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Postdoctoral research positions at universities and institutes.

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Fully funded 21 Nov 2026

Postdoctoral Fellow, Experimental Physics

Indiana University Bloomington

  • Bloomington, United States

Posting Details Position Details Title Postdoctoral Fellow, Experimental Physics Appointment Status Non-Tenure Track Department IU Bloomington Physics Location Bloomington Position Summary Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Quantum Optics and Laser Sciences Title: Postdoctoral Fellow, Experimental Physics Appointment Status: Non-tenure track Department: Department of Physics, Indiana University Bloomington Location: Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A. Position Summary: The Department of Physics at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow position (experimentalist onl

Fully funded 21 Nov 2026

Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Colorado System

  • Aurora, United States

University of Colorado Anschutz Department: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Job Title: Postdoctoral Fellow Position #00853119 – Requisition #41105 Job Summary: The Thomas Lab is recruiting a postdoctoral associate for a funded position to study how intratumoral bacteria modulate the tumor microenvironment in oral squamous cell carcinoma. This 4-5-year project is supported by an NIH R56, the HNC SPORE, and other research funding. The postdoc will investigate the spatial and functional relationships between intratumoral bacteria and immune cell populations using spatial transcriptomics. Mec

Fully funded 21 Nov 2026

Postdoctoral Fellow

Indiana University Bloomington

  • Bloomington, United States
  • Adarsh Dharan

Posting Details Position Details Title Postdoctoral Fellow Appointment Status Non-Tenure Track Department IU Bloomington Biology Location Bloomington Position Summary The department of Biology is a large, unified department with strong undergraduate degrees, nationally-ranked graduate programs, and world-class research spanning the breadth of biological questions and experimental systems — from ecosystems to microbiology and developmental biology, from evolution to cell biology, from molecular biology to systems biology, bioinformatics, and genomics. It is always an exciting time for Biology —

Fully funded 21 Nov 2026

Postdoctoral Fellow

Indiana University Bloomington

  • Bloomington, United States
  • Dr. Sebastian Dawid

Posting Details Position Details Title Postdoctoral Fellow Appointment Status Non-Tenure Track Department IU Bloomington Physics Location Bloomington Position Summary Postdoctoral Position in Theoretical Nuclear/Hadronic Physics at Indiana University The Nuclear Theory Group in the Department of Physics at Indiana University Bloomington (IU) invites applications for a postdoctoral research position under the supervision of Dr. Sebastian Dawid. The appointment will initially be for two years, with the possibility of renewal for a third year subject to satisfactory performance and the availabili

Fully funded 21 Nov 2026

Postdoctoral Associate/Senior Research Associate

Virginia Tech

  • Blacksburg, United States
  • Jackie Woodyard

Job Description We invite applications for postdoctoral associate or research associate positions in theoretical Quantum Information Science in the Physics Department of Virginia Tech. The focus of these positions will be on quantum computing and quantum simulation, quantum networks, and quantum control. There will also be an opportunity to test theoretical results on cloud quantum processors. The successful candidates will join a vibrant research environment in the quantum information groups of Profs. Sophia Economou and Edwin Barnes at Virginia Tech. There will be plenty of opportunities for

Fully funded 26 Nov 2026

Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Engineering

University of Notre Dame

  • Notre Dame, United States

At the University of Notre Dame, the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in Engineering is a competitive fellowship program established to support highly motivated and accomplished individuals who are committed to Notre Dame’s mission—to be powerful forces for good and to advance research solutions for the challenges facing society and our world. These prestigious fellowships are designed for early-stage scientists and engineers who are bound for research careers. The principal selection criteria for Fellows are scientific excellence and a clearly expressed plan to investigate problems at the fo

Fully funded 30 Nov 2026

Postdoctoral Associate in Next Generation Diagnostics

Cornell University · CVM Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences

  • Ithaca, United States
  • Infectious Disease

Postdoctoral Associate in Next Generation Diagnostics Dr. Diego Diel’s Laboratory (Diel Lab) Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University Ithaca, NY The laboratory of Dr. Diego Diel (Diel Lab) within the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences at Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, is seeking Postdoctoral Associate candidates. The person hired into this position will be working on a Cornell Future of American Agriculture Initiative-funded project focused on developing next-generation diagnostics fo

Fully funded 30 Nov 2026

Post Doctoral Associate

Duke University · Sanford School of Public Policy - NRR

  • Durham, United States
  • Public Policy

Postdoctoral Associate Job Summary: Drs. Rushina Cholera (Duke-Margolis, Duke Pediatrics), Lisa Gennetian (Duke Sanford), and Sarahn Wheeler (Duke School of Medicine), co-leads for a multi-year Maternal & Early Childhood Health Initiative focused on improving maternal health and child wellbeing among North Carolina’s perinatal-to-three population, are seeking a postdoctoral research associate. This is a 2-year appointment. The initiative aims to build an integrated, data-driven ecosystem that strengthens care delivery, service coordination, and outcomes for pregnant people, infants, young chil

Fully funded 30 Nov 2026

NSF-Simons Foundation SkAI Institute Postdoctoral Associate

NSF-Simons Foundation-funded National AI Institute for the Sky

  • Chicago, United States
  • Artificial Intelligence

The NSF-Simons National AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI Institute) invites applications for SkAI Postdoctoral Associates. The SkAI Institute is bringing together astrophysics and AI researchers to advance both fields through cross-disciplinary collaboration and is serving as a nexus for the further development of a nationwide Astro-AI community. SkAI Postdoctoral Associates have the opportunity to work with SkAI faculty on specific research projects aligned with the Institute’s Astro-AI research mission. Associates will be employed by any of the three SkAI lead institutions (Northwestern Univer

Fully funded 11 Dec 2026

Via Postdoctoral Fellowship

Stanford University · Via Project

  • Palo Alto, United States
  • Astrophysics

We invite applications for recent or soon-to-be Ph.D. graduates for postdoctoral fellowships to work on the Via Project. We expect to have 1-2 positions available. The position(s) will offer the opportunity to conduct an innovative and independent research program in any area of astrophysics enabled by Via Survey, expected to start operations in 2027-28. The Via Survey is a forthcoming spectroscopic survey designed to achieve 100 m/s radial velocity stability for millions of faint stars across the full sky while reaching LSST’s single visit depth for transient spectroscopy, opening a new obser

Fully funded 11 Dec 2026

Via Postdoctoral Fellowship

Stanford University · VIA Project

  • Palo Alto, United States
  • Astrophysics

We invite applications for recent or soon-to-be Ph.D. graduates for postdoctoral fellowships to work on the Via Project. We expect to have 1-2 positions available. The position(s) will offer the opportunity to conduct an innovative and independent research program in any area of astrophysics enabled by Via Survey, expected to start operations in 2027-28. The Via Survey is a forthcoming spectroscopic survey designed to achieve 100 m/s radial velocity stability for millions of faint stars across the full sky while reaching LSST’s single visit depth for transient spectroscopy, opening a new obser

Fully funded 14 Dec 2026

Postdoctoral Positions in Nuclear Theory

Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Los Alamos, United States
  • Nuclear Theory
  • Duff Neill

The T-2 group (Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology) in the Theoretical Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory invites applications for two-year postdoctoral positions in Nuclear Theory to begin in Fall 2027. Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. in nuclear theory or a closely related field by the beginning of the postdoctoral appointment (but no earlier than December 2021 per LANL policy). We conduct research on a broad set of topics, including effective theories of strong and weak interactions, heavy-ion physics and physics of the quark-gluon plasma, low-energy phen

Fully funded 1 Jan 2027

Postdoctoral Scholar in Experimental Axion Dark Matter Physics

University of Chicago · Enrico Fermi Institute

  • Chicago, United States
  • Physics

Joint Appointment: The University of Chicago (Enrico Fermi Institute) & Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) The Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago, in partnership with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), is seeking applicants for a position as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the field of experimental dark matter physics, with an emphasis on the direct detection of axions and axion-like particles. The successful applicant will participate in the instrumentation development and physics data analysis of two related and complementary axion search programs:

Fully funded 31 Aug 2027

Postdoctoral Scholar in Experimental Collider Physics

University of Chicago · Enrico Fermi Institute

  • Chicago, United States
  • Physics

The University of Chicago ATLAS group invites applications for one or more Postdoctoral Scholar positions spanning the full breadth of our program on the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. We are a strong, well-resourced group with deep and long-standing involvement in ATLAS, and we are eager to welcome outstanding new colleagues. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with starting dates as early as September 1, 2026, and continuing through August 31, 2027. We anticipate up to two hires over this window. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contrib

Fully funded No deadline given

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Pennsylvania

  • Philadelphia, United States

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Location: Philadelphia, PA Open Date: Apr 02, 2026 Deadline: Project: Transitioning through Uncertainty - Sociopolitical Feedback from Clean Energy Manufacturing Investments University of Pennsylvania , Department of Political Science | Philadelphia, PA Position Overview The Penn Environmental Politics Lab seeks a post-doctoral research fellow to support a two-year research project, beginning in July 2026. This one-year appointment, with possibility for renewal for a second year contingent on performance and availability of funding, is designed for a social scienti

Fully funded No deadline given

Postdoctoral Research Associate: GeoAI and Remote Sensing for Invasive Species Ecology

University of Florida

  • Gainesville, United States

Postdoctoral Research Associate: GeoAI and Remote Sensing for Invasive Species Ecology Job No: 537559 Work Type: Full Time Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) Categories: Computer Science, Grant or Research Administration, Artificial Intelligence, Physical/Mathematical Sciences Department: 16220000 - LS-GEOGRAPHY Job Description Classification Title: Postdoctoral Associate Classification Minimum Requirements: • A Ph.D. (by the start date) in Remote Sensing, Geography, Biology, Geospatial Science, Environmental Science, Ecology, or a closely related field. • Demonstrated expertise in proces

Fully funded No deadline given

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Container Nursery (Ornamental plant production) Weed Management

University of Florida

  • Gainesville, United States

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Container Nursery (Ornamental plant production) Weed Management Job No: 540657 Work Type: Full Time Location: Orange Categories: Biology/Life Science, Agricultural Sciences Department: 60870000 - AG-MREC-APOPKA Job Description Classification Title: Postdoc Aso Classification Minimum Requirements: The appointee shall have received the doctorate in a field appropriate to the assigned duties and responsibilities. Job Description: The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is creating an environment that affirms community across all dimensions. If an accommo

Fully funded No deadline given

Postdoctoral Research Associate - The Neurocognitive and Behavioral Development Laboratory

University of Florida

  • Gainesville, United States
  • Dr. Zheng Wang.

Postdoctoral Research Associate - The Neurocognitive and Behavioral Development Laboratory Job No: 541391 Work Type: Full Time Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) Categories: Social/Behavioral Science, Grant or Research Administration Department: 26030100 - HH-APK-ADMINISTRATION Job Description Classification Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate - The Neurocognitive and Behavioral Development Laboratory Classification Minimum Requirements: Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Rehabilitation Science, or a closely related field Job Description: These projects are housed in

Fully funded No deadline given

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Plant Immunity and Extracellular Immune Signaling

University of Florida

  • Gainesville, United States

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Plant Immunity and Extracellular Immune Signaling Job No: 541193 Work Type: Full Time Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) Categories: Biology/Life Science, Agricultural Sciences Department: 60100000 - AG-MICROBIOLOGY - CELL SCI Job Description Classification Title: Postdoc Aso Classification Minimum Requirements: The appointee shall have received the doctorate in a field appropriate to the assigned duties and responsibilities. Job Description: The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is creating an environment that affirms community across all dimen

Fully funded No deadline given

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Florida

  • Gainesville, United States

Postdoctoral Research Associate Job No: 541290 Work Type: Full Time Location: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) Categories: Biology/Life Science Department: 29020100 - MD-NEUROSCIENCE-GENERAL Job Description Classification Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate Classification Minimum Requirements: Ph.D.  in Neurobiology, Stem Cell Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, or a closely related field. Job Description: The Guo Laboratory at the University of Florida is seeking a highly motivated, talented, and creative Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join our dynamic multi

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