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Postdoctoral Positions at Harvard University [USA]
HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Genetics
Harvard Medical School
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in Kennedy lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts. The work of the Kennedy lab is focused on using genetic and molecular biology approaches to explore RNA biology and investigate the role of RNA in gene regulation. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates who are interested in these or related fields, particularly t…
Research Fellow in Global Mental Health Implementation Science
Harvard Medical School
We invite applicants for two postdoctoral research fellow positions in the Mental Health for All Lab (MHFAL) at the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. The work of the MHFAL lab is focused on the generation of knowledge and its effective utilization with the goal of contributing to the reduction of the global burden of suffering fr…
HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics (Patel Lab)
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 Research Fellow
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Population Wellness Lab, led by Dr. Christy A. Denckla in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, aims to understand the impact of adversity on human potential and well-being, as well as the mechanisms that appear to be protective. The lab focuses on the effects of trauma and adversity exposures across the lifespan, with a focus on …
Postdoctoral Fellow in Pre-Columbian Art/Archaeology at Dumbarton Oaks/Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Dumbarton Oaks is a research institute affiliated with Harvard University that supports research internationally in the field of Pre-Columbian Studies. In addition to world-renowned library and museum collections, Dumbarton Oaks’ Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (ICFA) holds more than a million unique items in a variety of media, including extensive material relating to the language and…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology at Harvard University invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellowship to be associated with the ATLAS experiment. Applicants for this position should have a Ph.D. in experimental particle physics. Experience with state-of-the-art detector systems and with the analysis software of a particle physics experiment are required.The successful appl…
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 Statistics
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Department of Statistics invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Morgane Austern. Professor Austern’s group focuses on research in high-dimensional statistics, probability theory, machine learning theory, graph data, Stein method, ergodic theory and information theory.The appointment will be for up to two years with annual renewal based on satisfactory performance and …
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 / Visiting Scholar (unpaid), Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA) invites applications for unpaid Postdoctoral Fellow / Visiting Scholar appointments to conduct advanced historical research in Islamic art, architecture, material culture, and archaeology at Harvard University. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates (as Postdoctoral Fellow) and mid-career scholars/senior scholars (as Visiting Scho…
Post-Doctoral Fellow in Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Woo Lab)
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Christina Woo Lab at Harvard University is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow with a strong background in chemical biology, proteomics, and organic chemistry. This position will focus on the development of chemical tools and strategies to investigate E3 ubiquitin ligase pathways and its regulation of endogenous substrates. This position requires external fellowship support.The s…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomechanical Evaluation of Wearable Technology
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 a back exosuit that is lightweight and pliable and can assist with hip and back movement by applying appropriately timed joint torques to the wearer. The successful candidate will have clinical trial and human subjects experience, wil…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Material Science & Mechanical Engineering
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Materials Intelligence Research group of Prof. Boris Kozinsky at Harvard University is seeking researchers at the postdoc level to develop and apply first principles and machine learning methods for computational materials physics and chemistry.Projects include:The aim is to develop generalized equivariant neural network models NequIP and Allegro for machine learned interatomic potential to…
Postdoctoral Fellow Dulac Lab
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
A postdoctoral position is immediately available in the Dulac laboratory at Harvard University to study the neurobiology of social and sickness behavior.We seek a highly motivated individual with an interest in neurobiology, molecular biology, and/or computational biology to join our team. Social interactions are essential for animals to survive, reproduce, raise their young. Over the years, th…
Research Associate and 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 engineeringThe Disease Biophysics Group is a creative, transdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists, clinicians and ar…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Thymic Engineering
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Mooney Lab is seeking a postdoctoral fellow in the area of thymic engineering. This project will combine various iPSC-derived thymic progenitors at the appropriate developmental stage with biomaterials that mimic thymic niches to engineer a model of the human thymus. This will ultimately be used to scale the production of antigen-specific iPSC-derived human T cells.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Artificial Intelligence for Society
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Teamcore Group (https://teamcore.seas.harvard.edu) at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) at Harvard University seeks postdoctoral fellows to work on AI projects with societal impact. We are currently working on projects related to public health, equity and fairness, and wildlife conservation. We seek researchers who are enthusiastic about interacting with …
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Walsh Lab at 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 assistance, rehabilitation and human performance enhancement. The Postdoctoral Researcher will coordinate and lead a research project at the intersection of wearable sensing, controls, machine learning, AI,…
HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Gygi lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. The work of the Gygi lab is focused on developing and applying mass spectrometry-based approaches to the drug discovery pipeline. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates who are interested in these or related fields, particularly those who may bring a new technol…
HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
The Basan Lab is looking to hire a postdoctoral candidate who will study the role of condensates and phase separation for signal transduction as a function of biomass density with increasing cell confluence. We want to study how cells stop protein synthesis and the cell cycle as cell number density in a tissue increases. We have previously show that this increase in cell number coincides with a…
Assistant/Associate Professor, Division of Oral Radiology
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
The Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) is an intellectually vibrant, collaborative, and global life sciences community. As a world leader in higher education, HSDM draws top scholars/scientists, clinicians, professionals, and students from around the world to support a unified mission of fostering a community of diverse leaders in education, research, and clinical innovation dedicated to …
Postdoctoral Fellow in Residual Stress Analysis of Ceramics and Glasses
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
We invite applicants for a post-doctoral fellow position to work with Professor David Clarke on the measurement of stresses in oxide materials, formed in coatings by high-temperature oxidation, in glasses and related materials. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates who are interested in these fields, especially those who bring new skills or perspective to bear on the research in Pro…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Power System Economics
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Professors Le Xie (SEAS) and James Stock (HKS) seek a motivated postdoctoral fellow to conduct interdisciplinary research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, power system engineering, and energy economics, with a focus on accelerating energy system transformation. The position will be housed in the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability as part of a broader research initiat…
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Differentially Private Learning and Replicability
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Cynthia Dwork, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science in Harvard SEAS’ Theory of Computation Group, seeks applicants for a postdoctoral fellowship to conduct research in differentially private learning, its connections to replicability of algorithms, and algorithmic fairness.
Postdoctoral Fellow Engert Lab
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Engert lab is accepting postdoctoral scholar applications for research in larval zebrafishg neuroscience. The general goal of our laboratory is the development of thelarval zebrafish as a model system for the comprehensive identification and examination of neural circuits controlling various aspects of natural behavior. See our lab web page (https://www.engertlab.org/research) for more info…
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurobiology (Bean lab)
Harvard Medical School
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Bean lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts. The work of the Bean lab is focused on drug discovery in the area of developing ion channel pharmacology for treating pain, epilepsy, and other neurological disorders. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates who are interested in these or related fields, particula…
Clinical Director of Endodontics
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
The Division of Endodontics in the Department of Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterial Sciences at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine invites applications for a full-time faculty position as Clinical Director of Endodontics. This faculty position has an academic appointment at the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor or Associate Professor. Academic rank and salary will be commensurate wi…
Postdoctoral Fellow – Platform Lab at the Digital, Data, and Design Institute
Harvard Business School
The Platform Lab, led by Professors Chiara Farronato and Feng Zhu, at the Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellow for the academic year 2026 – 2027. The mission of the Platform Lab is to provide a research-based roadmap for businesses and policymakers that are interested in creating an innovative platform ecosystem. The postdoctoral fel…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Gershman lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on projects at the intersection of computational neuroscience and machine learning. This position is part of a multi-investigator grant on the role of memory in intelligence systems. The Postdoctoral Fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, including Ila Fiete (MIT), Aude Olive (MIT), Pulkit Agrawal…
Postdoctoral Fellow in Statistics
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Department of Statistics at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Pragya Sur. Professor Sur’s lab focuses on research in high-dimensional statistics, machine learning theory, or more broadly, mathematical foundations of AI.The appointment will be for up to two years with annual renewal based on satisfactory performance and continued availability of…
HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics (Farhat Lab)
Harvard Medical School
The Farhat Lab in the Department of Biomedical Informaticsis seeking a highly motivated ‘dry lab’ postdoctoral researchfellow interested in pursuing innovative studies in the field ofinfectious disease genomics and its translation to the clinic.The research aims to enhance our understanding of thebiology of M. tuberculosis infections and identify molecularmarkers for the diagnosis and surveilla…
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 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 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…
