Are you looking to take your education and career to the next level? Do you have a passion for research and a desire to make meaningful contributions to your field of study? If so, a Postdoctoral Fellowships may be the perfect choice for you.
Attention all aspiring scholars and researchers! The Penn State University, Pennsylvania has multiple postdoctoral fellowships. Apply to the Penn State University’s postdoctoral fellowships today and take the first step towards a rewarding and fulfilling academic career.
1. Postdoctoral Fellowship
About Postdoctoral Position
The Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar. The final candidate will work in the area of regional environmental change.
Responsibilities:
- Analyses of air turbulence data and trace gas levels measured in the Arctic boundary layer
- Working with numerical models to investigate trace gas cycling in the atmospheric boundary layer
- Interacting with an interdisciplinary team of scientists involving meteorologists, climate scientists, cloud physicists, and ecologists
Application Deadline: Open until filled
2. Postdoctoral Fellowship
About Postdoctoral Position
We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Social and Cultural Neuroscience Lab, directed by Elizabeth Losin, in the Department of Biobehavioral Health at Penn State (relocating from the University of Miami). Our interdisciplinary research lab combines theory and methods from cultural anthropology, psychology, and human social, cultural, and affective neuroscience (functional MRI and psychophysiology) with advanced analytic methods (e.g. machine learning and structural equation modeling). The research associate will be working on funded projects centered on understanding the sociocultural and neurobiological mechanisms underlying disparities in pain and pain treatment affecting women and minoritized ethnic and racial groups.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
3. Postdoctoral Fellowship
About Postdoctoral Position
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Penn State is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to perform experimental research on shipboard carbon capture from gas turbine exhaust under the supervision of Dr. Brian Fronk and Dr. Jacqueline O’Connor. The successful candidate will have an interest and demonstrated accomplishments in the hands-on development of experimental thermal systems, including compressors, expanders, heat exchangers, instrumentation, and other relevant components. The Postdoctoral Scholar will work as part of a multidisciplinary team at Penn State and with partner universities, industry, and national laboratories. There will be ample opportunities and expectations for continued publication on applied and fundamental topics related to carbon capture from gas turbine exhaust.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
4. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Lab of Dr. Katriona Shea in the Department of Biology and the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics at the Pennsylvania State University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Scholar. The position is funded by the NSF COVID-19 RAPID Program, and additional funding may be available. The Postdoctoral Scholar will coordinate research efforts to reduce uncertainty about COVID-19 for the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub, and assist with the Hub’s day-to-day operations to conduct multi-model assessments of alternative projection scenarios for COVID-19. The Hub has provided projections to the CDC and other decision makers throughout the pandemic. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in disease ecology and/or population modeling and an interest in applying theoretical methods to management of infectious disease and decision-making under uncertainty.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
5. Postdoctoral Fellowship
About Postdoctoral Position
The Hockett lab in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to lead experiments aimed at developing and characterizing microbial communities suppressive toward plant foliar diseases. This position is part of a multi-year USDA NIFA-funded project involving the laboratory of Dr. Terrence Bell at the University of Toronto. This work builds on our recently published research, showing that serial passaging phyllosphere microbial communities can result in development of disease suppression.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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6. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Our research team in Penn State’s College of Engineering is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Postdoctoral Scholar to join our lab in the field of bioengineered materials. The successful candidate will develop and characterize advanced biomaterials for potential regenerative medicine and tissue engineering applications.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
7. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Eberly College of Science, Department of Physics at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking to fill one Postdoctoral Scholar position in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical (AMO) Physics. The successful candidate will participate in the research program of Dr. Bryce Gadway’s lab to carry out experimental research related to quantum simulation with ultracold atoms and Rydberg atom arrays. Ideal candidates will have experience in at least one of the following fields: atomic physics, quantum simulation experiments, laser physics and quantum optics, and quantum engineering. Related fields will also be considered.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
8. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Amsalem lab at The Pennsylvania State University is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on the factors affecting pollinator health and decline using bumble bees. This position is focused on how parasites, pesticides, and floral resource availability interact to affect a host-parasite dynamic in natural and agricultural landscapes. This is a term appointment funded for one-year from date of hire, with an excellent possibility of re-funding.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
9. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Amsalem lab in the Department of Entomology at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to work on sterility-inducing mechanisms in social insects. The study involves identifying and examining pheromones and hormones involved in regulating social behavior and caste determination in bumble bees. This is term appointment funded for one year and re-funding depends on securing external funding.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
10. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Rosa lab in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to work on the stress caused by the spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula, on grapevines, in combination with Pierce’s disease. The Postdoc will contribute to a funded, collaborative USDA-SCRI grant “Biology, management and reducing the impact of the spotted lanternfly on specialty crops in the eastern USA” and will collaborate with the Centinari lab in the Department of Plant Science.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
11. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology is seeking two Postdoctoral Scholars to conduct primary research and to manage projects on the ecology and epidemiology of soilborne diseases that affect plant health. We are looking for dynamic, motivated individuals to join the Crandall & Esker Laboratories at Penn State. The Scholars will work on joint research between these labs. Projects will involve computational modeling of soil diseases for row and specialty crops, development of molecular assays to test rapid detection of soil pathogens, and quantifying soil and phytobiome composition and function at the root-soil interface. These positions will utilize multi-variate statistics, multi-omic methods, namely metabarcoding, metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. Results will provide important data for future experiments and preliminary information for growers to suppress soilborne pathogens.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
12. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Becker Lab at The Pennsylvania State University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Scholar to work on collaborative projects linking amphibian host-microbial interactions with extreme climatic events such as droughts. We are looking for a scientist who is excited about analyzing available field and experimental data to uncover mechanisms of disease transmission under variable climatic anomaly scenarios. The selected scientist will contribute with laboratory work, data analysis, and manuscript writing. As such, we seek an applicant with diverse and strong quantitative background, including bioinformatics, spatial modeling, and disease ecology.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
13. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Researchers in The School of Engineering Design and Innovation at Penn State are seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to develop and validate an online assessment platform for measuring engineering design creativity. The Postdoctoral Scholar will be part of a team of faculty, students, and researchers from Penn State’s College of Engineering. The School of Engineering Design and Innovation (SEDI) provides a challenging, relevant, and dynamic world-class research environment that further engages engineering students in their education while preparing them for effective followership and leadership roles in a technical work environment.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
14. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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An Assistant Research Professor (non-tenure track) position is available immediately at The Pennsylvania State University. The successful candidate will perform research in collaboration with the Ferrari lab and Shea lab in The Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. The successful candidate will lead research on an National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project to develop optimal surveillance/monitoring and control strategies for infectious disease in resource constrained settings. The successful candidate will develop independent research and contribute to a multi-institution project studying endemic foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Turkey and developing monitoring and control strategies for endemic FMD in low-income countries. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to contribute to ongoing projects on surveillance for COVID-19, measles, and rubella.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
15. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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A Postdoctoral Scholar position is available at The Pennsylvania State University in a Plant Cell Wall Laboratory under the supervision of Dr. Marcia Buanafina. The successful candidate will study Plant Cell Walls in grasses, focused on plant cell wall feruloylation, and make use of Biochemical and Molecular approaches.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
16. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Kennedy Lab at Penn State in the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (CIDD) is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to work on projects relating the ecology of spillover to the evolution of host jump success. Preventing host jumps depends critically on identifying traits associated with disease emergence so that actions can be taken early to stop the spread of the disease, but knowledge of the factors that facilitate or prevent host jumps has been limited by a lack of suitable experimental study systems. Disease emergence is inherently a population-level phenomenon, and therefore can only be experimentally studied in a system where it is possible to have replicate host populations with potential for pathogen transmission.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
17. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Center for NMR Research (CNMRR) in the Department of Radiology at Penn State College of Medicine invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar to join our neuroimaging and fMRI image analysis team. They will participate in research projects related to MRI and fMRI studies of memory, aging and neurodegenerative diseases [Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD)], funded by the National Institute of Health.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
18. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Penn State’s Department of Plant Science is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Scholar to conduct research and Extension activities on Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (ASD) within the framework of a collaborative interdisciplinary project funded by the USDA-NIFA OREI program and investigating the use of ASD for Enhancing and Advancing the Sustainability of Organic Crop Production.
Using agronomic and laboratory procedures for soil and plant analysis, the primary goal of the research will be to optimize and evaluate opportunities for integrating ASD in organic vegetable and strawberry crop systems and assess the short- and long-term impact of ASD on nutrient dynamics, soil ecology/microbiology, soilborne pests and pathogens, soil health, crop physiology and yield and quality performance.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
19. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The research laboratory of Dr. Kateryna Makova in the Department of Biology at The Pennsylvania State University has openings for Postdoctoral Scholar to study mammalian genome evolution. Candidates with an interest in mammalian Y chromosome evolution and/or in the analysis of mutations are particularly encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
20. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The College of Arts & Architecture invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral scholar to work in the Office of Access & Equity (OAE) in promoting equity and inclusive leadership. The office was established in 2021 to realize the strategic goal of “… establishing a culture of anti-racism and anti-oppression that embraces individual identities, fosters a culture of inclusion, and promotes equity through the college’s curricula, values, standards, ideals, policies, and practices.” The postdoctoral scholar will employ their research, scholarship, and/or creative practice to develop a portfolio of workshops, trainings, and resources to support faculty, staff, and students to further their understanding and knowledge of anti-racism, anti-oppression, and equitable and inclusive practices to aid in applying these ideals to their work and professional interactions.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
21. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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A postdoctoral fellow position is available at the laboratory of Yang Yang in the Department of Pharmacology of Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine in Hershey, PA. We seek highly motivated and dedicated individuals to participate in our study on mechanisms of neural modulations in the brain affecting behavior. The Yang lab is a part of Translational Brain Research Center and uniquely positioned as a hub to carry interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on neuronal and molecular mechanisms of cognition.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
22. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Department of Mathematics in Penn State’s Eberly College of Science is seeking a postdoctoral scholar funded through an NIH project. The successful candidate will work on data-driven computational modeling in precision medicine and personalized healthcare prediction. The postdoctoral position will work with Dr. Wenrui Hao to develop computational methods and build mathematical models related to various biomedical diseases. This appointment may include the possibility of teaching.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
23. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The labs of Peter Butler in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Ayusman Sen in the Department of Chemistry at Penn State are seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position, preferably starting July 1, 2023. This position will work on an exciting proposal funded by the Benkovic Research Initiative, which rewards high-risk, high-reward research. The project involves the creation of novel active nanotherapeutics to target and treat atherosclerotic lesions. The Postdoctoral Scholar will work in modern facilities housed in the Chemistry and Chemical & Biomedical Engineering Buildings at Penn State, as well as in highly technical and collaborative environments in the Butler and Sen labs.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
24. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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A postdoctoral research position is immediately available in the Penn State Center for Research on Tobacco and Health and Department of Public Health Sciences within the Penn State College University of Medicine in Hershey, PA. The position involves working on NIH-funded research projects involving the impact of oxidants derived from tobacco products on short and long-term effects on lung health. This position focuses on the role of electronic cigarette-derived oxidants on the development of lung cancer. The postdoctoral fellow will conduct laboratory research on the chemical composition of e-cigarette aerosols and tobacco smoke with a particular emphasis on free radicals and other oxidants and their impact on biological markers of oxidative stress.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
25. Postdoctoral Fellowship
About Postdoctoral Position
A Postdoctoral Research position is available starting August 1, 2023, in the Department of Geosciences in Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Our team is seeking a motivated postdoctoral scholar interested in fluvial hydrology, geomorphology, and remote sensing techniques to quantify water and sediment fluxes. The postdoctoral researcher will be working on two funded NASA projects aimed at utilizing the newly launched Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to quantify river discharge in ungauged river reaches. Research will also involve field work to collect measurements of river discharge coincident with SWOT overpasses, as well as measurements of sediment concentrations and turbidity to develop relationships for sediment fluxes using optical satellite imagery.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
26. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Department of Mathematics in Penn State’s Eberly College of Science is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar. The successful candidate will work with Professor Jessica Conway in the area of mathematical modeling of early HIV dynamics in-host. The position requires a completed Ph.D. preferred in applied mathematics. The position is ideal for someone with training in viral dynamics modeling, using both stochastic and deterministic methodologies. Programming experience is essential.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
27. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Particle Astrophysics group at Penn State is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work with Professor Stephanie Wissel on experimental searches for the highest energy neutrinos, multi-messenger, and particle astrophysics. Researchers in the Wissel Lab work on several experiments deployed around the world including in Antarctica, Greenland, and high elevation mountains. Experiments such as the Askaryan Radio Array (ARA) and the future radio component of IceCube-Gen2 at the South Pole and the Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland (RNO-G) search for EeV-scale neutrinos with antennas deployed in polar ice. Balloon-borne experiments like the Payload for Ultra-high-Energy Observations (PUEO) search for neutrino interactions in the ice and upgoing tau neutrinos from a high altitude.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
28. Postdoctoral Fellowship
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The Penn State College of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Division of Clinical Pathology and the laboratory of Dr. April Bobenchik, in Hershey, PA is seeking a postdoctoral scholar. A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the clinical microbiology laboratory at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine. The Hershey Medical Center clinical microbiology laboratory serves patients across the central Pennsylvania area and specializes in infectious disease diagnostic testing in the areas of bacteriology, mycology, mycobacteriology, immunology, molecular and virology. The qualified applicant must have been awarded a PhD within the last 2 years and state their interest in pursuing a career in clinical microbiology to support patient care.
Application Deadline: Open until filled