Postdoc Opportunities in Public Health in Canada

Research Associate opportunity at McGill University in the Ghoshal Lab within the Department of Civil Engineering. The project focuses on the characterization of nanomaterials and how they translocate and transform in plant tissues after foliar application, with an emphasis on evaluating the efficacy of nanomaterials against current industry-relevant treatments. The successful candidate will contribute to laboratory research on nanofertilizers in model crop plants and their commercial equivalent...

Research Associate in Consolidation & Water Treatment at the University of Alberta will join a one-year, in-person research appointment based at North Campus in Edmonton. The role sits within the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences and the Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences area, working under the supervision of Dr. Aman Ullah. The project focuses on a Consolidation and Water Treatment research theme that aims to develop solutions to environmental challenges and curre...

Research Associate in Water Resources Engineering at the University of Alberta This full-time research associate role is based in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta, with work primarily taking place on North Campus in Edmonton. The project focuses on applying optimization algorithms to river basin planning and management, with a practical emphasis on daily reservoir operations for an irrigation district in Alberta. The successful candidate will work with a river basin manage...

The University of Guelph’s microSCAPE Lab is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join a major program in environmental microbiology and waterborne pathogen surveillance . The project sits within the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Waterborne Pathogens and focuses on urgent challenges at the interface of environmental water systems, infectious disease, and antimicrobial resistance. The fellow will help shape research across several interconnected themes, including pathogen detection and infec...

The microSCAPE Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow in Water Sensing to develop and apply expertise in water monitoring technologies across a range of sensing platforms. The research focus is intentionally open, with prior work spanning IoT sensor networks, spectrophotometric systems, hyperspectral imaging, low-cost electrochemical sensors, and passive sampling devices. This position sits within a large, internationally connected water research program focused on t...

Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher for a two-year appointment beginning in January 2027. The project will integrate artificial intelligence and mechanistic modelling to advance anaerobic digestion processes, with applications in environmental engineering and wastewater treatment. The research emphasizes machine learning and AI applications, anaerobic digestion optimization and performance evaluation, and mechanistic process modelling using ADM1 or rela...

Bernhard Payer’s laboratory at CHU Sainte-Justine and Université de Montréal is recruiting motivated postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and MSc students in Montreal, Canada. The team investigates the intersection of epigenetics and reproduction, with research topics including X-chromosome inactivation, pluripotency, stem cell biology, oogenesis, and stem cell-derived in vitro gametogenesis. These projects are relevant to developmental biology, reproductive biology, and maternal and child he...

The National Research Council Canada is recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow in Halifax, Canada, through its Metrology Research Centre. The two-year project, Innovating Algal Biotoxin Surveillance Through Digital Immuno-Polymerase Chain Reaction , will develop molecular and analytical tools for detecting harmful algal blooms and cyanobacterial toxins. The fellow will establish droplet digital PCR assays targeting toxin-biosynthesis genes, then develop immuno-ddPCR methods that combine antibody-based...

The National Research Council Canada is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in Low-Carbon Concrete Materials for a two-year term in Ottawa, Canada, within the Construction organizational unit. The project, Engineered Recycled Glass as a Supplementary Cementitious Material for Low Carbon, High Performance Concrete — Stabilizing the Supply Chain in Canada , will investigate ground recycled glass as a scalable supplementary cementitious material. The research supports cement decarbonization and circular ...