a…
Postdoctoral Fellow – Electrochemical Biosensor Development – Immediate Need: Start ASAP
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
About the Wyss:The Wyss Institute’s mission is to transform healthcare and the environment by emulating the way nature builds. We harness the imagination of academia and the focus of industry to translate ground-breaking technologies into commercial products that solve big problems. We support research that universities, companies, and venture capital firms don’t fund because they view it as to…
Postdoctoral Fellow, Digital, Data, and Design Institute
Harvard Business School
The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow to start ASAP through February, 2027 with strong potential for reappointment based on funding and performance.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…
Salata Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
Salata Institute
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 as a postdoctoral fellow. The ideal candidate will have research experience and interests in environmental economics and empirical market design (broadly defined).The posit…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Energy System Optimization and Digitization
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Professor Le Xie in the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Professor Christian Kaps in the Harvard Business School (HBS) at Harvard University seek a motivated postdoctoral fellow to perform research on agentic AI, foundational modeling,optimization, and control of multiagent autonomous systems with an application in renewable energy and power grids, in additi…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Clinical Psychology, Suicide Research
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Professor Matthew Nock and the Nock Lab in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position in Clinical Psychology. The Postdoctoral Fellow will be involved in research initiatives focused on improving the translation of the advances made in the understanding, prediction, and prevention of youth suicide – with the goal of dramatically ra…
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 one-year term position with possibility of renewal dependent upon job performance and continued availability of funding.
HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in BCMP, Buratowski Lab
Harvard Medical School
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Buratowski lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. The work of the Buratowski lab is focused on the molecular mechanistic understanding of eukaryotic gene expression, with particular interest in the functions and interactions of RNA polymerase II (RNApII) basal transcription factors, the communication between chromat…
Postdoctoral Research Position in AI for Healthy Climate Adaptation
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Position DescriptionThe National Studies on Air Pollution and Health (NSAPH) group, led by Prof. Francesca Dominici, invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a massive research effort developing next-generation AI methods for healthy climate adaptation. The position will focus on building and evaluating foundation models for large-scale spatiotemporal health and…
Postdoctoral Fellow, Digital, Data, and Design Institute – Digital Reskilling Lab
Harvard Business School
The Digital Reskilling Lab, led by Professors Raffaella Sadun and Jorge Tamayo, is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow. The mission of the Digital Reskilling Lab is to conduct research on workplace initiatives aimed at retraining and reskilling employees, whose jobs are being replaced by digital technologies. The Lab partners with organizations to test the feasibility, scalability, and effectiveness …
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health studies the frequency, distribution, and determinants of disease in humans, a fundamental science of public health. In addition to pursuing ground-breaking global research initiatives, we educate and prepare future medical leaders and practitioners as part of our mission to ignite positive changes in the quality of …
Translational Artificial Intelligence Fellowship
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
About the Wyss:The Wyss Institute’s mission is to transform healthcare and the environment by emulating the way nature builds. We harness the imagination of academia and the focus of industry to translate ground-breaking technologies into commercial products that solve big problems. We support research that universities, companies, and venture capital firms don’t fund because they view it as to…
Postdoctoral Specialist – Health Policy Analytics
Harvard Medical School
Overview:The Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School seeks an experienced postdoctoral fellow with a specialty in health economics to lead and collaborate on studies related to payment system and market design under the mentorship of Prof. Michael McWilliams. This position provides opportunities to collaborate with the Department’s interdisciplinary faculty —including economi…
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITYThe Huttenhower lab at the Broad Institute and the Departments of Biostatistics and Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking one or more postdoctoral fellows. The successful candidate(s) will work broadly in microbiome population studies and molecular multi-omics, with specifics to be determined by individual interest a…
Latest Postdoctoral Highlights (February 2026)
| Position / Laboratory | Department | Research Focus |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (Lewis Lab) | SEAS / HMS | Stem cell biology, bioprinting, and organoid differentiation. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (Bellono Lab) | Molecular & Cellular Biology | Molecular adaptations in octopus, sharks, and jellyfish. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (Chung Lab) | Molecular & Cellular Biology | Cellular fat metabolism and brain lipid droplets. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (Regehr Lab) | HMS (Neurobiology) | Focus on cerebellar function and synaptic plasticity. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (Naxerova Lab) | HMS (Genetics) | Researching somatic evolution and cancer genomics. |
| College Fellows (Multiple Areas) | Faculty of Arts & Sciences | Bridge for recent PhDs to pursue independent research and teaching ($70,300 salary). |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (Loeb Lab) | FAS (Astronomy) | Scientific commissioning for The Galileo Project observatory. |
| Postdoctoral Fellow (Bok Center) | FAS | Focus on Artificial Intelligence in pedagogy and higher education. |
Faculty & School-Specific Opportunities
1. Harvard Medical School (HMS) Quad
The HMS Quadrangle is a major hub for postdoctoral training. Key areas currently hiring include:
- Immunology: Laboratories such as the Mathis Lab (Adipose-tissue regulatory T cells) and the Merkenschlager Lab (Germinal center interactions).
- Neurobiology: Including the Yankner Lab (Aging and Alzheimer’s) and the Hecht Lab (Comparative neuroscience in canids and primates).
- Biostatistics: The Onnela Lab is seeking candidates with PhDs in math or computer science for mobile sensing research.
2. Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS)
- The College Fellows Program: This prestigious fellowship is currently accepting applications for scholars who received their PhD after 2022. It offers a structured path toward tenure-track positions.
- Psychology: Openings across Clinical Science, Developmental, and Social Psychology for 1-year renewable terms.
3. SEAS & Kempner Institute
- Artificial Intelligence: Postdoctoral roles focusing on reinforcement learning and foundation models are available under Assistant Professor Kianté Brantley.
- Mechanical Engineering: The Bertoldi Group is recruiting for research in soft robotics and mechanical metamaterials.
Compensation & Benefits
- Postdoc Salaries: Typically range from $65,000 to $78,000, with specialized fellowships (like the College Fellows or Gender Inequality Fellowship) reaching $70,000 to $100,000.
- Benefits: Full-time Harvard postdocs receive comprehensive health insurance, dental/vision plans, and access to the Harvard International Office (HIO) for visa support.
How to Apply
- ARIeS Portal: Faculty and many fellow positions must be submitted via the Harvard Academic Positions (ARIeS) portal.
- HMS Postdoc Office: For Medical School roles, check the HMS Postdoc Opportunities page.
- Direct Email: Many Harvard PIs do not post on central boards. If you find a lab that matches your research, it is common practice to email the PI directly with your CV and a 1-page research statement.
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