19 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Washington, Seattle, United States

Researchers and practitioners at the University of Washington (UW) Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) seek a postdoctoral researcher to support research tracking progress on adaptation to climate change in the health sector in the US and globally. CHanGE is an interdisciplinary center in the UW Schools of Medicine and Public Health with the mission of prioritizing health in climate change mitigation and adaptation and incorporating climate resilience into all health sector activities. CHanGE collaborates with a wide range of partners domestically and globally in pursuit of its mission, and the postdoctoral scholar will support CHanGE activities focused on adaptation in the health sector. 

The University of Washington is seeking a full-time (100% FTE) postdoctoral research scholar to join the 2025-2027 Future of Species Range Shifts cohort as part of the Climate Adaptation Postdoctoral (CAP) Fellows Program, hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey Climate Adaptation Science Centers. The successful applicant will conduct research related to the impact of human and natural barriers on inland range shifts of coastal species and ecosystems in response to sea-level rise (i.e., coastal squeeze). They will also join eight other postdocs from around the country to conduct a national synthesis project related to species range shifts.

The successful candidate will be based at the UW School of Environmental and Forest Sciences and will work closely with partners at the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, Oregon State University and a transdisciplinary team of scientists and coastal managers from Washington and Oregon. This position will be a 12-month appointment, with renewal for an additional 12 months based on performance for a total of two years. The preferred start is sometime in the summer of 2025.

The University of Washington’s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine is seeking one Postdoctoral Scholar interested in imaging research. This position will be full-time and while this is designed to be a multi-year fellowship, the initial appointment will be for one year, with reappointment for a second year based on satisfactory progress in the first year. Reappointments may be possible up to 5 years total, inclusive of all postdoctoral experience at other institutions. Anticipated start date is February 1, 2025, but later dates may be considered.

This position will be co-mentored by Dr. Mark Jensen and Dr. Melissa Day, and work closely with a wider interdisciplinary team to work on a recently awarded NIA R01 clinical trial investigating fMRI and EEG assessed mechanisms of behavioural interventions for chronic pain in older adults. This research has been accompanied by a consistent presence of postdoctoral fellowships that have prepared multiple individuals for independent professional careers at academic positions within major academic institutions. We are committed to helping our Postdoctoral Fellows achieve their personal goals and to support the preparation needed to achieve those goals.

The UW Clean Energy Institute (CEI) invites innovative researchers to apply for a number of full-time postdoctoral fellowship positions at the University of Washington in Seattle.  

CEI Distinguished Postdoctoral fellows will conduct research in alignment with our mission to accelerate the adoption of a scalable and equitable clean energy future that will improve the health and economy of our state, nation, and world (e.g. in areas of science, engineering, education, technology transfer, policy, or related areas). 

Postdoctoral fellows conducting scientific research will have the opportunity to work at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds alongside world-class faculty from the University of Washington, and to receive joint mentorship from partners at National Labs, and industry users of the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds. 

Postdoctoral fellows conducting educational research will work with community partners and world-class faculty from the University of Washington. 

The Theoretical Nuclear Physics Group (NTG) consists of three faculty members, S.R. Beane, A. Bulgac, and G.A. Miller, postdoctoral scholars and graduate students. Current NTG research interests include quantum many-body theory and effective field theory methods with applications in nuclear and atomic theory, nuclear reactions at high and low energies, and aspects of nuclear theory relevant for neutron star physics and multi-messenger astrophysics. Group members are also interested in aspects of quantum information science (QIS) and Machine Learning (ML) with applications in the physics of QCD and other fundamental systems. An area of special interest to the group at present is ML applications in the study of quantum many-body systems. For further information about the group, see the NTG homepage.

The William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics at the University of Washington seeks highly motivated Postdoctoral Scholars to work on next-generation electric propulsion concepts for very-low-Earth orbit (vLEO) satellites. The goal of this project is to improve the science and technology of electric propulsion concepts that utilize atmospheric gases for propellant (i.e. Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion). The successful candidate will have the opportunity to research and develop novel thruster configurations using state-of-the-art facilities, explore fundamental plasma dynamics and non-equilibrium plasma chemistry inherent to air-breathing thrusters, and assess propulsion performance using industry-standard thrust stands.

The Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington is seeking applications for a postdoctoral research position in high-redshift extragalactic astronomy. The successful candidate will join the research group led by Prof. Arianna Long, using multiwavelength observations to study the formation and evolution of massive galaxies in the early cosmos. Successful applicants may work on a variety of different projects and datasets, including data from the JWST COSMOS-Web Treasury Program, the ALMA 2mm Ex-MORA Program, and the CHAMPS 1mm Program. Candidates with expertise in JWST and/or ALMA image manipulation, spectral energy distribution fitting, hot/warm/cold dust in distant galaxies, and/or measuring spatially resolved galaxy properties are especially encouraged to apply, though consideration will be given to a wide range of specialties. In addition to conducting research, the ideal candidate will also have a passion for mentoring and supporting the development of undergraduate and graduate students.

The University of Washington and the U.S. Geological Survey have initiated a cooperative agreement focused on increasing coastal resiliency amongst communities in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. We are seeking an enthusiastic Postdoctoral Scholar to participate in this convergent coastal hazards research project to evaluate compound flood hazards and climate adaptation solutions through modeling and field-based studies. The Postdoctoral Scholar in Coastal Flood Modeling will assist, under the direction of their mentors, with the following activities:

1. Develop, calibrate, and refine high resolution coastal flood models for coastal communities and ecosystems, and use current and predicted future conditions to determine flood hazards for estuarine and open coast settings, in particular using the Coastal Storm Modeling System (CoSMoS: www.usgs.gov/cosmos). 

2. Evaluate the probabilities and relative impacts of coastal, river, and compound flooding in selected communities under current and predicted future conditions. 

3. Assess the efficacy of a range of coastal adaptation solutions (especially habitat restoration) to minimize the future risk of sea level rise on coastal communities.

4. Develop visualizations of model output to communicate results to a diverse array of coastal stakeholders. 

5. It is expected that this research will lead to one or more published peer reviewed journal articles that will be co-authored by the postdoctoral scholar and mentors. Other products are also expected as outcomes of this work (e.g., visualizations, presentations). 

Researchers at the University of Washington and collaborators at the NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) in Seattle seek a post-doctoral researcher to help with the development and/or application of statistical methods for using environmental DNA (eDNA) data for quantitative conservation and fisheries applications.

The PIs have access to a large number of eDNA samples collected from nearshore open ocean habitats along the US west coast that are relevant to a wide range of both fish and marine mammal species and are seeking a researcher interested in using these samples to understand the distribution and abundance of marine resources.

Past research has focused on applying eDNA data to inform management-relevant questions. Examples include, estimating abundance of salmon and Pacific hake from eDNA using qPCR approaches (e.g. Shelton et al. 2019, 2022a), the structure of nearshore marine communities from metabarcoding (e.g. O’Donnell et al. 2017, Kelly et al. 2017), and advancing the development of eDNA metabarcoding methods for ecological assessment (Kelly et al. 2019, Shelton et al. 2023).

The Department of Physics at the University of Washington invites applications for a post-doctoral position. The successful candidate will work on the ATLAS experiment at the LHC and the PIONEER experiment in Prof. Quentin Buat’s group. The anticipated start is February 2025.

The University of Washington Experimental Particle Physics group (EPE) carries out a diverse physics program. We are interested in exploring electroweak symmetry breaking and the search for exotic decays of the Higgs, particularly with searches for Long Lived Particles. Prof Buat’s group leads searches and measurements with tau leptons in the electroweak sector and develop the reconstruction of hadronic decays of the tau lepton for the upcoming HL-LHC run. The successful candidate will be expected to lead a unique physics program at ATLAS and make significant contributions to the experiment.

Prof. Buat’s group is also developing the PIONEER experiment, a next generation rare pion decays spectrometer which aims to test flavor universality up to the PeV scale. PIONEER employs HEP detector technology (LGADs) and fast electronics. The successful candidate may also contribute to this effort, with potential opportunities from the experiment’s construction to operation and analysis of first data.

The University of Washington School of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is recruiting a psychology postdoctoral fellow in Psychosis Treatment and Recovery for Academic Year 2025-26. This fellowship position is sponsored by the SPIRIT Center (Supporting Psychosis Innovation through Research, Implementation, and Training) at University of Washington School of Medicine, an R1 institution that is renowned for its innovations in telepsychiatry, integrated care models, digital mental health, implementation science, and the dissemination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for psychosis, ensuring fellows are trained in methods that are transforming care delivery both locally and globally.

The MATSU lab at the University of Washington invites applications for a Postdoctoral position. We are seeking a creative, innovative, and collaborative individual to join our interdisciplinary research group. The successful candidate will conduct original research in quantitative live-cell fluorescence microscopy, focusing on the actin cytoskeleton’s role in membrane trafficking processes in human induced pluripotent stem cells. Anticipated start date is January 1st 2025.

The Particle Physics, String Theory and Cosmology Group at the University of Washington invites applications for one or more Postdoctoral Scholar positions starting in September 2025. The position is a full-time, 3 year (36 months) appointment, subject to funding and mutual agreement.  

The faculty members in the group are Masha Baryakhtar, Isabel Garcia-Garcia, Marilena Loverde, Natalie Paquette, Steve Sharpe, Gustavo Joaquin Turiaci, and Laurence Yaffe. We have strong ties to the nuclear theory group and Institute for Nuclear Theory, and to the Astronomy and Math departments, as well as to experimental groups in astrophysics, particle physics, and precision measurement.

Applicants will be considered in all areas of theoretical high energy physics, including astroparticle physics, cosmology, mathematical physics, particle theory, quantum field theory, quantum gravity and string theory.

Dr. Corey Garza’s lab at the University of Washington (the Marine Landscape Ecology Lab), seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Scholar in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences (SAFS). The position is supported by internal funding from the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. The candidate hired into this position will have the opportunity to engage in research that utilizes aerial drones to map coastal habitats ranging from the rocky intertidal to kelp forests and statistical modeling to understand the drivers of spatial variation in coastal habitats.

The Marine Landscape Ecology Lab is dedicated to advancing the use of autonomous technologies and spatial analysis to understand the environmental drivers that shape the composition of coastal habitats across multiple scales of organization. Training the next generation of scientists is also a critical focus area of the lab. Reaching out to and providing opportunities to groups that have historically been underrepresented in the sciences is a central activity of the lab. The Marine Landscape Ecology Lab is committed to these goals and supports active participation in broadening participation activities by all members of the lab.

 

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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: 2025-2028 David J. Thouless Postdoctoral Fellowship

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The Radionuclide Production and Molecular Radiotherapy Research Laboratories in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA) is seeking candidates for a full time Postdoctoral Scholar research position in radionuclide production for molecular radiotherapy. Our research group develops and evaluates radiochemistry methods that can be applied to produce and purify therapeutic and theranostic radionuclides, as well as development of radiolabeling reagents/chelators used for attaching radionuclides to biological targeting molecules, such as monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) for cancer therapy.  Preclinical research in astatine-211-labeled MAbs conducted by our group has been translated to the clinic and is presently being evaluated in multiple human trials. This position will assist in developing new cancer therapies, commit to laboratory safety, and work independently. The incumbent will learn about radiochemical methods and work with radionuclides in the development of production methods and new radiopharmaceuticals. Our research is a team effort, and the candidate will be required to participate in a number of aspects of the research as desired and needed.