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Open Postdoctoral Positions
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Position with Summer Han Start Date: December 1, 2025 (Flexible)Posted on: August 13, 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow in Large Language Models and Electronic Phenotyping in Cancer We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow with expertise in large language models (LLMs) and electronic phenotyping to join our dynamic team focused... Details |
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Position with Eran Bendavid Start Date: As soon as possiblePosted on: August 19, 2025 We are accepting applications for a 2-year postdoc to examine child health impacts of floods in India. The postdoctoral scholar will be co-mentored by Eran Bendavid (School of Medicine) and Steve Gorelick (Doerr School of Sustainability), and will work alongside a team with expertise in... Details |
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Position with Jesse Engreitz Start Date: ImmediatePosted on: September 04, 2025 The laboratories of Dr. Marlene Rabinovitch, Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), and Jesse Engreitz, Assistant Professor of Genetics are seeking a highly motivated and accomplished postdoctoral scholar to join their team of investigators in conjunction with the Basic Science and... Details |
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Position with Han Zhu Start Date: Jan 2026Posted on: September 30, 2025 The Han Zhu lab is dedicated to discovering the underpinnings of immune-related diseases in the heart. Cancer therapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors may cause toxicity in the heart, including severe myocarditis, making it difficult for patients... Details |
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Position with Michelle Lin Start Date: ASAP (rolling)Posted on: October 08, 2025 Dr. Michelle Lin's lab in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to lead innovative, NIH-funded research on emergency care delivery, health policy, and health... Details |
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Position with Katherine Casey Start Date: July-September 2026Posted on: October 10, 2025 The Stanford King Center on Global Development’s Postdoctoral Fellows Program offers fellowships to outstanding new PhD recipients who have a demonstrated ability to generate high-quality, policy-relevant research on critical issues related to global development. We invite... Details |
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Position with Vivek Charu Start Date: As soon as feasible; February 2026Posted on: December 01, 2025 We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work on cutting-edge single-cell and spatial-omics research. The ideal fellow will be interested in developing and applying novel computational algorithms to novel datasets generated in the setting of non-neoplastic and... Details |
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Position with Amin Saberi Start Date: September 1, 2026Posted on: December 30, 2025 The Stanford Center on Computational Market Design invites applications from candidates conducting research in Operations Research, Computer Science, Economics and related fields. Fellows will work with faculty affiliated with the Stanford Center on... Details |
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Position with Haopeng Xiao Start Date: As early as September 2025 but flexiblePosted on: August 30, 2025 Combining mass spectrometry-based proteomics and metabolomics, data science, and mechanistic biology to define the function and druggability of proteins. We are seeking a postdoctoral candidate with expertise in mass spectrometry and molecular metabolism. Additional expertise... Details |
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Position with Luis Hernandez-Nunez Start Date: Flexible (January-September 2026)Posted on: November 27, 2025 Our lab investigates the functional principles, development, and computational properties of organism-wide circuits for brain-body interactions. We are an interdisciplinary team spanning engineering, neuroscience, developmental biology, genetics, applied math, and physics — united by... Details |
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Position with Luis Hernandez-Nunez Start Date: Flexible (January-September 2026)Posted on: November 27, 2025 Our lab investigates the functional principles, development, and computational properties of organism-wide circuits for brain-body interactions. We are an interdisciplinary team spanning engineering, neuroscience, developmental biology, genetics, applied math, and physics — united by... Details |
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Position with Summer Han Start Date: December 1, 2025 (Flexible)Posted on: August 13, 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow in Large Language Models and Electronic Phenotyping in Cancer We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow with expertise in large language models (LLMs) and electronic phenotyping to join our dynamic team focused... Details |
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Position with Sylvia Plevritis Start Date: As soon as possiblePosted on: September 11, 2025 We are seeking a postdoctoral scholar in computational biology to work in the laboratory of Professor Sylvia Plevritis in the Department of Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University. This research opportunity will be focused primarily on the development and application of novel... Details |
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Position with Vivek Charu Start Date: 02/01/2026Posted on: November 26, 2025 We are generating spatial transcriptomic/multi-omic data on neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. We are hoping to recruit a postdoctoral fellow to lead the analysis of multiple disease-specific datasets and contribute to the development of novel methodologies in this space. The ideal... Details |
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Position with Vivek Charu Start Date: As soon as feasible; February 2026Posted on: December 01, 2025 We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work on cutting-edge single-cell and spatial-omics research. The ideal fellow will be interested in developing and applying novel computational algorithms to novel datasets generated in the setting of non-neoplastic and... Details |
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Position with Pascal Geldsetzer Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)Posted on: December 06, 2025 We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia... Details |
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Position with Zihuai He Start Date:Posted on: January 13, 2026 The research group led by Dr. Zihuai He (https://profiles.stanford.edu/zihuai-he; https://www.zihuai-he.com/) at Stanford University is recruiting postdoctoral scholars... Details |
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Position with Han Zhu Start Date: Jan 2026Posted on: September 30, 2025 The Han Zhu lab is dedicated to discovering the underpinnings of immune-related diseases in the heart. Cancer therapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors may cause toxicity in the heart, including severe myocarditis, making it difficult for patients... Details |
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Position with Brian Hie Start Date: Early/mid 2026Posted on: November 10, 2025 Postdoctoral researcher in synthetic genomics, synthetic biology, and generative biology Our lab’s mission is to ensure that the AI revolution in biology occurs in a way that benefits humanity. Our current focus is on advancing the state-of-the-art in generative modeling and... Details |
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Position with Brian Hie Start Date: Early/mid 2026Posted on: November 11, 2025 Postdoctoral researcher in protein biochemistry, protein evolution, and generative biology Our lab’s mission is to ensure that the AI revolution in biology occurs in a way that benefits humanity. Our current focus is on advancing the state-of-the-art in generative modeling and... Details |
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Position with Meagan Mauter Start Date: The position is available immediately and the start date can be negotiated based on the selected candidate's availability.Posted on: December 01, 2025 The Stanford University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChemE) invite applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher... Details |
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Position with Meagan Mauter Start Date: The position is available immediately and the start date can be negotiated based on the selected candidate's availability.Posted on: December 01, 2025 The Stanford University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) and the Department of Chemical Engineering (ChemE) invite applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher... Details |
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Position with Barbara Simpson Start Date: Applications will be considered on a rolling basis with start dates as early as 1/1/2026 and as late as 3/1/2026.Posted on: December 16, 2025 A postdoctoral scholar is sought for a position in SEA-Scan: Structural and Environmental Algorithms for Sensing of Offshore Systems working with Dr. Barbara Simpson in the School of Engineering and School of Sustainability, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford... Details |
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Position with Jack Baker Start Date: Fall 2026 (negotiable)Posted on: December 16, 2025 The Stanford Urban Resilience Initiative (SURI) seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar to join its community. SURI is working to tackle one of the major global challenges of this century: ensuring that our communities–increasingly urban, complex,... Details |
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Position with Rob Jackson Start Date: Preferably by July 2026Posted on: February 05, 2026 The epidemiology of ultrafine particles emitted from gas appliances The Stanford Electrification for Health program, based at the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health (HPH), is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a... Details |
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Position with Arun Majumdar Start Date:Posted on: November 11, 2025 Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Opening at the Majumdar Group at Stanford University The Magic Lab in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Science and... Details |
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Position with Xavier Basurto Start Date: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The position is available to begin immediately, with a preferred start date before April 1, 2026.Posted on: December 15, 2025 Community-led Conservation and Governance Stanford University invites applications for an outstanding Postdoctoral Research Fellow with deep expertise in conservation governance, community-led conservation, and participatory and qualitative research methods. Disciplinary... Details |
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Position with Summer Han Start Date: December 1, 2025 (Flexible)Posted on: August 13, 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow in Large Language Models and Electronic Phenotyping in Cancer We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow with expertise in large language models (LLMs) and electronic phenotyping to join our dynamic team focused... Details |
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Position with Pascal Geldsetzer Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)Posted on: December 06, 2025 We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia... Details |
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Position with Matteo Molè Start Date: Available immediately, depending on visa status and requirements.Posted on: August 18, 2025 Project Description Join a pioneering project at Stanford University to create “A Spatial Transcriptomic Atlas of Embryo-Endometrial Crosstalk During Implantation and Human Embryo Development”. This position is funded by a... Details |
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Position with Jesse Engreitz Start Date: ImmediatePosted on: September 04, 2025 The laboratories of Dr. Marlene Rabinovitch, Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology), and Jesse Engreitz, Assistant Professor of Genetics are seeking a highly motivated and accomplished postdoctoral scholar to join their team of investigators in conjunction with the Basic Science and... Details |
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Position with Jelena Obradovic Start Date: Summer or Fall 2026Posted on: October 09, 2025 The Equity in Early Education Postdoctoral (E3) Fellowship Program trains the next generation of scholars to conduct research toward equitable, impactful, and sustainable early childhood care and education systems. Why the E3 fellowship program?To reduce racial and... Details |
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Position with Adriana Umaña-Taylor Start Date: September 2026Posted on: October 12, 2025 The Adolescent Ethnic-Racial Identity Development (AERID) Lab, under the supervision of Dr. Adriana Umaña-Taylor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow who will contribute to building a new initiative focused on Identity and Positive Youth... Details |
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Position with Katharine Sadowski Start Date: July 1, 2026Posted on: October 16, 2025 The Stanford Graduate School of Education invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Professor Katharine Sadowski on research examining how local, state, and federal policies shape the supply of early childcare. The project aims to produce new evidence on childcare supply... Details |
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Position with Beth Schueler Start Date: August 1, 2026 (flexible)Posted on: December 16, 2025 The Politics of Education Lab (PEdL) based at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on research examining education policy, the politics of education, and educational governance. PEdL is dedicated to understanding the political... Details |
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Position with Jelena Obradovic Start Date: Summer/ as soon as possiblePosted on: January 23, 2026 Dr. Jelena Obradović is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to join her research group in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University. We encourage applications from individuals from a broad diversity of PhD-granting institutions, backgrounds, and life experiences who would... Details |
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Position with Maria Polyakova Start Date: September 1, 2026Posted on: November 24, 2025 The Secure Health Data Integration and Research (SHINE) Lab is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship position to join NIH-funded projects in collaboration with the U.S. Census Bureau's Enhancing Health Data (EHealth) Program that develop new... Details |
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Position with Pascal Geldsetzer Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)Posted on: December 06, 2025 We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia... Details |
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Position with Erik Brynjolfsson Start Date: Sept 1, 2026Posted on: December 17, 2025
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Position with Rowan Dorin Start Date: September 1, 2026Posted on: October 16, 2025 The Taube Center for Jewish Studies at Stanford University invites qualified candidates to apply to the Eli Reinhard Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Reinhard Fellow will be appointed for one academic year, beginning in the Fall of 2026. We welcome applications from scholars in... Details |
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Position with Meg Cychosz Start Date: Flexible; Spring or Summer 2026Posted on: September 19, 2025 The Speech and Cognitive Development Lab (PI: Cychosz) in the Stanford University Department of Linguistics seeks a postdoctoral researcher to investigate fundamental questions about how children acquire language and develop communication skills. ... Details |
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Position with Arun Majumdar Start Date:Posted on: November 11, 2025 Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Opening at the Majumdar Group at Stanford University The Magic Lab in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Science and... Details |
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Position with Rob Jackson Start Date: Preferably by July 2026Posted on: February 05, 2026 The epidemiology of ultrafine particles emitted from gas appliances The Stanford Electrification for Health program, based at the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health (HPH), is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a... Details |
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Position with Pascal Geldsetzer Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)Posted on: December 06, 2025 We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia... Details |
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Position with Pascal Geldsetzer Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)Posted on: December 06, 2025 We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia... Details |
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Position with Asiri Ediriwickrema Start Date: Flexible Start DatePosted on: December 04, 2025 We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scholar in hematology, stem cell biology, and cancer biology to work in the laboratory of Professor Asiri Ediriwickrema in the Division of Hematology at Stanford University. This research opportunity will be focused... Details |
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Position with Rob Jackson Start Date: Preferably by July 2026Posted on: February 05, 2026 The epidemiology of ultrafine particles emitted from gas appliances The Stanford Electrification for Health program, based at the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health (HPH), is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a... Details |
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Position with VJ Periyakoil Start Date: 01-01-2026Posted on: November 12, 2025 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aging and Serious Illness: The Stanford Center for Longevity and Healthy Aging, funded by the National Institutes of Health and founded and directed by Prof.Periyakoil, is... Details |
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Position with Pascal Geldsetzer Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)Posted on: December 06, 2025 We are looking for a talented researcher with experience in econometric/quasi-experimental approaches for causal effect estimation (e.g., regression discontinuity and difference-in-differences) to help the Geldsetzer lab expand its work on the link between shingles vaccination and dementia... Details |
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Position with Annesa Flentje Start Date: All applications received by January 5 will be given full consideration. After that, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Start date to be determined pending application date and program needs.Posted on: December 12, 2025 Postdoctoral Scholar in Community-Engaged Sexual and Gender Minority/LGBTQ+ Health Research. Post-traumatic stress disorder, Substance Use, and/or Minority Stress Focus ... Details |