Open Postdoctoral Positions

Open Postdoctoral Positions are listed by Department.

Department: Bioengineering

Position with Sindy Tang

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Posted on: March 07, 2026

The Tang Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to lead the development of a new experimental platform for spatial multi-omic analysis of biological tissues. Our lab builds biological measurement infrastructure—engineering systems that...

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Department: Mechanical Engineering

Position with Sindy Tang

Start Date:
Posted on: March 07, 2026

The Tang Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to lead the development of a new experimental platform for spatial multi-omic analysis of biological tissues. Our lab builds biological measurement infrastructure—engineering systems that...

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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...

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Department: Energy Science and Engineering

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...

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Department: Medicine, Primary Care and Population Health

Position with VJ Periyakoil

Start Date: 01-01-2026
Posted 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...

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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...

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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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Department: Biomedical Data Science

Position with Vivek Charu

Start Date: 02/01/2026
Posted 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...

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Position with Vivek Charu

Start Date: As soon as feasible; February 2026
Posted 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...

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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...

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Department: Pathology

Position with Vivek Charu

Start Date: 02/01/2026
Posted 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...

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Position with Vivek Charu

Start Date: As soon as feasible; February 2026
Posted 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...

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Position with Maneesh Kumar Misra

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

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled postdoctoral researcher to lead a multifaceted project focused on utilizing the immunogenomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics approaches to unravel the complexities of human diseases and transplantation and to translate this knowledge into...

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Department: Pediatrics, Endocrinology and Diabetes

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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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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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.  

This project focuses on 8p...

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Position with Thomas Robinson

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

The Stanford Solutions Science Lab is seeking a highly-motivated postdoctoral scholar to lead a large-scale, community-based, clinical trial of behavioral treatment for childhood obesity.  The Solutions Science Lab designs transdisciplinary, community-based programs to improve the health of...

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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.  

This project focuses on 8p...

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Position with Kacper Rogala

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: February 25, 2026

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

Rogala Lab is a part of Stanford’s ...

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Department: Radiation Oncology, 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.  

This project focuses on 8p...

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Department: Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Position with Sohail Husain

Start Date: 6/1/2026
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: 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: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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...

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Department: Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

Position with Stefan Heller

Start Date: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the positions are filled. The start date is flexible.
Posted on: December 04, 2025

Stem Cell Biologists (3 positions available) The Stankovic Laboratory and Heller Laboratory at Stanford University School of Medicine invite applications for postdoctoral positions in stem cell biology, organoid model systems, and inner ear regeneration. The two laboratories, led by Dr....

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Position with Konstantina Stankovic

Start Date: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the positions are filled. The start date is flexible.
Posted on: December 03, 2025

Stem Cell Biologists (3 positions available) The Stankovic Laboratory and Heller Laboratory at Stanford University School of Medicine invite applications for postdoctoral positions in stem cell biology, organoid model systems, and inner ear regeneration. The two laboratories, led by Dr....

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Department: Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry

Position with Tamar Green

Start Date: As early as February 2026, but flexible
Posted on: December 18, 2025

Position: Postdoctoral Research in Neuroimaging 

The Bridge Lab, led by Dr. Tamar Green at Stanford University, investigates how genetic alterations shape brain development and neuropsychiatric outcomes, with the goal of...

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Position with Tamar Green

Start Date: As early as March 2026, but flexible
Posted on: January 30, 2026

The BRIDGE Lab studies how genetic alterations affect brain development and neuropsychiatric conditions in children. Our goal is to identify targets for medical interventions through clinical research. We are committed to translational work that deepens our understanding of the brain and...

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Position with Vivek Charu

Start Date: As soon as feasible; February 2026
Posted 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...

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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...

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

Position with Tanja Gruber

Start Date: As Soon As Possible
Posted on: March 10, 2026

Immunotherapies Targeting Pediatric AML

Laboratory of Tanja Andrea Gruber, M.D., Ph.D. (Pediatrics, Stanford Cancer Institute) 
Division of Hematology Oncology Stem Cell Transplant and Regenerative Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

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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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Department: Radiation Oncology

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 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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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: 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...

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Department: Neuroscience Institute

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...

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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: 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...

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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: 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...

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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: 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...

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Department: Microbiology and Immunology

Position with Sheri Krams

Start Date: asap
Posted on: March 03, 2026

The laboratory of Dr. Sheri Krams  is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow for a dynamic immunology research program. The lab investigates fundamental mechanisms of immune recognition and regulation in clinically relevant contexts, with a particular focus on transplantation immunology and viral...

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Department: Chemical and Systems Biology

Position with Kacper Rogala

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: February 25, 2026

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

Rogala Lab is a part of Stanford’s ...

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Department: Structural Biology

Position with Kacper Rogala

Start Date: ASAP
Posted on: February 25, 2026

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

Rogala Lab is a part of Stanford’s ...

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Department: Graduate School of Education

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...

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Department: Neurology and Neurological Sciences

Position with Helen Bronte-Stewart

Start Date: Early 2026
Posted on: December 11, 2025

The Human Motor Control and Neuromodulation Lab under Dr. Bronte-Stewart, part of the Stanford Movement disorders Center within the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University’s...

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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

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...

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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

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...

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Department: Urology

Position with Guolan Lu

Start Date: February 1st, 2026 (flexible)
Posted on: October 20, 2025

Postdoctoral Fellow in AI for Spatial Biology

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The Lu Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with deep expertise in advanced AI and generative...

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Department: Biology

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...

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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...

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Department: Medicine, Hematology

Position with Asiri Ediriwickrema

Start Date: Flexible Start Date
Posted 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...

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