Postdoc Opportunities in Cognitive Science in United States

Purdue University's Cognition and Learning Laboratory, directed by Dr. Jeffrey D. Karpicke, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. The postdoctoral scholar will join a collaborative research team studying learning, memory, cognition, and language in children and adults. Research will be conducted in both laboratory and real-world educational settings, with opportunities to contribute to experimental design, data collection, ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate in the Mechanical and Biological Engineering Del Vecchio Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The researcher will conduct cutting-edge work in mammalian synthetic biology , with a focus on chromatin regulation . The project aims to uncover the molecular principles governing epigenetic memory and use this knowledge to program user-defined cellular memories for cell engineering applications. Responsibilities inclu...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Lung Immunology at the Allen Lab, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States. The Allen Lab is recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral scientist to investigate how the lung parenchyma shapes immune responses across the lifespan. The research focuses on aging, tissue-resident stromal cells, stromal–immune circuits, inflammatory T-cell responses, tissue homeostasis, and susceptibility to inflammatory disease. The successful researcher will lead pr...

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is recruiting a Postdoctoral Scholar for translational cancer research in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine. The scholar will join Dr. Liying Zhang’s research group, which investigates molecular biomarkers and develops clinically relevant molecular assays to improve cancer patient outcomes. Key research areas include DNA damage response pathways, DNA repair and homologous recombination, liqu...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Infection Immunodiagnostics and Immunopathogenesis The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral fellow for Dr. Jagjit Yadav’s Immunopathogenesis/Immunotoxicology laboratory. The project focuses on immunology research in mycobacterial lung disease, with emphasis on identifying immune determinants, epitopes, immunopeptidomes, and immunogen-specific host biomarkers associated with disease pathogenesis. The s...

The University of Nebraska Medical Center is accepting applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Surgery-Transplant within the College of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The successful candidate will develop novel nanofibrous materials for tissue regeneration, including skin regeneration, and local drug delivery. Responsibilities include contributing to experimental design, performing in vitro and in vivo experiments, working closely with the p...

Rice University’s Medical Humanities Research Institute seeks a full-time, residential Postdoctoral Associate / Dr. Richard Whittington Postdoctoral Fellow in Medical Humanities , with a focus on medical ethics. The two-year appointment runs from July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2029 and is based in Houston, Texas, with work at TMC Helix Park and teaching on the Rice campus. The role is hybrid, requiring office attendance approximately three days per week. The fellow will join an interdisciplinary commu...

The Ohio State University is hiring a full-time, fixed-term Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience within the Department of Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine/Office of Health Sciences. The position is based at the Biomedical Research Tower in the United States. The postdoctoral researcher will pursue continued research experience and training while investigating how interoception circuits affect animal behavior using the zebrafish model . Responsibilities include ind...

The Ohio State University is inviting applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Scholar in Dr. Christina Dyar’s lab within the Division of Nursing and Health Sciences. The position is based at the Columbus Campus, with on-site and hybrid work options, and requires residence in Ohio throughout the appointment. Dr. Dyar’s research examines the psychological mechanisms through which stigma-related stressors—including discrimination and microaggressions—affect mental health and substance use among L...