Postdoc Opportunities in Australia

Macquarie University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Macroeconomics for the Department of Economics within Macquarie Business School at the Wallumattagal Campus in North Ryde, Sydney, Australia. The successful fellow will conduct research on firm expectation formation, macroeconomic uncertainty, inflation dynamics, monetary policy transmission, cost shocks, pricing, wage-setting, hiring, investment, and cost pass-through . The position includes responsibility for a dedicated rese...

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, based at the Kensington campus in Sydney, Australia. The successful researcher will develop novel processes for recycling lithium-ion batteries, working with a project team to innovate and optimise recycling processes using advanced techniques and technologies. The project involves battery materials engineering, computational fluid dynamics mo...

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Parkville, Melbourne, Australia, is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join the Beavis Laboratory. The 12-month, full-time position will be supervised by Professor Paul Beavis and offers the opportunity to develop independent research directions aligned with the laboratory’s goals. The successful researcher will lead a high-impact cancer immunology project focused on engineering next-generation CAR T cells for solid tumours. The work will emphasise CRISPR-me...

The University of Queensland is recruiting a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Research Officer in severe thunderstorm observations and analysis at the St Lucia Campus in Brisbane, Australia. Working with researchers from the School of Civil Engineering, the School of the Environment and the Bureau of Meteorology, the appointee will undertake fieldwork across Southeast Queensland during severe thunderstorm events. The research involves operating mobile radar, LiDAR and weather-monitoring ...

The University of Melbourne is seeking a part-time Research Fellow for a 12-month fixed-term project on the political ecology of fire and climate change adaptation in the Philippines and Timor-Leste. Based in the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, the successful candidate will conduct critical ethnographic research with Indigenous and rural communities, examining fire politics, gendered livelihoods, agrarian change and climate resilience. The role involves engaging respectfully...

The University of Sydney is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Immunotherapy for a full-time, fixed-term appointment at the Camperdown Campus in Australia, working with Professor Cameron Turtle. The successful researcher will conduct independent and collaborative research supporting the School’s research agenda, with a focus on immunotherapy, T-cell immunology, CAR T-cell therapy, and transcription-factor analysis in CAR T cells. The role includes developing an independent research pro...

The University of Sydney is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the School of Medical Sciences at the Darlington Campus in Australia. The successful researcher will contribute to the School’s medical science research agenda through independent and collaborative original research. Working with Professor Margaret Sunde, the postdoctoral researcher will develop research expertise, conduct scholarly activities, build a developing research profile, collaborate with academic, i...

The University of Queensland is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Medicinal Chemist for a fixed-term appointment through December 2028 at the St Lucia Campus in Brisbane, Australia. Based in the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, the successful candidate will develop a research program in medicinal chemistry, drug discovery and development . Work will include hit-to-lead and lead optimisation, synthetic organic chemistry, small-molecule and peptide synthesis, compoun...

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow (Data) for the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) within the Discipline of Psychiatry & Mental Health in Kensington, Sydney, Australia. The successful candidate will contribute to research in neuroepidemiology, dementia, cognitive ageing and brain health . Responsibilities include advanced statistical analysis, data preparation and harmonisation, interpretation of complex datasets, and collaboration across internat...