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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 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 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 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 Helen Bronte-Stewart Start Date: Early 2026Posted 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... Details |
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Position with Michael Greicius Start Date: January 2026Posted on: October 10, 2025 The Greicius lab at Stanford University seeks a motivated postdoctoral fellow to join its multidisciplinary team studying the genomics of neurodegenerative diseases, with a special focus on Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Current research focuses on using novel methods to detect genetic... 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 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 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 Stephen Luby Start Date: Fall 2025Posted on: September 12, 2025 Postdoc Opportunity #2 with Project Unleaded: Survey/Data focus Join the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health (HPH) and Project Unleaded for an... Details |
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Position with Stephen Luby Start Date: Fall 2025Posted on: September 12, 2025 Postdoc Opportunity #1 with Project Unleaded : Laboratory/Measurement focus Join the Stanford Center for Human and Planetary Health (HPH) and Project Unleaded... Details |
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Position with Chris Field Start Date: January 2026Posted on: December 01, 2025 Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment and Sustainability Accelerator are launching a joint post-doctoral fellowship position to advance the use of biochar as a wildfire mitigation and carbon removal tool in California. The Post-doctoral Fellow will lead applied... 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 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 Guolan Lu Start Date: February 1st, 2026 (flexible)Posted on: October 20, 2025 Postdoctoral Fellow in AI for Spatial Biology Description: The Lu Lab at Stanford University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with deep expertise in advanced AI and generative... Details |
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Position with Jason Sheltzer Start Date: FlexiblePosted 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... Details |
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Position with Anusha Kalbasi Start Date: November 1, 2025Posted on: October 09, 2025 Post-doctoral Scholar in Cancer Immunology — Stanford University 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... 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 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 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 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 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 Wendy Liu Start Date: Immediately availablePosted on: August 27, 2025 We have an opening for a full-time postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Wendy Liu, MD, PhD in the Department of Ophthalmology at Stanford University to conduct collaborative projects in vision research.
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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 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 Samuel So Start Date: January 2026 with flexibilityPosted on: September 11, 2025 A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the Department of Surgery at Stanford University. As part of the Asian Liver Center, our lab uses multidisciplinary approaches to identify and develop more efficacious methods for the diagnosis and treatment of... 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 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 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 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 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 Anusha Kalbasi Start Date: November 1, 2025Posted on: October 09, 2025 Post-doctoral Scholar in Cancer Immunology — Stanford University 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... 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 Erik Brynjolfsson Start Date: Sept 1, 2026Posted on: December 17, 2025
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Position with Lynette Cegelski Start Date: Sept-Oct 2025Posted on: August 05, 2025 Research Group and Open Position: Our research group integrates the power of experimental chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology and chemical biology together in creative and unconventional ways to deliver new discoveries and insights addressing problems in biology and medicine. Our group... Details |
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Position with Xueguang Zhou Start Date: September 1, 2026Posted on: December 16, 2025 The Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University is pleased to offer one postdoctoral fellowship in Chinese Studies, open to scholars in the humanities and social sciences studying any historical period. The fellowship provides a 12-month... 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 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 Ruth Huttenhain Start Date: Start date is negotiable.Posted on: October 01, 2025 Summary of the position: The Huttenhain Lab in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology at Stanford is looking for postdoctoral fellows to study mechanisms of intracellular signal integration through G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) using cutting edge mass... Details |
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Position with Priscilla Yang Start Date: TBDPosted on: August 21, 2025 The Yang Group in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine is currently recruiting postdoctoral fellows to work with a team developing using the concept of induced proximity to develop small molecule antivirals. We are particularly interested... Details |