Are you a PhD holder interested in Postdoctoral Fellowships? Princeton University, New Jersey is offering Postdoctoral Fellowships in various research fields. Apply today to pursue your research interests in a stimulating academic environment!
1. Postdoctoral Position
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The Department of Near Eastern Studies invites applications for the position of Leon B. Poullada Postdoctoral Research Associate in Central Asian Studies. The initial appointment will be for one year, with an anticipated start date of September 2024. The selected candidate’s primary responsibility while in residence at Princeton will be to pursue and publish research on Central Asia, encompassing the history, politics and cultures of the Muslim areas of the Turko-Persianate world, including the area from the Caspian Sea to Western China and Kazakhstan to historical Islamic North India
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
2. Postdoctoral Position
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The Office of Population Research at Princeton University invites applications for a postdoctoral or more senior researchers to conduct research on the impacts of climate change on human mobility. Successful applicants should be skilled in econometric methods, social network analysis and other modeling approaches applied to assessment of human migration and other sensitivities and responses to climate change. The position reports to Professor Filiz Garip and will collaborate with other researchers in Princeton’s Department of Sociology and Office of Population Research.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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3. Postdoctoral Position
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The Krienen Lab (krienenlab.org) at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute is looking for highly motivated candidates for postdoctoral or more senior positions. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary group and perform cutting-edge research on the molecular, cellular, and neurobiological mechanisms of brain evolution, development and/or disorders. The lab (1) develops new tools and approaches to study cell types in non-human primate systems, (2) discovers developmental processes that lead to primate brain specializations, (3) generates multimodal, multiscale whole brain atlases using single cell sequencing approaches, and (4) applies scalable molecular analyses of disease relevant mutations to inform models of human brain function and disorder.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
4. Postdoctoral Position
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The Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program at Princeton University, in association with NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), seeks a postdoctoral or more senior research scientist to conduct research on developing and using machine learned parameterizations developed from ocean-data assimilation increments. The goal is to develop parameterizations of unresolved processes that will improve ocean circulation models. A neural network has already been demonstrated to model the misfit between the ocean model and observations.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
5. Postdoctoral Position
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The Department of Philosophy invites applications for Postdoctoral Research Associates. We are hiring postdoctoral associates for Lara Buchak and Andrew Chignell’s research project Philosophy, Religion, and Existential Commitment in Society (PRECIS), part of the Princeton Project in Philosophy of Religion (pppr.princeton.edu). The candidate is expected to have a Ph.D. in Philosophy or Religion or related fields and be prepared to do research on topics related to the project. The initial appointment is for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year pending satisfactory performance.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
6. Postdoctoral Position
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ADR Laboratory is an interdisciplinary group for advanced research at the intersection of design, computation, and robotics; the research contributes to resilient, sustainable, and low-carbon construction outlooks and achievements. At the core of ADR Laboratory’s comprehensive research is investigating human-machine collaborative processes, which tackle fundamental questions related to the future of the design and construction industries and their potential to have a broader impact on inclusive and equitable building culture. ADR Laboratory’s research has been supported by highly competitive grants, including a National Science Foundation’s Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier grant.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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7. Postdoctoral Position
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The Department of Astrophysical Sciences of Princeton University invites applications for a postdoctoral or more senior position in high energy density (HED) plasma physics focusing on study of magnetic reconnection. The successful candidates will perform a range of experiments on small- and large-scale laser facilities, lead theoretical and computational studies for data analyses, and understand the physics significances by connecting to space and astrophysical scenarios. Hands-on experimental experiences are preferred but not required.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
8. Postdoctoral Position
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The Loo Laboratory is searching for postdoctoral or more senior research candidates to work on perovskite solar cell research. This multi-year project funded by First Solar aims to de-risk inorganic perovskite tandem top cells by addressing some of the key bottlenecks that limit their commercial development.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
9. Postdoctoral Position
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The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering is seeking candidates for postdoctoral and more senior research positions. Individuals with evidence of experience in scholarly research and a strong commitment to excellence in education are encouraged to apply. A Ph.D. is required. Postdoctoral appointments are for one year with the possibility of renewal pending satisfactory performance and continued funding.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
10. Postdoctoral Position
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The Psychology Department at Princeton University currently has research positions available at the postdoctoral or more senior research levels in the areas of cognitive, social, and neuro psychology. Initial appointment is for one year with the possibility of renewal based on satisfactory performance and continued funding.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
11. Postdoctoral Position
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Princeton’s EPPDyL has an open position at the postdoc or more senior research rank for experimental work on plasma propulsion. The candidate must have PhD in engineering or physics with solid knowledge of plasma propulsion principles, and significant experience in working with plasma thrusters. The main functions include contributing to the design of plasma thrusters and related systems, carrying out experimental measurements in EPDDyL’s facilities using various plasma diagnostic techniques, conducting data analysis, writing technical reports and co-authoring publications.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
12. Postdoctoral Position
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Postdoctoral or more senior research positions are available in the group of Prof. Aditya Sood in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Princeton Materials Institute. The Sood Group is exploring research questions in the areas of nanoscale thermal transport, ultrafast science, and microelectronics, with an eye towards applications in energy-efficient computing, thermal management, energy storage and conversion.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
13. Postdoctoral Position
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We are seeking experts in electrochemistry, solid-state ionics, materials characterization and/or electrochemical engineering. We seek candidates with an interest in participating in large multi-PI grants and with collaborative research experiences, experience writing proposals for user-facilities, and/or experience leading and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
14. Postdoctoral Position
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The Avalos lab at Princeton University is currently accepting applications for postdoctoral or more senior research positions from highly qualified candidates interested in metabolic engineering and synthetic biology. We are a team of chemical and biological engineers, biochemists, molecular biologists, and microbiologists interested in developing biotechnological solutions to address challenges in renewable energy, sustainable manufacturing, and human health. Our group specializes in dynamical and spatial control of engineered metabolisms using techniques such as optogenetics, subcellular engineering of natural (mitochondria) and synthetic (protein liquid condensates) organelles, microbial consortia, synthetic biology, cellular engineering, and protein engineering.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
15. Postdoctoral Position
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The Office of Population Research (OPR) at Princeton University is seeking a postdoctoral or more senior research associate to join a team of researchers working on an NIH funded project focused on developing new systems models to examine social and biological drivers of infection inequality. The overarching goal of this postdoctoral position is to advance the use of mathematical and statistical models of infectious disease transmission as tools for anticipating and addressing socioeconomic and geographic inequalities in infectious disease morbidity and mortality, with a particular focus on the impact of these factors on minoritized and marginalized groups (e.g. race/ethnic, sex/gender minority groups as well as others with stigmatized identities).
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
16. Postdoctoral Position
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Princeton University seeks to hire Postdoctoral Research Associates as part of a new initiative exploring the applications and implications of Artificial Intelligence. The Natural and Artificial Minds initiative takes advantage of advances in AI to study natural and artificial minds in parallel, creating the opportunity to make discoveries about ourselves and to find new ways to understand and improve AI systems. Candidates should have recently received or are about to receive a Ph.D. or doctorate degree and have a strong interest and track record in designing, understanding, or engineering of AI models, and their applications in cognitive science.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
17. Postdoctoral Position
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The new research will build on this work, specifically devoted to further improving other poorly constrained processes with the aid of a set of Large Eddy Simulations and other higher-order turbulence closure methods. This work will involve running new simulations to generate training data, using Machine Learning techniques to infer modifications to the mixing parameterizations, implementing the scheme in a global circulation model (MOM6), and evaluating the new parameterization within a global-scale climate model.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
18. Postdoctoral Position
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The Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance (NCGG) at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs invites applications for postdoctoral research associates from individuals with a Ph.D. degree or who expect to receive a Ph.D. degree by July 1, 2025, for the 2025-2026 academic year. These awards are designed to promote basic research in the broad areas of international and comparative political economy, international organization and global governance, and globalization.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
