Postdoc Opportunities in Human Resources in United States

Cornell University is recruiting a full-time, in-person Postdoctoral Associate in the Equitable Agricultural Research (EQUAL) Lab within the School of Integrative Plant Science and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The position is based within commuting distance of Ithaca, New York, United States. The postdoctoral researcher will study U.S. farmers’ perceptions, preferences, and adoption behaviors regarding novel biotechnology products. In the CROPPS project, the researcher will desi...

Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, United States, is hiring a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. The project investigates agentic marketplaces, where autonomous AI agents negotiate, transact, and coordinate with people and other agents on behalf of users and businesses. The researcher will develop theoretical and empirical methods to study emergent strategic behavior, collusion, information leakage, manipulation, market effi...

The University of North Carolina Wilmington invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics of Coastal Hazards and Resilience in the Department of Economics and Finance within the Cameron School of Business. The postdoctoral scholar will work with Professor Meghan Millea on the economics research thrust of the NSF-funded Coastal Hazards, Economic Prosperity, and Resilience (CHEER) research hub. CHEER brings together engineers, economists, and social scientists to study hurricane ris...

Colorado State University is seeking a full-time, on-site Postdoctoral Scientist in Fort Collins, Colorado, to lead nutrient composition analyses within the Washington Research Foundation-funded Optimizing Human Health and Nutrition from Soil to Society project. The researcher will use standardized analytical methods developed by the Periodic Table of Food Initiative and collaborate with scientists across an interdisciplinary research team. Responsibilities include planning sample collection and...

William & Mary’s Department of Computer Science invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow in the Robust and Adaptive Intelligence Laboratory, based at the university’s Integrated Science Center in Virginia, United States. The appointment is expected to begin September 10, 2026. The researcher will contribute to two connected areas: AI-based routing under uncertainty, including dynamic dispatch and stochastic or online vehicle routing at scale; and explainability for AI-based seque...

The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies (RIJS) at Harvard University offers postdoctoral fellowships for scholars conducting research on Japan and Japanese Studies. The fellowship supports scholars of exceptional promise who are seeking to develop doctoral research into a publishable manuscript. Relevant academic interests may include Japanese history, literature, anthropology, sociology, politics, culture, and other Japan-focused humanities or social science fields. Eligibility: A...

The National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral researcher in the Separations Science group within its RRES Center in Golden, Colorado. The project focuses on separations science and chemical engineering for cost-effective lignocellulosic biorefining. The researcher will develop and demonstrate advanced separations methods, including designer membranes such as OSN and OSRO in dynamic filtration systems designed to reduce fouling and recover lignin oil and wate...

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is offering a one-year postdoctoral research fellowship based in Boston, Massachusetts, with potential renewal for an additional year. Associate Professor Stéphane Verguet seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher interested in health economics, health systems, priority setting, decision sciences, global health, and health policy. The fellow will contribute to projects on priority setting in low- and middle-income countries. Research activities in...

Stanford University’s SCALE Initiative is seeking at least one quantitative postdoctoral fellow to conduct rigorous empirical research on educational programs, policies, and interventions. The fellow will be mentored by Professor Susanna Loeb, with additional mentorship from Carly Robinson, and will join Stanford’s Graduate School of Education research community. The research focuses on causal inference, randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental methods, large-scale administrative data, a...