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| Posted | Department | Description | Faculty Mentor | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 19, 2025 | Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security | Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Cybersecurity. This position is in the Wicked Problems Laboratory in the Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security. | Megan Pask | View Details |
| November 14, 2025 | Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security | Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Artificial Intelligence. This position is in the Wicked Problems Laboratory in the Vanderbilt University Institute of National Security | Megan Pask | View Details |
| November 13, 2025 | Physics & Astronomy | Postdoctoral fellowship in gravitational physics at Vanderbilt University | Alex Lupsasca | View Details |
| October 30, 2025 | Law School | The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator (VPA) seeks applications for a fellow in the field of networks, platforms, and utilities (NPUs). The Project on NPUs seeks to revitalize the study of the law and political economy of NPU industries; and facilitates research and education on NPU law and policy. | Ganesh Sitaraman | View Details |
| October 28, 2025 | LGBTQ+ Policy Lab | Vanderbilt University is seeking applications for one or two postdoctoral scholars to join the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab beginning in Summer 2026 or earlier. | Michael Pastrana | View Details |
| October 27, 2025 | Physics and Astronomy | Postdoctoral Research Associate Position in Experimental High-Energy Nuclear Physics This position is in the research group of Profs Velkovska, Greene, Kunnawalkam Elayavalli, and Chen. | Julia Velkovska | View Details |
| October 14, 2025 | Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Program (CHPP) | Vanderbilt University’s College of Arts and Science invites applications for the Collaborative Humanities Postdoctoral Program (CHPP). We seek recent PhDs in the humanities and the humanistic social sciences who bring interdisciplinary approaches to crucial issues in contemporary life. | Tasha Rijke-Epstein | View Details |
| October 6, 2025 | Vanderbilt Kennedy Center | Vanderbilt Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, located within Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), is accepting applications for the 2026-2027 training year. Two positions are available. | Laura Corona | View Details |
| October 1, 2025 | School of Nursing | The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is accepting applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. This fellowship provides mentoring, research development, and career growth opportunities. Applications due January 7, 2026. For details and how to apply visit: https://nursing.vanderbilt.edu/programs/postdoc/requirements/ | Daien Sanchez | View Details |
| September 23, 2025 | Physics and Astronomy; Electrical and Computer Engineering | Postdoctoral position in non-equilibrium quantum materials | Matthew Day | View Details |
| September 16, 2025 | Mechanical Engineering | The Bellan Laboratory (https://my.vanderbilt.edu/bellanlab/) at Vanderbilt University seeks an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to work on an NIH-funded vascular tissue engineering project that focuses on establishing a 3D in vitro model of a congenital heart defect affecting newborns. | Leon Bellan | View Details |
| August 26, 2025 | Collaborative for STEM Education and Outreach / Teaching and Learning | A postdoctoral research position is available with the Collaborative for STEM Education and Outreach in the Department of Teaching and Learning, a part of Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Qualified candidates interested in a new project in collaboration with high school educators in St. Croix and who have a demonstrated expertise in a computational or mathematical heavy field of science such as physics, mathematics, or engineering field are encouraged to apply. Candidates must be willing to spend extended time periods on-site in St. Croix. | Angela Eeds | View Details |
| August 25, 2025 | Psychology | Postdoctoral position in human visual perception, object recognition, and computational modeling | Frank Tong | View Details |
| August 4, 2025 | Psychology | The Polyn Lab and the Woodman Lab in the Psychology Department at Vanderbilt University seek applicants for a co-mentored postdoctoral researcher position. | Sean Polyn | View Details |
| August 1, 2025 | Psychology | The BRAINS Lab in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University seeks applicants for a postdoctoral researcher position. The lab’s research program focuses on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms that contribute to internalizing disorders | Antonia Kaczkurkin | View Details |
| July 29, 2025 | Earth and Environmental Sciences | The Oster Lab in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with experience in uranium-series dating of carbonates and cave system monitoring. The fellow will support a ongoing research focused on analyzing fire fingerprints and carbon cycling following controlled burn experiments at one of our field sites. | Tori Taylor | View Details |
| July 18, 2025 | Mechanical Engineering | The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Vanderbilt University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position in the area of microfluidic platforms for studying electrochemical processes. This position is part of a multidisciplinary effort to develop innovative microfluidic platforms that enhance the performance and mechanistic understanding of electrochemical systems, including those for energy storage, desalination, and resource extraction. The successful candidate will work closely with faculty and graduate researchers in a collaborative research environment that bridges microfluidics, electrochemistry, and computational modeling. | Sarah Miller | View Details |
| June 26, 2025 | Biomedical Engineering | The Bowden Laboratory for Biomedical Optics in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with experience in optical system development to support a newly funded NIH project focused on improving in-office bladder cancer detection. The position involves integration, calibration, and testing of a miniaturized polarization-sensitive OCT (PS-OCT) system. Work on other OCT projects may also be involved. | Audrey Bowden | View Details |
| May 1, 2025 | Biochemistry & Pharmacology | The Blind Lab is looking for an outstanding recent PhD looking to continue their training in molecular biology / mammalian genetics, to focus on studying how drugs and a wide range of lipids regulate transcription and epigenetic marks in human cells or organoids, in various diseased and homeostatic states. Super-ideally, you'd have some experience working with some kind of organoids (intestinal epithelial or kidney), but no worries if you don't have that experience. | Ray Blind | View Details |
| May 1, 2025 | Biochemistry & Pharmacology | The Blind Lab is looking for an outstanding recent PhD looking to continue their training in structural biology, specifically focusing on crystallographic approaches to studying how small molecule drugs and/or lipids regulate nuclear receptors. | Ray Blind | View Details |
| April 22, 2025 | Psychology | Postdoctoral position using neuroimaging, psychophysiology, and behavior to develop a comprehensive understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying anxiety and depressive disorders across the lifespan. | Antonia Kaczkurkin | View Details |
| April 4, 2025 | Mechanical Engineering | Postdoc in computational fluid-structure interaction at Vanderbilt University The Computational Flow Physics and Engineering (CFPE) lab under the supervision of Dr. Haoxiang Luo (https://my.vanderbilt.edu/haoxiang/) is seeking a post-doctoral scholar on computational modeling of fluid-structure interaction (FSI). The position is open for immediate hire. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with expertise in developing high-fidelity and efficient numerical FSI solvers and parallel computing algorithms. | Haoxiang Luo | View Details |
| February 26, 2025 | Pediatric Neonatology | Postdoctoral Researcher: Pharmacology | Shajila Siricilla | View Details |
| February 17, 2025 | Psychology | The Body, Mind & Brain (BMB) Lab in the Department of Psychology at Vanderbilt University is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow starting May 1, 2025 to work on a NIH-funded study of personal space regulation (MH128967. Spatial Self Boundary, Interpersonal Distance and Social Impairments in Schizophrenia). | Sohee Park | View Details |
| February 5, 2025 | Medicine | A postdoctoral position is available at the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute. The interested candidate will be jointly supervised by Drs. Lu, Bick and Cox. He/she will analyze large-scale whole-genome/exome sequence data related to cardiometabolic traits. | Kevin Lu | View Details |
| January 27, 2025 | Biochemistry | We are seeking a talented Postdoctoral Fellow to lead research projects in the area of human epigenomics. The Hodges lab is an interdisciplinary lab within the Department of Biochemistry and the Vanderbilt Genetics Institute in the School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University. Our lab employs state of the art functional genomic techniques to study epigenome dynamics in human development and disease. Postdoc candidates with a strong interest in combining experimental and computational approaches to understand the interplay between gene regulatory DNA sequences and epigenetic mechanisms that control gene expression are encouraged to apply. | Emily Hodges | View Details |
| January 16, 2025 | Biomedical Informatics | The Vanderbilt Genomic Medicine (VGM) T32 Training Program is now accepting postdoctoral fellowship applications. There is currently a position with additional positions opening in March 2025 and July 2025. | Cynthia Williams | View Details |
| January 13, 2025 | Neurology | Post-Doctoral Fellowship in neuroimaging of network-based neurodegeneration and neuropsychiatric syndromes in the Darby Lab. | Ryan Darby | View Details |
| January 8, 2025 | Pediatrics | Postdoctoral research position in the molecular pathogenesis of streptococci. | Anthony Flores | View Details |
| January 6, 2025 | Epithelial Biology Center/Surgery | The Choi Lab studies basic and pre-clinical research projects to understand biological mechanisms of carcinogenic transition in gastric carcinogenesis. The Choi Lab is a multiple (NCI- and DOD- supported) funded gastric cancer research laboratory. We use novel in vivo mouse and in vitro organoid models unique in the gastric cancer field. We aim to define cell plasticity and hierarchy of de novo stem cells responsible for malignant transformation from pre-cancerous cells to cancer cells. We also seek to develop novel therapeutic approaches to prevention of gastric cancer development and identify novel druggable targets for patients with high-risk pre-cancer and/or cancer. | Eunyoung Choi | View Details |
| January 2, 2025 | Pharmacology | The Sando Laboratory is part of the Department of Pharmacology and Vanderbilt Brain Institute at Vanderbilt University. Our research is focused on understanding the cellular and molecular principles underlying synaptic circuit assembly in the mammalian central nervous system. The Postdoctoral Scholar will be working directly on independent research projects using novel live imaging approaches to study synapse formation and neural circuit development. | Richard Sando | View Details |
| December 20, 2024 | Molecular Physiology and Biophysics | The Wankowicz lab is looking for a postdoc interested in studying the molecular mechanisms underlying protein conformational entropy in protein functions, focusing on binding and catalysis. Ideal candidates are those with a strong interest in experimental approaches to studying entropy and a desire to expand their expertise in bioinformatic analysis. | Stephanie Wankowicz | View Details |
| December 17, 2024 | Mechanical Engineering | Postdoc in computational fluid-structure interaction at Vanderbilt University The Computational Flow Physics and Engineering (CFPE) lab under the supervision of Dr. Haoxiang Luo (https://my.vanderbilt.edu/haoxiang/) is seeking a post-doctoral scholar on computational modeling of fluid-structure interaction (FSI). The position is open for immediate hire. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with expertise in developing high-fidelity and efficient numerical FSI solvers and parallel computing algorithms. This position is supported by a multi-year grant and involves a multidisciplinary team of researchers. | Haoxiang Luo | View Details |
| December 6, 2024 | Psychology | Dr. Sylia Wilson (University of Minnesota) in the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research (MCTFR) and Dr. Jonathan Schaefer (Vanderbilt University) seek to hire a postdoctoral researcher to investigate the implications of social inequality (e.g., socioeconomic disadvantage, discrimination) on the adolescent and adult brain, and neurocognitive, psychiatric, and psychosocial functioning, using largescale, genetically informative twin and family datasets from the MCTFR and Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. | Jonathan Schaefer | View Details |
| December 3, 2024 | Physics & Astronomy | Conduct astrophysics research in the field of magnetic activity of evolved stars. | Keivan Stassun | View Details |
| November 28, 2024 | Cell and Developmental Biology | The Mudumbi Lab invites outstanding candidates to submit applications for an open postdoctoral position in the laboratory. The lab is interested on understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of receptor mediated signal transduction, with a particular focus on biased signaling in epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR). We use a number of innovative approaches to study this question, with expertise in cutting-edge live-cell imaging approaches (single-particle tracking, smFRET, super-resolution, FRET-FLIM, etc.). We are located in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University and affiliated with the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. | Krishna Mudumbi | View Details |