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Open Postdoctoral Positions
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Position with Marion Buckwalter Start Date: Ideally on or before July 1, 2026Posted on: March 12, 2026 The Buckwalter lab has an opening for a postdoctoral fellow, PhD, MD, or MD/PhD. We study chronic outcomes after stroke using mouse models and human studies, with a particular focus on post-stroke cognitive decline. Basic/translational and clinical projects are available. Candidates should... Details |
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Position with Marlene Rabinovitch Start Date: ImmediatelyPosted on: September 04, 2026 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 Marlene Rabinovitch Start Date: ImmediatelyPosted on: September 04, 2026 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 James Brooks Start Date: ImmediatelyPosted on: July 30, 2026 A postdoctoral fellowship position is available immediately in the laboratory of James Brooks in the Department of Urology. This project focuses on understanding the role of protein glycosylation on cancer cells and immunosuppression. Our laboratory focuses on prostate and kidney cancers,... Details |
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Position with Guolan Lu Start Date: The position is available immediately, and the start date is flexiblePosted on: May 22, 2026 The Lu Lab at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Scholar to help define a new frontier at the interface of spatial biology and therapeutics. The scholar will lead spatial-biology driven projects to identify novel spatial biomarkers,... Details |
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Position with Andreas Tolias Start Date: Immediately availablePosted on: March 24, 2026 The Andreas Tolias Lab at Stanford University is seeking an exceptional neuroscientist or cognitive scientist—at the postdoctoral level—to join the newly launched Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) ... Details |
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Position with Joelle Rosser Start Date: July 1, 2026Posted on: May 21, 2026 Precision mapping of vector borne diseases using deep learning & high resolution remote sensing data Faculty in Stanford Medicine are seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a project developing and validating deep learning computer vision models to... Details |
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Position with John Openshaw Start Date: October 1, 2026Posted on: June 09, 2026 Heat Stress and Strategies for Adaptation in Coastal Informal Settlement Communities Faculty in the Stanford School of Medicine are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a project characterizing heat stress in coastal informal settlement communities and develop,... Details |
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Position with David Stevenson Start Date: July 10, 2026Posted on: July 09, 2026 This postdoctoral position, newly funded by the Gates Foundation, centers on the molecular and cellular biology of the human placenta, with particular emphasis on the molecular mechanisms by which low-dose aspirin influences placental trophoblast development and function. Preeclampsia... Details |
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Position with Anoop Rao Start Date: September 2026Posted on: July 23, 2026 The Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology and the Neonatal Engineering, Signals, and Technology (NEST) Lab are seeking a creative, motivated, and collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow to join our team and conduct research focused on physiologic waveform analysis, biomedical signal... Details |
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Position with Colleen Honigsberg Start Date: July-September 2026Posted on: March 18, 2026 The Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance seeks an outstanding recent PhD graduate with a demonstrated record of producing high-quality, policy-relevant research on critical issues in corporate law and governance. We invite applications for a postdoctoral fellowship... Details |
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Position with Lynette Cegelski Start Date: Late 2026 or Early 2027Posted on: September 03, 2026 Postdoctoral Scholar - NMR Spectroscopy of Complex Biological and Materials Systems The Cegelski Lab in the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University is recruiting a creative and motivated postdoctoral scholar with expertise in NMR spectroscopy. Experience in solid-state... Details |
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Position with Debra Kaysen Start Date: NegotiablePosted on: August 18, 2026 Trauma and Health Equity and Access Lab (Trauma-HEAL) Position Description The Trauma and Health Equity and Access Lab (Trauma-HEAL) is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar for a full-time, two-year appointment in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Stanford... Details |
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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... Details |
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Position with Nicole Ardoin Start Date: October 1, 2026Posted on: June 30, 2026 We seek a postdoctoral fellow with deep knowledge of the transformation science and sustainability transitions literatures to help advance the intellectual core of the Transformation Science Program. About the Transformation Science Program ... Details |
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Position with Pankaj Kapahi Start Date: October 1st 2026Posted on: August 25, 2026 Postdoctoral Researchers – Brain and Ovarian Aging The Kapahi Lab is recruiting two Postdoctoral Researchers to lead innovative projects investigating the biology of brain and ovarian aging and the connections between reproductive aging, systemic health, and longevity. ... Details |
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Position with Jason Yeatman Start Date: Open positionPosted 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-... Details |
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Position with Anoop Rao Start Date: September 2026Posted on: July 23, 2026 The Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology and the Neonatal Engineering, Signals, and Technology (NEST) Lab are seeking a creative, motivated, and collaborative Postdoctoral Fellow to join our team and conduct research focused on physiologic waveform analysis, biomedical signal... Details |
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Position with Jason Yeatman Start Date: Open positionPosted 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-... Details |
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Position with Jason Yeatman Start Date: Open positionPosted 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-... Details |
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Position with Christopher Bennett Start Date: Position available immediately. Start date is flexible; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.Posted on: June 03, 2026 The Bennett Lab in the Stanford University Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to join our research program. We are focused on generating data to inform how best emergency departments can most effectively contribute to ending multiple infectious disease... Details |
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Position with Preeti Panda Start Date: Position available immediately. Start date is flexible; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.Posted on: May 27, 2026 The Resilient Futures Research Lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with strong quantitative data analysis skills to join our interdisciplinary team of investigators. The fellowship goals include advancing our research program on youth violence and injury prevention, and to develop... Details |
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Position with Adam Pellegrini Start Date: Preferably by September 2026Posted on: June 05, 2026 Natural climate solutions in an evolving world We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher interested in the potential for nature-based climate solutions to achieve net-emissions reductions in an evolving world. As climate change and population... Details |
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Position with Mark Musen Start Date: September 1, 2026 or ASAPPosted on: July 16, 2026 Postdoc in the modeling of laboratory workflows to program self-driving laboratories The Stanford University Division of Computational Medicine is developing advanced technology in cheminformatics with the long-term goal of radically enhancing the way in which all researchers... Details |
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Position with VJ Periyakoil Start Date: September 1, 2026, with flexibility for a start as late as December 2026.Posted on: August 26, 2026 Stanford Departments and Centers: Stanford Medicine Center for Longevity and Healthy Aging Group or Departmental Website: https://aging.stanford.edu Questions about the position may be directed to Dr. VJ Periyakoil at ... Details |
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Position with Arden Morris Start Date: September 15, 2026Posted on: May 18, 2026 We seek a highly motivated computer scientist for a post-doctoral position in our multi-disciplinary health services research center within the Department of Surgery. The post-doc will have access to unique datasets, and can develop clinical partnerships across departments in Stanford's... Details |
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Position with Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert Start Date: September 2026Posted on: August 06, 2026 Full-time Postdoctoral Scholar Position Focused on Policies to Address Homelessness, Opioid Use Disorder, and Their Health Impacts Prof. Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert in Stanford’s Department of Health Policy and Prof. Margaret Brandeau in Stanford’s... Details |
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Position with Sidhartha Sinha Start Date: Some flexibility, but likely July 1 2026Posted on: May 27, 2026 The Sinha Lab at Stanford University invites applications for a sponsored postdoctoral position. We seek highly creative and motivated scientists with a background in immunology, bioinformatics, and/or expertise in microbiome/metabolome studies. The breath of the lab’s interests are wide.... Details |
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Position with Wei Gu Start Date: start date flexible / rollingPosted on: March 18, 2026 Our lab recently developed a new methylation profiling technology, FLEXseq (PMID: 42130071), that excels at broad profiling of the cfDNA methylome in plasma and other human body fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid. We seek to leverage... Details |
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Position with Robert West Start Date: The start date is flexible. We will review applications on a rolling basis.Posted on: May 28, 2026 We are looking for a motivated postdoctoral researcher to work on breast cancer progression in the West lab in the Department of Pathology at Stanford. Successful candidates will use a combination of spatial transcriptomics and highly multiplexed imaging to understand how precursors of... Details |
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Position with Adam Boies Start Date: The anticipated start is fall of 2026Posted on: August 18, 2026 Postdoctoral Scholar – Methane Pyrolysis, Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotube Synthesis The Boies Group at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Scholar to lead experimental research on the high-temperature conversion of... Details |
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Position with Da Yang Start Date: The start date is flexible, from as early as October 1, 2026 to as late as fall 2027Posted on: August 21, 2026 The Department of Geophysics at Stanford University invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar to join the Convection & Climate Group. Our research seeks to uncover the physical principles governing the organization of moist convection and atmospheric... Details |