Harvard University Invites Applications For Vacant 32 Postdoc, Research and Academic Positions

Harvard University Invites Applications For Vacant 32 Postdoc, Research and Academic Positions, a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 as New College, and later named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.

Vacant Positions

Research Fellow in Indigenous Community Wellbeing
Harvard Medical School
The ProjectThe Department of Global Health and Social Medicine seeks a postdoctoral fellow to support and advance emerging action-research projects dedicated to Indigenous Partnerships for Community Well-Being.Many Indigenous peoples in the USA experience overwhelming distress stemming from legacies of conquest and dispossession that have led to unremitting poverty. These problems include menta...

Postdoctoral Fellow – Cell and Tissue Engineering and Vascularization
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
About the Wyss:The Wyss Institute’s mission is to transform healthcare and the environment by emulating the way nature builds. We harness the imagination of academia and the focus of industry to translate ground-breaking technologies into commercial products that solve big problems. We support research that universities, companies, and venture capital firms don’t fund because they view it as to...

Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in International Finance & Macroeconomics (Prof. Gopinath)
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with Professor Gita Gopinath on cutting-edge research in international finance and macroeconomics. The position is ideal for candidates planning to pursue a Ph.D. in economics and seeking hands-on research experience before graduate school.Research Areas• Tariffs and trade policy• Stablecoins and digital currencies• Optimal policy design in open e...

Tutorial Instructors in Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Department of Psychology at Harvard University is accepting applications to teach in the Sophomore Tutorial program. Tutor positions are open to advanced graduate student and postdocs/PhD-level early career instructors with prior teaching experience.Sophomore Tutorial (PSY 971 and 975) is the centerpiece of the undergraduate psychology experience. Rather than to teach a particular domain of...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Organ Engineering with the Lewis Lab
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Lewis Lab is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in one or more of the following areas: stem cell biology, organoid differentiation, bioprinting, or tissue engineering. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team of researchers supported under three new awards from NIH, DoD, and Wellcome Leap. The goals of these projects are to develop vascularized cerebral, cardiac...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Cell Biology and Tissue Culture
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Are you ready to dive into groundbreaking research at the intersection of marine biology, development, evolutionary science, and venom biology? Join Professor Mandë Holford at Harvard University for an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-impact, large-scale project investigating the evolution of cephalopods and their fascinating venom systems!As a Postdoctoral Fellow, you’ll be at the ...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Developmental Biology
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
The Yang Lab at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine invites individuals to apply for a postdoctoral fellow position investigating the cross-talk between cell signaling, metabolism, and immune regulation in stem cell biology.Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following areas:Conduct cutting-edge research to elucidate cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying stem cell regul...

Harvard Gender Inequality Postdoctoral Fellowship
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University is accepting applications for a postdoctoral fellowship that will enable one outstanding early-career scholar to visit the Economics Department of Harvard University for a year to study aspects of gender inequality.Applications from researchers who are just completing their PhD, as well as from junior faculty members who may be able to combine the fellowship with an early car...

HMS - Associate in Biomedical Informatics (Zitnik Lab)
Harvard Medical School
The Associate will engage in academic research and training activities focused on biomedical research methods in healthcare. Under the close supervision and mentorship of Dr. Zitnik, the Associate will: 1) Explore and learn about state-of-the-art techniques for constructing, maintaining, and contextualizing biomedical datasets by reviewing recent academic literature and attending lab seminars, ...

HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology
Harvard Medical School
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Weingarten lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts. Our laboratory works at the intersection of virology, synthetic biology, immunology, and bioinformatics to bioengineer high throughput methods that illuminate biological processes in hundreds of human pathogenic viruses. Through this systematic view, we seek to answer...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Merkenschlager Lab in the Department of Immunology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. The work of the Merkenschlager Lab focuses on germinal center interactions and how they promote the development of an acquired immune response. We welcome applications from PhD graduates who are interested in this or a related field,...

HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Harper lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Our laboratory works at the intersection of protein and organelle quality control, the ubiquitin system, and autophagy and its role in neurodegenerative disease. Through this systematic view, we seek to answer fundamental questions in cell biology and biochemistry: What ...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Lewis Lab is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in one or more of the following areas: nanoparticle synthesis, colloidal science, rheology, or granular media. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team of researchers supported under a new ARO MURI award. The goal of this project is to develop a fundamental understanding of the transient yielding and printing behav...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Soft Robotics
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Wood Lab is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to explore new methods for embodied intelligence in soft and reconfigurable robots.

Senior Bioinformatics Research
Harvard Medical School
We are seeking a highly motivated post-doc trainee to join Dr. Norbert Perrimon’s group in the Program of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. Perrimon lab is actively generating data sets of omics scale and this position will involve working with other post-doc trainees in the lab who are responsible of design and generating such datasets. In addition, this position involves working with DRSC/T...

HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Genetics
Harvard Medical School
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Naxerova lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston Massachusetts. The work of the Naxerova lab is focused on somatic evolution. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates who are interested in these or related fields, particularly those who may bring a new technology or perspective to bear on the work in the lab. The successful...

HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Genetics
Harvard Medical School
The laboratory of Dr. Yankner at Harvard Medical School is seeking ahighly motivated Postdoctoral Fellow to investigate the molecular genetics and neurobiologyunderlying microglial and oligodendrocyte function in the context of aging, neurodegeneration,and Alzheimer’s disease. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and collaborative researchenvironment focused on uncovering the cellular a...

Charles Warren Center Fellowship
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The 2026-27 Warren Center Faculty Fellowship will be on the theme of Commemorative Acts led by Tiya Miles (History) and Robin Bernstein (African and African American Studies and Women, Gender, & Sexuality).The Warren Center, Harvard’s research center for United States history, invites applications for a seminar on Commemorative Acts. Commemorations will abound in 2026 as the United States r...

Research Associate/Research Scientist (ACTG or IMPAACT)
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts has an immediate opening in CBAR (Center for Biostatistics in AIDS Research) for a PhD-level Research Associate or Research Scientist statistician to work in the ACTG (Advancing Clinical Therapeutics Globally for HIV/AIDS and Other Infections) network or IMPAACT (International Maternal Pedi...

Postdoctoral Research Position in Time-Domain Astrophysics
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) invites applications for a postdoctoral research position with Dr. V. Ashley Villar in the field of time-domain astrophysics, including the studies of multi-messenger astrophysics, exotic core-collapse supernovae, and machine learning methods for time series analysis. A PhD in Physics, Astronomy, or a closely related field is require...

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
We are seeking a Post-Doctoral Fellow who will work on the economics of cities and housing, and their implications for public housing and inequality.Conducts in-depth high-quality research.Develops research methods to answer academic questions of interestDevelops paper and slide material for disseminating research results to various audiences and stakeholders.May work or oversee junior research...

Onnela Lab Postdoctoral Research Fellow Position in Network Science / Causal Inference
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Onnela Lab in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is seeking candidates with a Ph.D. in biostatistics, applied mathematics, computer science, or a related quantitative field for a one-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow position. This position involves developing new theory and methods at the intersection of causal inference and network science, bu...

2026-27 Fairbank Center Visiting Scholars Program
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Harvard University Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies hosts Visiting Scholars from the faculties of other universities around the world as well as Visiting Fellows of Practice with professional expertise to contribute to an area of China studies.Selected visiting scholars/fellows are invited to be affiliated with the Fairbank Center for one or two semesters (6-12 months) to develop their p...

SEAS Postdoctoral Fellow in Bertoldi Group
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Bertoldi Group at Harvard SEAS is seeking a Post Doctoral Fellow in Mechanical Engineering. The ideal candidate will have research experience with kirigami structures and mechanical metamaterials, and a keen interest in soft robotics.

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School
We invite applications for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Mathis laboratory in the Department of Immunology at Harvard Medical School. The research focus of this position is the role of adipose-tissue regulatory T cells in health and disease. We welcome applications from recent MD and/or PhD graduates interested in this field. In addition to carrying out a jointly designed research proje...

Junior Tutorial Instructors in Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Department of Psychology at Harvard University is hiring instructors to teach junior tutorial (PSY 980) seminars during the 2026–27 academic year. These positions are open to PhD-level instructors with prior teaching experience, which may include experience as a graduate student instructor or teaching assistant. Openings are expected for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027; instructors typically teac...

HMS - Research Associate (Cryo-EM Specialist) in Harvard Cryo-EM Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School
We invite applications for a Research Associate (Cryo-EM specialist) position, jointly shared by Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and Harvard Medical School. This Research Associate position will be hosted at Harvard Medical School with responsibilities split between the two campuses. This annually appointed academic role advances discovery in structural biology by providing support a...

Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Services Research
Harvard Medical School
The Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow in health services research. The ideal candidate will have experience working with insurance claims data and a research interest or background in maternal health. The fellow will work under the mentorship of Prof. Leila Agha and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of econo...

Predoctoral Fellowship--Opportunity Insights
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Opportunity Insights (OI) at Harvard University is hiring several full-time predoctoral fellows to start in Summer 2026 to work with our research group and under the direction of Raj Chetty, John Friedman, and Nathan Hendren. OI is a nonpartisan research and policy institute focused on improving economic opportunity. Founded in 2018, OI has become a nationally and internationally recognized lea...

HMS - Associate in Biomedical Informatics (Park lab)
Harvard Medical School
The Park Lab in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School is seeking an Associate in computational biology. This position is for a recent college graduate who would like to gain research experience before going to graduate or medical school. This role involves research, development, and application of bioinformatics software to genomic datasets. In particular, this indi...

Accelerating the EV Transition Postdoctoral Fellow
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University, in conjunction with the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications from highly qualified candidates who are interested in working on the economics and policy of decarbonizing surface transportation as a postdoctoral fellow. The ideal candidate will have research experienc...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
The Feres Lab, located within the Department of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, is currently seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to become part of our innovative research team. This position provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to leading-edge research at the intersection of applied machine learning and clinical dental practice. As a member of our team, you...

Inequality in America Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The core mission of the Center for Race, Inequality and Social Equity Studies (CRISES) is the scholarly analysis of contemporary ethno-racial inequality, especially as articulated with class-based and gendered social conditions, through rigorous methodologies, theory-driven insights, and empirically grounded research. The social scientific research conducted by CRISES will inform the vision and...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurobiology (Regehr Lab)
Harvard Medical School
We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the Regehr lab at Harvard Medical School. The work of the Regehr lab is focused on the cerebellum. We welcome applications from recent PhD graduates who are interested in these or related fields, particularly those who could bring a new technology or perspective to bear on the work in the lab. Ideally the applicant would have experience...

Postdoctoral Research Position in Computational Physics at Harvard University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Postdoctoral Research Position in Computational Physics at Harvard UniversityThe group of Professor Efthimios Kaxiras (Physics/SEAS) expects to appoint one postdoctoral fellow beginning in February 2026. We are looking for candidates with interests in multiscale simulations of complex physical phenomena, from the atomistic/electronic scale to mesocopics and beyond. Of particular interest is the...

2026-27 Hou Family Postdoctoral Fellowship in Taiwan Studies
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University is pleased to announce the 2026-2027 competition for the Hou Family Fellowship in Taiwan Studies.The Hou Family Fellowship in Taiwan Studies sponsors one post-doctoral fellow who recently graduated or is currently teaching to pursue Taiwan-focused research in the humanities and social sciences for six to twelve months during academic...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Sustainable Buildings and Urban Development in the Era of Climate Change
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Harvard University is launching the Sustainable Buildings and Urban Future Cluster—a bold, interdisciplinary research initiative designed to address the climate crisis through transformative innovation in the built environment. This pioneering effort brings together Harvard scholars and practitioners across chemistry, materials science, fluid mechanics, AI, computer science, architecture, and e...

Lecturer in Engineering Design
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) seeks applications for a Lecturer in Engineering Design with a focus on materials science and engineering, with an expected start date of July 1, 2026. The full-time position is for three years, with the second two years contingent on a satisfactory performance review during the first year. Responsibilities may includ...