Open Postdoctoral Positions

We are now accepting applications for Stanford PRISM, a postdoctoral recruitment program that connects advanced graduate students with potential postdoctoral mentors at Stanford. The deadline to apply is August 26, 2025 - APPLY NOW!


 

Department: Energy Science and Engineering

Position with Arun Majumdar

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Posted on: November 11, 2025

Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Opening at the Majumdar Group at Stanford University


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Department: Mechanical Engineering

Position with Arun Majumdar

Start Date:
Posted on: November 11, 2025

Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Opening at the Majumdar Group at Stanford University


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Position with Sindy Tang

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: June 17, 2025

We are seeking a highly motivated and innovative postdoctoral researcher to lead the development of an automated platform for microscale tissue dissection, based on our recently published µDicer device (https://www.nature.com/articles/...
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Department: Ophthalmology

Position with Andreas Tolias

Start Date:
Posted on: August 27, 2025

Stanford University’s Enigma project is reimagining the experimental neuroscience pipeline with big data and AI at its core. A central goal of the project is to build a foundation model of the visual brain—a “digital twin” that captures neural...
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Position with Kevin Chan

Start Date: As soon as possible
Posted on: July 04, 2025


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Position with Michael Kapiloff

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: June 23, 2025


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Department: Medicine, Primary Care and Outcomes Research

Position with VJ Periyakoil

Start Date: 01-01-2026
Posted on: November 12, 2025


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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: June 05, 2025


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Department: Psyc: Behavioral Medicine

Position with Leanne Williams

Start Date: 01/01/2026
Posted on: July 29, 2025

**This position is fully funded for at least two years, and is NOT affected by current federal funding directors or local hiring restrictions**


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Position with Neir Eshel

Start Date: As early as summer 2025
Posted on: June 17, 2025


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Department: Surg: Pediatric Surgery

Position with James Dunn

Start Date: 02/01/2026
Posted on: October 09, 2025


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Department: Pediatrics

Position with Jason Sheltzer

Start Date: 1/1/2026
Posted on: October 11, 2025

The Sheltzer Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a cutting-edge project applying CRISPR to dissect the consequences of copy-number alterations in iPS cells.  


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Position with Thomas Robinson

Start Date: As soon as possible
Posted on: November 04, 2025


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Department: Stanford Cancer Center

Position with Jason Sheltzer

Start Date: 1/1/2026
Posted on: October 11, 2025

The Sheltzer Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a cutting-edge project applying CRISPR to dissect the consequences of copy-number alterations in iPS cells.  


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Position with Haopeng Xiao

Start Date: As early as September 2025 but flexible
Posted on: August 30, 2025

Combining mass spectrometry-based proteomics and metabolomics, data science, and mechanistic biology to define the function and druggability of proteins.


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Department: Rad: Radiation Biology

Position with Jason Sheltzer

Start Date: 1/1/2026
Posted on: October 11, 2025

The Sheltzer Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for a cutting-edge project applying CRISPR to dissect the consequences of copy-number alterations in iPS cells.  


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Department: Surg: General Surgery

Position with Deshka Foster

Start Date: 10/15/2025
Posted on: July 14, 2025

Our laboratory uses mouse models of solid tumors and human tumor specimens to analyze tumor fibrosis (specifically focused on tumor microenvironment cells with a particular interest in cancer associated fibroblasts) towards identifying novel therapeutic targets. We are primarily focused on...
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Department: Applied Physics

Position with Michel Digonnet

Start Date: Around end of summer 2025
Posted on: May 29, 2025

The research will consist in characterizing the noise, drift, and sensitivity to rotation of a three-axis resonant laser gyroscope. 


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Department: Electrical Engineering

Position with Michel Digonnet

Start Date: Around end of summer 2025
Posted on: May 29, 2025

The research will consist in characterizing the noise, drift, and sensitivity to rotation of a three-axis resonant laser gyroscope. 


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Department: Biology

Position with Lauren O'Connell

Start Date: as early as September 2025
Posted on: August 06, 2025


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Position with Gretchen Daily

Start Date: As soon as possible
Posted on: July 29, 2025

The Stanford Natural Capital Project seeks candidates to support a research program aimed at the implementation and scaling of natural capital approaches within country governments and International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Appointments will be made as Postdoctoral Scholars through the...
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Position with Ayelet Voskoboynik

Start Date: ASAP but flexible
Posted on: May 20, 2025


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Department: Biochemistry

Position with Haopeng Xiao

Start Date: As early as September 2025 but flexible
Posted on: August 30, 2025

Combining mass spectrometry-based proteomics and metabolomics, data science, and mechanistic biology to define the function and druggability of proteins.


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Department: Neuroscience Institute

Position with Neir Eshel

Start Date: As early as summer 2025
Posted on: June 17, 2025


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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: June 05, 2025


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Department: Woods Institute

Position with Gretchen Daily

Start Date: As soon as possible
Posted on: July 29, 2025

The Stanford Natural Capital Project seeks candidates to support a research program aimed at the implementation and scaling of natural capital approaches within country governments and International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Appointments will be made as Postdoctoral Scholars through the...
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Department: Biomedical Data Sciences

Position with Sylvia Plevritis

Start Date: As soon as possible
Posted on: September 11, 2025


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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: June 05, 2025


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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 


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Department: Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

Position with Tulio Valdez

Start Date: As Soon As Possible
Posted on: September 03, 2025


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Department: Medicine, General Internal Medicine

Position with Eran Bendavid

Start Date: As soon as possible
Posted on: August 19, 2025


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Department: Medicine, Biomedical Informatics Research (BMIR)

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 05, 2025


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Department: Health Policy

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 05, 2025


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Department: Med: PCOR

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 05, 2025


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Department: Epidemiology and Population Health

Position with Pascal Geldsetzer

Start Date: As soon as possible (but also interested in candidates who want to start later)
Posted on: June 05, 2025


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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 


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Department: Surg: Transplantation Surgery

Position with Sheri Krams

Start Date: asap
Posted on: August 13, 2025

Post-Doctoral Position Available: Krams Lab


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Department: FSI Program on Energy and Sustainable Development (PESD)

Position with Frank Wolak

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: August 04, 2025


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Department: Radiology-MIPS

Position with Katherine Ferrara

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: September 02, 2025


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Department: Pathology

Position with Maneesh Kumar Misra

Start Date: ASAP (based on onboarding timeline)
Posted on: September 19, 2025


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Department: Emergency Medicine

Position with Michelle Lin

Start Date: ASAP (rolling)
Posted on: October 08, 2025


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Department: Stem Cell Bio Regenerative Med

Position with Ayelet Voskoboynik

Start Date: ASAP but flexible
Posted on: May 20, 2025


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Department: Graduate School of Education

Position with Susanna Loeb

Start Date: August 1, 2026, with some flexibility
Posted on: October 06, 2025

SCALE Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity with Professor Susanna Loeb
 


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Department: Genetics

Position with Matteo Molè

Start Date: Available immediately, depending on visa status and requirements.
Posted on: August 18, 2025

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Department: Reproductive Biology

Position with Matteo Molè

Start Date: Available immediately, depending on visa status and requirements.
Posted on: August 18, 2025

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Department: Gynecology and Obstetrics

Position with Matteo Molè

Start Date: Available immediately, depending on visa status and requirements.
Posted on: August 18, 2025

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Department: Neurosurgery

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 


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Department: Biomedical Informatics

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 


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Department: Chemical Engineering

Position with Brian Hie

Start Date: Early/mid 2026
Posted on: November 11, 2025

Postdoctoral researcher in protein biochemistry, protein evolution, and generative biology


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Position with Brian Hie

Start Date: Early/mid 2026
Posted on: November 10, 2025

Postdoctoral researcher in synthetic genomics, synthetic biology, and generative biology


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