PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Synthetic Biology in United States

Dr. Longwei Liu’s laboratory at the University of Southern California is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar to work at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and biological discovery. The lab is jointly supported by the Department of Ophthalmology in the Keck School of Medicine and the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering in the Viterbi School of Engineering, reflecting a highly interdisciplinary environment. The project focuses on programmable biological systems to probe cellu...

Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering is seeking a postdoctoral research associate to join its applied nanotechnology lab in Pittsburgh. The role centers on research projects involving the production and characterization of multivalent DNA origami nanosensors, bringing together molecular design, laboratory experimentation, and quantitative analysis. The successful candidate will work on cloning and/or synthesis activities related to nucleic acid nanotechnology, helpin...

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Irvine is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar to join Dr. Han Li in the Metabolic Engineering and Synthetic Biology laboratory. The project sits at the intersection of computational protein design, enzyme engineering, and experimental biocatalysis, with a strong emphasis on building integrated workflows that connect in silico design with high-throughput validation. The research program focuses on integrated co...

Cleveland Clinic is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Chao Ma Lab in Cleveland, Ohio, within Cleveland Clinic Research and the Cancer Sciences department. The fellow will train under Principal Investigator Chao Ma, PhD, in a collaborative research environment focused on cancer bioengineering and immunotherapy. Research areas include organ-on-a-chip and lab-on-a-chip platforms, microfluidics, microphysiological systems, hematopoietic biology, hematological malignancies, disease modeling, ...

Postdoctoral Associate in Cell and Systems Biology at the University of Miami (Miami, FL, United States). The Weinberger lab is seeking an early-career postdoctoral associate to join the laboratory as soon as possible. The project centers on gene regulation , transcriptional circuits , gene-regulatory networks , feedback regulation , and the regulation of stochastic expression noise across model systems ranging from viruses to cancer. The lab also has strong interests in developing novel therape...

Texas A&M University is advertising two PhD positions in Environmental Biotechnology for Spring/Fall 2027 intake in Dr. Kung-Hui (Bella) Chu’s Biotechnology Laboratory. The research themes include PFAS biodegradation, fate, and treatment , persistent organic pollutants , emerging contaminants , environmental microbiology , synthetic biology , molecular biology , bioinformatics , and microbial engineering . Additional opportunities are mentioned in biomining and bioproduct production . Eligibilit...

Chu Biotechnology Lab at Texas A&M University is advertising Ph.D. student and postdoc positions in environmental biotechnology. The lab, led by Dr. Kung-Hui (Bella) Chu , studies microbial-mediated processes in natural and engineered systems and develops biotechnologies for environmental and sustainability challenges in water, soils, food, and energy. Current research themes include PFAS biodegradation , treatment of emerging contaminants, microbial detection/tracking, bioremediation, phytoreme...

Yi Wang’s lab at the University of California, Davis is hiring for postdoctoral researcher and PhD student positions. The research focus includes metabolic engineering , synthetic biology , and bioprocess engineering , with projects that also include rare earth element recovery . This opportunity is especially relevant for candidates interested in engineering biological systems, microbial and cellular design, and process development for sustainable biotechnology applications. The post notes a ti...

University of Minnesota | Zhang Lab | Biomedical Engineering The Zhang Lab has launched in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Minnesota and is recruiting founding PhD students for Fall 2027 . The position is described as fully funded , with an application deadline of December 1, 2026 . The lab’s research sits at the intersection of synthetic biology , AI-guided design , high-throughput functional assays , and engineered human models . The group aims to develop programm...