51 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard University, United States
Harvard University, United States invites online Application for various Postdoctoral Fellowship in their different Departments. We are providing a list of Postdoc Fellowship positions available at Harvard University, United States.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurobiology (Harvey Lab)
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in Christopher Harvey’s lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts. The work of the Harvey lab is focused on the neurobiology of spatial navigation and decision-making. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates who are interested in these or related fields, particularly those who may bring a new technology or perspective to bear on the work in the lab.
The successful candidate will work with Dr. Harvey to develop an independent mentored research project within the scope of the lab’s research focus. In addition to carrying out research, the successful candidate will be expected to apply for fellowship funding, contribute to the writing of grants and manuscripts, participate in teaching and mentoring of lab members as needed, and otherwise contribute to overall lab operations and collaborative environment.
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow – Electrochemical Biosensor Development
The lab of Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., Founding Director at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, seeks outstanding postdoctoral applicants with expertise and knowledge of electrochemical biosensor development to join our team in advancing new diagnostic technologies.
This project focuses on developing real-time electrochemical sensors for continuous, on-site monitoring of key analytes relevant to environmental and public health. This position will play a critical role in designing, fabricating, and validating cutting-edge biosensing technologies, with an emphasis on assay development and integration of diverse measurement methods for detecting airborne infectious disease threats. A critical aspect of your role will be ensuring robust, sensitive sensor performance with real-world samples, and effectively integrating them with microfluidics as a standalone device. This is a great opportunity to learn new skills, contribute to assay development, and intellectually contribute to projects within a collaborative team at the Institute.
In addition to carrying out research, the successful candidate will be expected to apply for fellowship funding, contribute to the writing of grants and manuscripts, participate in teaching and mentoring of lab members as needed, and otherwise contribute to overall lab operations. The applicant will be a collaborative, impact-focused problem solver who wants to be part of a dynamic team.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Forecasting Species Distributions of Medicinal Plants
We are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral researcher, with expertise in modeling species distributions as a function of climatic change. We expect the postdoc to be able to work independently and contribute intellectually to broader research themes and directions in the lab. The postdoc will use data from open-source aggregators to construct and test models to assess current and future species distributions of several hundred medicinal plant species as a function of different climatic regimes. The postdoc will also use these and other data to assess the coverage of extant medicinal species diversity in global gene and seed banks, with the aim of identifying geographic and taxonomic areas of importance for further sampling.
Situated in the Harvard University Herbaria (HUH), the Davis Lab of Plant Biodiversity actively investigates questions in plant evolution, systematics, ecology, and global change. We are part of Harvard’s Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, which is a vibrant community of cross-disciplinary biological scientists at Harvard University.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Research Fellow in Indigenous Community Wellbeing
The Department of Global Health and Social Medicine seeks a postdoctoral fellow to support and advance emerging action-research projects dedicated to Indigenous Partnerships for Community Well-Being. Many Indigenous peoples in the USA experience overwhelming distress stemming from legacies of conquest and dispossession that have led to unremitting poverty. These problems include mental health inequities such as high community rates of trauma, addiction, and suicide. And yet, conventional clinical approaches to helping individuals with psychological distress and disability are not always well-tailored for Indigenous communities. By engaging in participatory fashion with knowledgeable and resilient Indigenous community partners, the Indigenous Wellness project will assess the relevance, efficiency, and effectiveness of mental health and psychosocial helping services and, together with community partners, re-imagine and re-design such services toward greater cultural consonance, therapeutic benefit, and community self-determination. In-depth consultation with community leaders, health experts, and other local knowledge carriers—and circulation of lessons learned through routine academic publication and community dissemination—will be essential to the success of these endeavors. Contributions to scientific knowledge may include formal outcome evaluations of innovative services, as well as more basic research that will elucidate Indigenous experiences and understandings of health, healing, and well-being. In sum, the signature contribution of this activity entails the reflective, collaborative, and documented development of innovative interventions for mental health problems in (post)colonial Indigenous settings in the USA.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurobiology (Regehr Lab)
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Regehr lab at Harvard Medical School. The work of the Regehr lab is focused on the cerebellum. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates who are interested in these or related fields, particularly those who may bring a new technology or perspective to bear on the work in the lab. Ideally the applicant would have experience in some or all of the following techniques: (1) in vivo recordings from the cerebellum and from output targets such as the cerebellar nuclei, (2) experience studying cerebellar-dependent behaviors, and (3) anatomical approaches and (4) slice recordings.
The successful candidate will work with Dr. Regehr to develop a mentored research project within the scope of the lab’s research focus. In addition to carrying out bench research, the successful candidate will be expected to apply for fellowship funding, contribute to the writing of grants and manuscripts, participate in teaching and mentoring of lab members as needed, contribute to overall lab operations and collaborative environment, and participate in discussions and present results to Dr. Regehr and other members of the lab on a regular basis. Additionally, postdocs will prepare presentations or posters to discuss results in department-wide seminars and at scientific conferences or workshops.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Position in Neutrino Physics at TAMBO
We invite applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position to work in the Tau Airshower Mountain-Based Observatory, TAMBO. TAMBO is a new experiment that aims to detect astrophysical tau neutrinos in the PeV to 100 PeV energy range, whose first phase is now funded. The successful applicant will work in Professor Carlos Argüelles’ group on the development, construction, and deployment of TAMBO Phase 1.
Candidates with strong expertise in data acquisition systems, cosmic-ray detectors, and data analysis are strongly encouraged to apply, as these skills will be preferred in the selection process. This appointment duration is for up to three years, with reappointment contingent upon funding and research collaboration.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Study of Antisemitism
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Study of Antisemitism. This two-year post-doctoral fellowship will be awarded to a candidate whose work contributes directly to the study of antisemitism: its antecedents, history, causes and effects, and contemporary manifestations, as well as efforts to address it.
The successful candidate will have completed a doctoral dissertation on antisemitism or a closely related subject and will propose a research project that will illuminate aspects of historic and/or current antisemitism. The recipient will be affiliated with the Center for Jewish Studies, the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School, and/or appropriate Programs, Institutes, Centers, Departments, or Schools.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard in RL with Applications in Digital Interventions!
Join us as a postdoctoral fellow in Professor Susan Murphy’s Statistical Reinforcement Learning Group. Our research concerns sequential decision making in digital health, including experimental design and reinforcement learning algorithms. We combine statistical methods with online reinforcement learning algorithms to develop reinforcement learning algorithms and inferential tools. The successful applicant will be expected to develop an innovative research program in sequential decision making. Our lab is involved in digital health studies in dental health, cardiac health, physical activity, mental illness and substance abuse across the world.
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 in Genomic Investigations of Medicinal 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 Positions in High-Energy Theory at Harvard University
Applicants are invited for research positions in high-energy theory (including but not restricted to particle physics, particle astrophysics, quantum gravity, quantum field theory, and string theory) at Harvard University, to begin in academic year 2026 – 2027. The appointment would be at the rank of Postdoctoral Fellow. The initial appointment is for one year at a time with renewal for a second and third year contingent upon continued funding and research collaboration.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Evolutionary Neuroscience
The Department of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Evolutionary Neuroscience Laboratory of Dr. Erin Hecht to contribute to comparative neuroscience research in canids and primates. We are specifically recruiting applicants with interest and expertise in neurohistology, stereology, and other microscopy analysis techniques. Additional projects and training opportunities can be tailored to suit the candidate’s goals and interests, and may include comparative human/nonhuman primate neuroimaging, canine neuroimaging with dogs and foxes, and/or behavior and psychological assessments. Training in professional skills development will also be offered, including guidance in writing grants and papers, assistance in building a professional network, supervising trainees, and support in advancing to the next career stage.
This is a one-year position, expected to begin in spring or summer 2025, with possibility of renewal dependent upon adequate funding and satisfactory performance. Applicants who are available for at least a two-year anticipated commitment are preferred. The research will take place in the Evolutionary Neuroscience Laboratory directed by Dr. Hecht and located in the Peabody Museum on Harvard University’s Cambridge, Massachusetts campus.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Terrestrial Ecosystem Dynamics
Harvard University invites applications for a postdoctoral position in terrestrial ecosystem dynamics in the laboratory of Professor Paul Moorcroft http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/moorcroft/. The successful candidate will be involved in a process-based biosphere modeling study of tropical forests. The goal of the research project is to identify and characterize the underlying drivers of differences in the ways in which tropical forest ecosystems in the Amazon and Congo respond to climate variability and change.
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 Research Fellow
The Song lab invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow to join our studies on the genetic basis of human evolution, with a focus on the evolution of the human brain. Candidates with a strong track record in any biological field are welcome to apply. Some areas of particular interest include: genetics, evolutionary biology, neurobiology, developmental biology, and stem cell biology. Our lab uses both experimental and computational approaches. For more information, visit our lab website at janetsonglab.com.
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 Fellow within the Cavender-Bares Lab
A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB) Professor and Harvard University Herbaria (HUH) Director, at Harvard University. The position will involve investigating the physiological and functional variation of plants using spectroscopy and will include greenhouse work, field work, plant phenotyping, computational analyses of hyperspectral data. The work will incorporate comparative evolutionary biology using extant plants populations and Herbaria collections.
The opening is for a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in one or more of the following areas: plant biology and spectroscopy, evolutionary biology, bioinformatics, biochemistry, functional genetics, plant physiological ecology and remote sensing. All candidates must have received a Ph.D. in a relevant field by the time of appointment. The postdoc will be based at the Harvard University Herbaria (HUH) and will have access to all the resources available through the Department of OEB, The HUH and Harvard Forest. The position is available for 1 year(s), with the possibility of renewal for second or third year pending successful progress and funding availability and will include a competitive salary and full benefits.
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 in Physical Oceanography
We are seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher with a background in Physical Oceanography to join the research group of Professor Fiamma Straneo (jointly across the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences) at Harvard University. The postdoctoral researcher will investigate the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, the Irminger Sea, and the oceanography of the Southwest Greenland shelf as part of the Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program (OSNAP, www.o-snap.org). The postdoc is expected to work with a variety of data (moored, vessel-based, and remotely-sensed) and to work closely with Professor Straneo and her team. Engagement in the planning and execution of fieldwork, and in the mentoring of graduate and undergraduate students, is also expected.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in On-Premise Computing for Autonomous Vehicles (Computer Architecture, Machine Learning and Runtime Systems)
Deep learning plays an essential role in the operation of an autonomous vehicle (AV), allowing for automated detection, prediction, mapping, and planning. During the vehicle’s operation, data is obtained through a myriad of sensors in an AV—including RADAR, LIDAR, cameras, and other advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) sensors. These sensors generate a vast amount of data concurrently, which need real-time processing (latency-bound throughput) for vehicle safety. A crucial challenge meeting this requirement is the simultaneous need for low-power consumption.
The main objective of the project is to develop a complete end-to-end high-performance DNN system for on-premise computing applications—mainly for a SWaP-constrained AV—using hybrid electro-photonic accelerators. We propose to design and prototype a complete electro-photonic computing (EPiC) system (CPUs + accelerators), integrate it with the sensors in AV, and demonstrate its capability to perform perception, mapping, and planning while overcoming the power and performance limitations of CMOS-only computers. As our end goal, we plan to demonstrate a fully autonomous buggy that uses our EPiC system.
This project is a collaboration among Lightmatter, Boston University, and Harvard University. The Lightmatter team is led by Dr. Darius Bunandar, the Boston University team is led by Prof. Ajay Joshi, and the Harvard University team is led by Prof. Vijay Janapa Reddi.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling
The successful candidate will work on using satellite observations of atmospheric methane to better quantify methane emissions on regional to global scales through inverse analyses. They will also have the opportunity to work on other problems related to global atmospheric chemistry, air quality, and model development.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral position in AI for Engineering Applications
The Computational Science and Engineering Laboratory at Harvard University invites applications for postdoctoral position at the interface of scientific Computing and Artificial Intelligence for applications pertaining to fluid mechanics of turbulent and environmental flows starting September 1, 2025, or as soon thereafter as possible. The position is for one year, with the possibility of renewal for two additional years. The candidate will work closely with Professor Petros Koumoutsakos cse-lab.harvard.edu.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Power and AI Systems
The John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) seeks applicants for a postdoctoral fellow in Computer Science/EE, specifically in the area of power and AI systems.
The postdoc is intended for one year but we anticipate there will be funding to potentially extend it to a second year. The postdoc will receive a generous salary as well as an allocation for research and travel expenses.
We are looking for junior scientists who are especially interested in working in power and AI systems areas. The postdoc is intended to work closely with Prof. Minlan Yu and Prof. Le Xie. The candidate will be expected to publish scholarly papers, attend internal, domestic, and international conferences and meetings, and take on a mentorship role for undergraduate and graduate students.
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: Postdoctoral Fellow – Neural Engineering at Harvard BIONICs Lab
We are looking to hire 2 postdoctoral fellows who are motivated, hard working, and creative scientists, engineers, and/or doctors! The lab is committed to fostering lifelong learners in an environment that is diverse, inclusive and respectful. Learn more about our lab here: https://bioniclab.seas.harvard.edu/
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Geometric Machine Learning
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 at the intersection of Geometry and Machine Learning, with a focus on studying geometric structures in data and models and how to leverage such structure for the design of efficient machine learning algorithms with provable guarantees. Research areas include Representation Learning, Machine learning and Optimization on graphs and manifolds, as well as applications of geometric methods in the Sciences.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Deep Learning Theory and/or Theoretical Neuroscience
Postdoctoral positions are available in Cengiz Pehlevan’s research group at Harvard University. Our group investigates how intelligence emerges from the collective dynamics of simple processing units in neural networks, which drive both artificial and natural intelligence. Current projects span a wide range of topics in deep learning theory and theoretical neuroscience. For more information and recent publications, please visit pehlevan.seas.harvard.edu.
Successful candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to ongoing projects and/or explore new research directions within the group. Depending on available funding, one of the positions may be specifically targeted at candidates interested in the scaling regimes of deep networks.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Nanoelectronics or Flexible Electronics
Professor Jia Liu and his Bioengineering lab are seeking a postdoctoral researcher with extensive expertise in nanofabrication.
The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and fabricating nanoelectronics and flexible electronics. An extensive experience in cleanroom nanofabrication is required. The postdoc is also expected to collaborate with other researchers to apply nanoelectronics and flexible electronics in biological and medical research.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroscience
Professor Jia Liu and his bioengineering lab are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a strong background in neuroscience. The ideal candidate will have extensive training in their Ph.D. program and be capable of independently conducting research in the field of neuroscience. The specific focus areas encompass at least one of the following disciplines: Animal behavior, tissue regeneration, multi-omics, and in vivo electrophysiology.
The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and executing animal experiments and analyzing multimodal biological data.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Walsh Lab
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 rehabilitation and human performance enhancement. The Postdoctoral Researcher will coordinate and lead a research project at the intersection of wearable sensing, controls, neurophysiology, movement science, and clinical rehabilitation. They will contribute to technical deliverables and help to plan for technology translation.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomechanical Evaluation of Wearable Technology – Walsh Lab
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, will work as part of a larger team to assist with collecting and analyzing data gathered from human subjects, both in field, clinic and lab studies as part of evaluations of the technology. A large part of the role will focus on supporting a yearlong field study evaluating the technology in clinical and industrial settings. This may involve regular travel to be on site and interface directly with other clinical or industrial partners. Additionally, the role will involve the weekly organization and quality checking of survey data to ensure all documented IRB protocol procedures are followed and data is collected correctly.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow
The Arlotta Lab invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position.
The Arlotta lab at HSCRB is working to identify the cellular and molecular pathways disrupted in brain disorders such as schizophrenia and autism, by utilizing recent advances in genetics and genomics.
Responsibilities:
1. Conduct research in neuroscience using in vivo and in vitro models.
2. Publish and present research findings in high-quality scientific journals and conferences.
3. Collaborate with faculty, researchers, and students on interdisciplinary research projects.
4. Contribute to the preparation of research proposals.
5. Participate in teaching and mentoring activities for undergraduate and graduate students.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Systems Neuroscience
A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Bence Olveczky, in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. The Olveczky Lab aims to understand the neurobiological mechanisms underlying complex behaviors in rats using techniques drawn from circuit-driven neuroscience, and computational ethology.
The opening is for a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in systems neuroscience, including some of the following: chronic neural recordings in freely behaving animals, high resolution behavioral tracking, optogenetics, and data analysi.. All candidates must have received a Ph.D. in a relevant field. The postdoc will be based at the Northwest Laboratories of Harvard University and have access to all the resources available through the Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Department. The position is available for 1 year, with the possibility of renewal for a second or third year, and will include a competitive salary and full benefits.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the von Andrian laboratory in the Department of Immunology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. The work of the von Andrian lab is focused on the molecular mechanisms of immune cell migration and homing in lymphoid and non-lymphoid tissues using intravital microscopy techniques. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates who are interested in this or a related field, particularly those who may bring a new technology or perspective to bear on the work in the lab.
The successful candidate will work with Dr. von Andrian to develop an independent research project within the scope of the lab’s research. In addition to carrying out research, the successful candidate will be expected to apply for fellowship funding, contribute to the writing of grants and manuscripts, participate in teaching and mentoring of lab members as needed, and otherwise contribute to overall lab operations and collaborative environment.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
We invite applications for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Mathis laboratory in the Department of Immunology at Harvard Medical School. The research focus of this position is the role of T regulatory cells in brain health and disease. We welcome applications from recent MD or PhD graduates interested in this field. In addition to carrying out a jointly designed research project, the successful candidate will be expected to apply for fellowship funding, contribute to the writing of grants and manuscripts, participate in mentoring of new lab members as appropriate, and otherwise contribute to overall lab operations.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: 2026-27 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellow
The Mahindra Humanities Center invites applications for several one-year postdoctoral fellowships in the environmental humanities, drawn from any humanistic discipline. We interpret the environmental humanities in the broadest terms, to include all parts of the world and historical eras. Topics may include (but are not limited to) humanistic approaches to climate change, biodiversity, social justice, environmental justice, food justice, regenerative practices, gardening, landscape, urban foraging, health, and animal studies.
We welcome applications from scholars in all fields whose work innovatively engages with the environment and the humanities. In addition to pursuing their own research projects, fellows will be core participants in the bi-weekly seminar meetings for both academic semesters of the fellowship. Other participants will include faculty and graduate students from Harvard and other universities in the region, and occasional visiting speakers. Fellows will also be encouraged to engage with the Center’s Environment Forum programming.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics
The Farhat Lab in the Department of Biomedical Informatics is seeking a highly motivated ‘dry lab’ postdoctoral research fellow interested in pursuing innovative studies in the field of infectious disease genomics and its translation to the clinic. The research aims to enhance our understanding of the biology of M. tuberculosis infections and identify molecular markers for the diagnosis and surveillance. This position provides outstanding opportunities for continued scientific development and for contributing to pioneering research. Specifically, the fellow will apply as well as develop code to process and analyze mycobacterial molecular and phenotype data. Including code that is production-ready for dissemination to other laboratories and for diagnostic use, and the management of large-scale data. They will join a team of computational and experimental postdoctoral fellows, graduate, and undergraduate students, and a software and web engineer.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics (DBMI)
The Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at Harvard Medical School and the Yu Lab are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with experience in machine learning and scientific programming. The candidate will work with a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, including bioinformaticians, pathologists, oncologists, and computer scientists, and conduct original research on computational pathology. Digital pathology images contain rich information on complex diseases. The goal of our efforts is to build and apply automated analytical pipelines for various types of pathology data, including histopathology images and multi-omics (e.g., genomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics) information. The postdoctoral fellow will develop and refine machine learning methods for analyzing histopathology, clinical, and multi-omics data, collaborate with our multidisciplinary team, and publish the findings.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow
The Lee Laboratory invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position. The Lab uses biotechnologies to discover and design new approaches to cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. We work at this interface using a broad variety of techniques in genomics, stem cell biology, and molecular biology. Our approach is to understand human problems and design solutions in the laboratory, and then we demonstrate the effectiveness of these solutions in vivo. Ongoing projects in the laboratory include studies of cardiac regeneration, diabetes, aging and metabolism.
The Rubin lab in Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology has an exciting and broad multiomics program focused on brain aging. Approaches will include experimental and computational efforts across multiple labs at Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Medical School. As part of this effort, the Rubin lab is implementing new methods of studying aging in vitro using brain organoids and in vivo using mice treated with factors capable of reversing aging-associated decline in neural function.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University
The Hsu Lab invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position. Candidates with a strong track record in any biology related fields are welcome to apply, some areas we are particularly interested in at the moment include: stem cell biology, developmental biology, neurobiology, immunology, cell biology, physiology, biochemistry, extream biology, or cancer biology. Many lab members (Ya-Chieh included) switched fields in transitioning from graduate student to postdoc, and we always welcome individuals who are interested in applying their unique expertise to study interactions between cells, tissues, organs, and organisms.
A postdoctoral position is open in the Rubin lab, focusing on skeletal muscle regeneration and satellite cell biology.
The Rubin laboratory in the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University is focused on studying complex molecular pathways underlying different disease states, especially late onset neurodegenerative disorders and neuromuscular diseases, with a goal of identifying novel therapeutic avenues. In our skeletal muscle projects, our studies evaluate whether, or not defects in satellite cells may contribute to neuromuscular diseases. Our research combines the use of primary patient-derived cells (iPSCs, myogenic progenitors), genetic mouse models, and phenotypic drug screening methods. In addition, we are examining severe muscle damage that results in a less efficient regenerative process. We use a combination of human and mouse in vivo and in vitro studies to carry out chemical screening and transcriptional profiling analyses to evaluate potential therapeutics related to targeting satellite cells.
A Postdoctoral position is now available for individuals with a background in skeletal muscle regeneration and satellite cell biology. Studies will range from muscle functional assays (quantification of muscle force), isolation and culture of satellite cells, and the mechanistic study of pathways required to confer satellite cell regenerative capacity.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The Segel Lab invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position. The lab is working to explore the evolution of mammalian lifespan with the goal of better understanding the underpinnings of human aging. There is a strong emphasis on the aging of the brain.
The Segel lab is new (starting Summer 2024)! We are looking for a number of highly-motivated individuals who want to be part of a new research group; who want to help establish a fun, inclusive, and creative academic research environment alongside graduate student trainees; and who want to help shape the research trajectory of a newly established lab in an exciting and growing field.
Our work will be at the intersection of stem cell, developmental, and evolutionary biology, so we are particularly interested in candidates with a strong research background in:
-Embryonic stem cells and/or the generation of iPS cells.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow
We seek a recently completed Ph.D. in the fields of developmental and/or regenerative neurobiology, neuronal cell biology, and/or nervous system disease involving the cerebral cortex to join an ongoing research program focusing on the developmental, degenerative, and regenerative biology of the cerebral cortex, employing both mice as a genetic model and limited work with human iPSC-derived cortical like neurons. We are particularly interested for this position in projects involving subcellular soma, growth cone, and synapse biology potentially underlying ALS, and in subcellular growth cone biology in activated regeneration after spinal cord injury in mice.. This position offers full funding for a two-year period for work within the scope of recent publications from the laboratory as defined by our series of recent publications and bioRxiv preprints. Salary is in the range of $67,600 per year, depending on whether a recently defended graduate or already with 1 year of postdoc experience in the Ph.D. lab. The position offers full Harvard benefits.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Research Positions in the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC)
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position in the Institute for Theory and Computation (ITC) at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. One of the primary objectives of the ITC is to integrate conceptual theory with computational modeling. We are, therefore, interested in candidates working in any field related to theoretical and/or numerical astrophysics. The successful candidate will have access to our new computing facilities and will have the opportunity to interact and work with researchers in both the Harvard College Observatory (HCO) and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO).
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics
Postdoctoral Fellows in Computational Genomics at Harvard Medical School
Several positions are available in the Park Lab (https://compbio.hms.harvard.edu/). The aim of the laboratory is to develop and apply innovative computational methods for genome sequencing data to enhance our understanding of disease processes including cancer and brain-related diseases.
Areas of interest include:
Identification of mosaic mutations in non-tumor cells and application to lineage tracing
Algorithms for characterizing structural alterations in bulk and single cell whole-genome data
Mutational signature analysis for cancer/brain samples
Analysis of repetitive elements including transposable elements and tandem repeats
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow – DNA Origami
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University seeks outstanding postdoctoral fellow applicants with expertise in biomolecular engineering or science to develop hierarchical self-assembly of hundreds to thousands of distinct DNA origami into addressable microstructures, exploiting the principles of crisscross assembly innovated in our lab. In addition to carrying out research, the successful candidate will be expected to apply for fellowship funding, contribute to the writing of grants and manuscripts, participate in teaching and mentoring of lab members as needed, and otherwise contribute to overall lab operations. The applicant will be a collaborative, impact-focused problem solver who wants to be part of a dynamic team.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow – Reproductive Biology
The lab of Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., Founding Director at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, seeks outstanding postdoctoral applicants with expertise and knowledge of female reproductive biology to join an interdisciplinary team of biologists and engineers focused on the use of human Organ Chips to study heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB), ovarian cancer and non-hormonal contraceptives.
In addition to carrying out research, the successful candidate will be expected to apply for fellowship funding, contribute to the writing of grants and manuscripts, participate in teaching and mentoring of lab members as needed, and otherwise contribute to overall lab operations. The applicant will be a collaborative, impact-focused problem solver who wants to be part of a dynamic team.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: HMS – Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the O’Connor lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, in the field of computational human genetics. Prospective postdoctoral researchers should hold a Ph.D. by the time they would begin their position. We are most interested in applicants who have experience in computational methods development, in human genetics or a different field.
Possible areas of research include:
1. Developing methods to compare the genetic architecture of rare vs. common genetic variation 2. Developing methods to analyze GWAS data using graphical models and genome-wide genealogies 3. Developing methods to integrate rare protein coding genetic association data with functional and machine learning-derived features 4. Developing methods to characterize the genetic architecture of autism
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Systems Biology
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Silver lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts. The work of the Silver ab is focused on engineering biological systems for health and sustainability. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates who are interested in these or related fields, particularly those who may bring a new technology or perspective to bear on the work in the lab.
The successful candidate will work with Dr. Silver to develop an independent research project within the scope of the lab’s research focus. In addition to carrying out research, the successful candidate will be expected to apply for fellowship funding, contribute to the writing of grants and manuscripts, participate in teaching and mentoring of lab members as needed, and otherwise contribute to overall lab operations and collaborative environment.
Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Open Postdoctoral Position
Applicants are now being considered for a postdoctoral position in the Shi Lab at the Rowland Institute at Harvard (https://www.rowland.harvard.edu/). Our lab’s primary focus is on uncovering the molecular mechanisms that drive brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases. We specialize in decoding glycans—complex carbohydrates that decorate our cells and permeate our brain’s extracellular environment. Despite their fundamental biological roles, glycans remain one of the most understudied components of neurobiology. We aim to change that using interdisciplinary approaches that combine advanced microscopy (confocal, electron, in vivo multi-photon), viral vectors, protein engineering, mouse models, and multi-omics analyses. understanding how glycans in brain aging and neurodegenerative disease. For further information on the lab, please visit: www.shigroup.org
We invite applications from postdoctoral candidates with backgrounds in neurobiology, glycobiology, immunology, and biochemistry. Applicants will benefit directly from the interdisciplinary core facilities at the Rowland Institute at Harvard and will be encouraged to participate in the Harvard and Boston scientific community. Harvard University postdocs are offered competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits packages.
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.
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