17 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University, USA
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Harvard University, USA invites online Application for various Postdoctoral Fellowship in their different Departments. We are providing a list of Postdoc Fellowship positions available at Harvard University, USA.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Artificial Intelligence
The postdoctoral fellow will contribute to the Center’s expanding efforts to explore, evaluate, and implement artificial intelligence technologies in educational settings. Responsibilities include designing and leading interactive workshops for faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates, conducting research on AI-driven educational practices, creating publicly accessible educational content and tutorials, including for use in the Harvard classroom and TF/TA training, and delivering presentations to diverse academic audiences at Harvard and beyond.
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Civil Discourse
The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Civil Discourse. Working closely with Faculty Director Professor Karen Thornber and Assistant Director of Civil Discourse and Classroom Culture, Matthew Sohm, the successful candidate will play a central role in designing and delivering civil discourse pedagogical materials and approaches in collaboration with Bok Center staff and with stakeholders across campus (including the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard College’s Office of Undergraduate Education, and the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences).
The Postdoctoral Fellow will contribute to the Center’s expanding efforts to explore, evaluate, and implement innovative approaches to fostering civil discourse in FAS classrooms. The Fellow will join a vibrant team committed to innovative teaching, learning, and research initiatives in pedagogy, Civil Discourse, and AI.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Sustainable Buildings and Urban Development in the Era of Climate Change
The Cluster aims to modernize—and ultimately revolutionize—energy management by building on and scaling the HouseZero® concept—Harvard’s prototype for ultra-efficient, naturally ventilated smart buildings—into interconnected communities. This unique initiative integrates three synergistic research thrusts:
Advanced thermal storage and sensing materials
Intelligent, building-scale integration of sensing and control systems
Cooperative, urban-scale energy management
Together, these research directions seek to reimagine how buildings and cities operate—optimizing energy use, enhancing human well-being, and reducing carbon emissions at scale.
We are seeking multiple Postdoctoral Researchers to join this collaborative effort. These three-year positions, starting September 1, 2025, are hosted by the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities and funded by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. While the project is scheduled to launch in September, hiring may occur earlier, and selected candidates may have the opportunity to begin their appointments ahead of the official start date. Each postdoctoral researcher will work with one or more principal investigators (PIs) aligned with their domain expertise, while contributing to a highly integrated, interdisciplinary research team.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Marine Molluscan Phylogeny and Venom Evolution
Are you ready to dive into groundbreaking research at the intersection of marine biology, development, evolutionary science, and venom biology? Join Professor Mandë Holford at Harvard University for an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-impact, large-scale project investigating the evolution of cephalopods and their fascinating venom systems!
As a Postdoctoral Fellow, you’ll be at the forefront of a cutting-edge study that seeks to unravel the evolution of cephalopod posterior salivary glands and venom gene families. This interdisciplinary role will allow you to apply phylogenetic, molecular, and morphological analysis techniques to explore how venom has evolved in marine mollusks.
Your work will span from the field to the lab, including:
Sample collection from diverse, extant marine species (yes, that means some museum and fieldwork!).
Comparative analysis using advanced computational tools and wet lab techniques.
Hands-on dissections of invertebrates for anatomical and physiological studies.
Leading data analysis, contributing to research dissemination, and mentoring lab members along the way.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Imaging Approaches to Measuring Brain Energetics
We seek a postdoctoral research associate to work with Professor Christopher Kuzawa at Harvard University on a study that will validate and implement imaging-based proxies for brain energy expenditure, to be used to characterize the energetic costs of the brain across human development (recently shown to account for 66% of resting expenditure in childhood). Eventual uses include characterizing individual and population variation in brain energy use, the experiential drivers of that variation, and possible impacts on downstream traits including growth patterns, body composition and critical periods in cognitive development. The associate will work with and liaise between collaborators in the Departments of Human Evolutionary Biology (Harvard/Cambridge), the Department of Neuroscience (Harvard/Cambridge) and the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging (Harvard/MIT/Mass General). In parallel, there will be opportunities to analyze and publish existing data upon identifying areas of mutual interest.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow – Tech for All Lab at the Digital, Data, and Design Institute
The Digital Data Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard produces cutting-edge research into the changes in the business landscape as a result of digital and AI transformations. The Tech for All lab aims to broaden the benefits of digital innovation and entrepreneurship to include more people in developing economies, women, people of color, and those in economically disadvantaged circumstances or regions. The lab’s team of collaborators generates data-driven evidence, disseminated through academic papers and practitioner-focused articles, regarding the constituencies for which we fail to invent. Research is equally focused on identifying the frictions that drive such inequities and exploring how firms can use design, data, and new digital technologies to better invent for everyone.
Our current projects include developing and evaluating a Generative AI assistant for millions of small businesses in Southeast Asia, studying how gender gaps in Generative AI usage affect tool development and benefits worldwide through large-scale surveys and experiments, exploring how AI can improve labor markets for underserved workers in emerging economies, and investigating how first-generation, low-income college students across the globe can leverage Generative AI for career growth and entrepreneurial success.
The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented researcher capable of managing multiple large-scale projects simultaneously. You will take ownership of data collection, analysis, and experimental design across several concurrent studies, including randomized control trials, large-scale surveys, and field experiments.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology
Dr. Ashwini Ashokkumar’s lab at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position to start in Fall 2025. The lab conducts research related to identity processes, language, group dynamics, and political psychology, using an array of methods including natural language processing and experiments. This is a two-year position (one-year contract renewable based on performance).
The primary criterion for acceptance is research excellence and fit with the lab’s focus. Dr. Ashokkumar’s lab investigates questions such as: how do people’s identities get expressed in their language? What psychological processes shape public expression of opinions (versus self-censorship), and how do such behaviors (or lack thereof) shape identity? What social and psychological processes stifle heterogeneous perspectives in discourse? How do biased narratives in public discourse sustain intergroup conflict and inequality? How do large-scale upheavals shape our collective identities and narratives?
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology
Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship under the direction of Professor Tomer Ullman in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University.
The specific research topic would broadly be within common-sense reasoning, especially as they relate to theory-of-mind and/or pragmatics. While not strictly required, the lab has a current interest in reasoning about ‘scripted’ behaviors in other people (how and when people perceive others as being rote or “on automatic”, and why it might matter), and an interest in this topic on the part of candidates is an advantage. Activities may include training and supervising research assistants; experiment design, data collection and analysis, manuscript preparation and grant-writing, and collaboration with the research lab at Harvard University under the direction of Tomer Ullman, as well as other related labs.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Genomic Investigations of Parasitic Plants
We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher (or research associate), with expertise in comparative genomics and sequence analysis. We expect the postdoc to be able to work independently and contribute intellectually to broader research themes and directions in the lab. The postdoc (or research associate) will also collaborate with others in the lab who are generating novel data for comparative genomics (whole-genome sequences, RNAseq transcriptome data, Illumina, 454, PacBio), and work to aggregate and extract plant tissue samples to construct high quality genomic DNA for cryogenic preservation, sequencing, and analysis.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Black Hole Initiative
Applications are invited for Postdoctoral Research Fellows in the Black Hole Initiative (BHI) at Harvard University and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO). The BHI is the first interdisciplinary research center worldwide to focus on the study of black holes. It is located within Harvard University at 20 Garden Street in Cambridge, MA. Current senior members of the BHI include Harvard faculty, BHI Director Peter Galison (History & Philosophy of Science), Ramesh Narayan (Astronomy), Andy Strominger (Physics) and Abraham Loeb (Astronomy), Yale Faculty Priyamvada Natarajan (Astronomy), MIT Faculty Netta Engelhardt (Physics), as well as SAO astronomers Sheperd Doeleman (Founding Director of the Event Horizon Telescope project) and Michael Johnson (Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian CfA). Successful candidates will have access to our new computing facilities and will have the opportunity to interact and work with researchers above in multiple fields, including (but of course not limited to):
● Fundamental physics of black holes and the information paradox.
● Mathematical stability of spacetime and gravitational memory.
● GR Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of accretion flows.
● Tidal disruption events.
● Gravitational Waves and black hole mergers.
● The Philosophical and Historical context of black holes.
● Horizon-resolving observations and analysis using the EHT.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Epigenomics and Human Biology
We seek a postdoctoral research associate to work with Professor Christopher Kuzawa at Harvard University. The postdoc will oversee analysis and write up of an extensive longitudinal dataset that has followed a large population in Cebu, Philippines, for more than 40 years. Recently generated genome-wide methylation data will be used to explore a range of questions, with topical focus flexible. Duties will involve helping coordinate a weekly lab group meeting (journal readings, in progress research talks, visiting speakers), and helping affiliated PhD and undergraduate students gain access to and work with the Cebu data. The Postdoc will have opportunities to lead analysis and write up of original research articles, along with co-authorship opportunities for analyses led by mentees. Statistical expertise is necessary, as is familiarity with bioinformatic pipelines and approaches for working with methylation data, or a willingness/ability to learn these methods.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral position in Developmental Mechanobiology
We are seeking a curious and imaginative Postdoctoral Researcher to join our team investigating fundamental mechanisms of developmental biology. Our lab focuses on understanding cellular and molecular processes that drive the pseudostratified architecture found in epithelial tissues, and how the architecture is exploited for various functions such as morphogenesis, organ development, and tissue fate. We use diverse model organisms to build a fundamental understanding of pseudostratified architecture. As a postdoctoral fellow, your key responsibilities will involve conducting independent research on mechanobiology of the nucleus in pseudostratified epithelial architecture, and its role in tissue behavior. It will also involve use of advanced live imaging, genetic manipulations, computational modeling, and mentoring junior team members. A successful candidate will have opportunities to publish findings in high-impact journals, present in international conferences, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams within and outside the lab.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral position in nano-electrochemistry and material design
We are seeking a curious and motivated post-doctoral researcher to join our research lab at the Rowland Institute at Harvard. Our research pursuits are primarily in the analytical/physical chemistry field and strongly interdisciplinary. Specifically, our star technique is scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM), a powerful electrochemical imaging technique for interrogating electrochemical processes at nanoscale sites of complex electrodes. We aim to expand the capability and applications of this technique to demystify activity at complex electrodes over several length scales (nano- to macro), attempt new kinds of measurements, achieve an unprecedented understanding of electro-materials used for diverse applications, and guide the rational design of next-generation energy conversion and storage devices.
Successful candidates will be expected to contribute to technique development/material synthesis, plan and lead research projects, acquire and analyze experimental data, supervise and mentor undergraduate students, prepare and submit peer-reviewed journal articles, and present their work at meetings/conferences. They will also be encouraged to develop their ideas within the field and to pursue independent funding opportunities.
We are particularly seeking candidates with expertise (i) in electrochemistry, analytical instrumentation, or other frontier analytical techniques relevant to surface science and amenable to electrochemical processes, or/and (ii) in the synthesis, fabrication, and characterization of materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage applications.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Riemannian Optimization
A postdoctoral position is available in the Geometric Machine Learning Group at Harvard University, led by Prof. Melanie Weber. This role offers an opportunity to perform research on Riemannian Optimization. The ideal candidate has a strong background in this area, as well as a genuine interest in continuing such work.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Post-Doctoral Fellow in Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Cohen Lab)
The Cohen Lab invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position. The Cohen Lab develops and applies new tools to study biology. We push the limits of physics and chemistry to make measurements in previously inaccessible regimes. Work in the lab combines optics, protein engineering, chemistry, electrophysiology, simulation, and theory. We work at the levels of individual molecules, single cells, and whole, genetically modified, organisms.
A major focus is toward studying electrical signaling in the nervous system. We developed fluorescent reporters of membrane voltage and associated instrumentation to map electrical activity with high resolution in space and time. We study information processing in the brains of awake, behaving mice and zebrafish. We also work on electrical signaling in other tissues; on mechanical signaling in cells; and on the roles of physical forces in embryonic development.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Researcher in Sign Language Linguistics
The Department of Linguistics seeks applications for a full time postdoctoral researcher in the area of sign language linguistics and experimental linguistics. The appointment is expected to begin on or after August 15, 2025. The postdoc will be responsible for research regarding how depicting classifier signs become part of the conventionalized lexicon of sign languages, focusing on work related to Dr. Kathryn Davidson’s project on formal semantics and depiction in language. Research expertise that complements the expertise already present in the lab will be especially welcome, such as extensive experience working on topics related to experimental semantics and language change. As part of this research we expect the postdoc will publish in high profile journals and present in conferences and workshops, and prepare grant proposals for continued study of this work. We also expect the postdoc to mentor and interact with undergraduate and graduate students and other connected researchers through research collaborations in the laboratory.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow
The Le Pen Lab at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to contribute to our research on innate immunity to RNA viruses (https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/le-pen-lab/).
We study innate immunity to RNA viruses in humans and invertebrate models (including C. elegans), as well as host evolution and viral immune evasion strategies.
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, clergyman John Harvard, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world.
The Massachusetts colonial legislature, the General Court, authorized Harvard’s founding. In its early years, Harvard College primarily trained Congregational and Unitarian clergy, although it has never been formally affiliated with any denomination. Its curriculum and student body were gradually secularized during the 18th century, and by the 19th century, Harvard had emerged as the central cultural establishment among the Boston elite. Following the American Civil War, President Charles William Eliot’s long tenure (1869–1909) transformed the college and affiliated professional schools into a modern research university; Harvard became a founding member of the Association of American Universities in 1900. James B. Conant led the university through the Great Depression and World War II; he liberalized admissions after the war.
The university is composed of ten academic faculties plus the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Arts and Sciences offers study in a wide range of academic disciplines for undergraduates and for graduates, while the other faculties offer only graduate degrees, mostly professional. Harvard has three main campuses: the 209-acre (85 ha) Cambridge campus centered on Harvard Yard; an adjoining campus immediately across the Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston; and the medical campus in Boston’s Longwood Medical Area. Harvard’s endowment is valued at $41.9 billion, making it the largest of any academic institution. Endowment income helps enable the undergraduate college to admit students regardless of financial need and provide generous financial aid with no loans.[ The Harvard Library is the world’s largest academic library system, comprising 79 individual libraries holding about 20.4 million items.
Harvard has more alumni, faculty, and researchers who have won Nobel Prizes (161) and Fields Medals (18) than any other university in the world and more alumni who have been members of the U.S. Congress, MacArthur Fellows, Rhodes Scholars (375), and Marshall Scholars (255) than any other university in the United States. Its alumni also include eight U.S. presidents and 188 living billionaires, the most of any university. Fourteen Turing Award laureates have been Harvard affiliates. Students and alumni have also won 10 Academy Awards, 48 Pulitzer Prizes, and 108 Olympic medals (46 gold), and they have founded many notable companies.
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