Open Postdoctoral Positions

Open Postdoctoral Positions are listed by Department.

Department: Pediatrics, Endocrinology and Diabetes

Position with Anna Gloyn

Start Date: 05/01/2026
Posted on: January 21, 2026

POSITION 1 

We seek highly motivated individuals with a strong foundation in molecular genetics and biochemistry to work on projects related to precision diagnostics for diabetes. Research will be focused on generating large maps of variant effects using disease relevant assays...

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Position with Anna Gloyn

Start Date: 05/01/2026
Posted on: January 21, 2026

POSITION 2

We seek a highly motivated individual with a strong foundation in cellular biology, and metabolism. Expertise in mitochondrial biology is particularly welcome. Individuals who are looking to combine genetics of complex disease with cellular phenotyping at scale are...

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Department: Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Position with Sohail Husain

Start Date: 8/1/2026
Posted on: January 16, 2026

Position Overview and Scientific Vision
The laboratory of Dr. Sohail Husain in the Stanford Pediatric Exocrine Pancreas Program seeks an exceptional Postdoctoral Scholar to lead hypothesis driven mechanistic research focused on how vitamin A signaling and transport regulate...

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Department: Pediatrics, Hematology Oncology Stem Cell Tranplantation and Regenerative Medicine

Position with Sneha Ramakrishna

Start Date: TBD (estimated Spring/Summer 2026)
Posted on: February 27, 2026

The Ramakrishna Lab is excited to offer a postdoctoral fellow position with a focus on optimizing pediatric chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies for pediatric solid tumors.

The Ramakrishna laboratory focuses on optimizing CAR T-cell therapies for children with...

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Department: Psychiatry

Position with Leanne Williams

Start Date: Earliest available start date
Posted on: March 24, 2026

We are seeking a well-trained postdoctoral scientist who is motivated to develop and apply expertise in neuroimaging-informed biotype trials for precision medicine in depression. Especially sought are candidates with expertise in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), with a...

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Position with Antonio Hardan

Start Date: Start date will be mutually agreed upon between program leaders and the applicant.
Posted on: April 07, 2026

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Psychometrics in Autism 

The Stanford Autism Center is pleased to announce the availability of a mentored postdoctoral research fellowship in psychometrics and scale development. This position is being offered to well-qualified postdoctoral...

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Department: Psychology

Position with Jason Yeatman

Start Date: Open position
Posted on: April 03, 2026

Rapid Online Assessment of Reading

Postdoc in Operational Psychometrics and Educational Data Science

Advisors: Jason D. Yeatman, Ph.D. and Carrie Townley-...

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Department: Radiation Oncology

Position with Jason Sheltzer

Start Date: Flexible
Posted on: November 29, 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.  

This project focuses on 8p...

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Position with Jason Ross

Start Date: As soon as possible (ASAP)
Posted on: February 10, 2026

The Ross laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a postdoc to extend recent findings on rejuvenating aged immune systems through stem cell modulation (Ross et al., Nature 2024).

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Position with Anusha Kalbasi

Start Date: August 1, 2026
Posted on: May 08, 2026

The Kalbasi Laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scholar to join our interdisciplinary team at the intersection of cancer immunology, T cell immunotherapy, and cytokine biology.

This position offers the opportunity to pursue independent...

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Department: Radiation Oncology, Radiation Physics

Position with Xuejun Gu

Start Date: As soon as possible
Posted on: November 20, 2025

The candidate will join the group to develop AI and machine learning based software to assist clinical workflow and pre-clinical studies.

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Department: Radiation Oncology, Radiation Therapy

Position with Jason Ross

Start Date: As soon as possible (ASAP)
Posted on: February 10, 2026

The Ross laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a postdoc to extend recent findings on rejuvenating aged immune systems through stem cell modulation (Ross et al., Nature 2024).

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Position with Anusha Kalbasi

Start Date: August 1, 2026
Posted on: May 08, 2026

The Kalbasi Laboratory at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scholar to join our interdisciplinary team at the intersection of cancer immunology, T cell immunotherapy, and cytokine biology.

This position offers the opportunity to pursue independent...

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Department: Radiology, Pediatrics

Position with Avnesh Thakor

Start Date: Immediate
Posted on: February 20, 2026

The Stanford Division of Pediatric Radiology within the Department of Radiology is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to perform basic functions and activities involved in defined research projects and independently conduct and analyze experiments. 

The work will be carried out in...

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Department: Religious Studies

Position with John Kieschnick

Start Date: 9/1/2026
Posted on: January 15, 2026

2026-2028 Ho Center for Buddhist Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship 

We invite applications from scholars in all areas of Buddhist Studies whose research interests would complement and augment the work of our current faculty and graduate students, and whose work promises to...

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Department: Stanford Cancer Center

Position with Kacper Rogala

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: February 25, 2026

Cryo‑EM and Protein Biochemistry (Rogala Lab, Stanford) — https://rogala.stanford.edu.

The Rogala Lab is seeking ambitious, thoughtful postdoctoral scholars who...

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Position with Jason Sheltzer

Start Date:
Posted on: May 10, 2026

The Sheltzer Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to study cancer vulnerabilities and small-molecule therapeutics. Multiple projects are available, broadly focused on understanding how genetic alterations create selective dependencies...

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Department: Structural Biology

Position with Kacper Rogala

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: February 25, 2026

Cryo‑EM and Protein Biochemistry (Rogala Lab, Stanford) — https://rogala.stanford.edu.

The Rogala Lab is seeking ambitious, thoughtful postdoctoral scholars who...

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Department: Surgery, General Surgery

Position with Morad Hameed

Start Date: July 1, 2026
Posted on: February 19, 2026

Postdoctoral Training Position Summary: 
The Stanford Trauma Systems Data Science Postdoctoral Fellowship represents a unique opportunity to advance surgical care through innovative applications of data science and artificial intelligence. This interdisciplinary fellowship is...

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Position with Alma-Martina Cepika

Start Date: June 1st, 2026
Posted on: April 07, 2026

Cepika Lab (Surgical Science Section, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery) is seeking a productive, organized, and self-driven postdoctoral fellow with a strong background in immunology, experience with in vivo models, and an interest in...

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Department: Woods Institute

Position with Chris Field

Start Date: 01/15/2026 or once the position is filled
Posted on: November 25, 2025

The Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment is pleased to announce a post-doctoral position on solar geoengineering impacts. The successful candidate will work on a new, multi-investigator project focused on economic, health, and social impacts of past volcanic eruptions that produced...

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