Resources for Prospective Postdocs

Interested in coming to UChicago for your postdoctoral training?

If you are interested in pursuing a postdoc at UChicago, we suggest you review the departments and laboratories and postdoctoral training grants, and directly contact any faculty that you wish to work with.

The National Postdoctoral Association has resources for graduate students, including information about what to consider when deciding to do a postdoc; identifying the right postdoc position for you; applying for a postdoc; and what to expect in a postdoc interview.

The NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education has prepared a guide for picking a postdoc, including frequently asked questions.

For a continuously updated list of postdoc funding and fellowship opportunities, subscribe to our Weekly Bulletin!

Also check out this resource developed by UChicago Postdoc Nicholas Schade, PhD – “Questions to Ask When Considering Postdoc Positions“

Open Postdoctoral Positions

8/23/2019 – Postdoctoral position in inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal inflammation, and innate immunity, mucosal immunology, Boone Lab, Indiana University School of Medicine – South Bend

7/23/2019 – Postdoctoral position to investigate the molecular mechanisms of tumor metastasis and resistance to cancer therapies, Pitroda Lab, UChicago

7/15/2019 – Postdoctoral position to study physiology and genetics of bicistronic calcium channel genes, NIH supported Gomez Lab, UChicago

7/11/2019 – Postdoctoral fellow position in molecular and cell biology and cancer research, Indiana University of Medicine School of Medicine

6/28/2019 – Postdoctoral fellow position in molecular genetics and translational cancer research, Evgeny Izumchenko Lab, UChicago

6/21/2019 – Postdoctoral fellowship in hematopoiesis and hematopoietic malignancy, Amittha Wickrema Lab, UChicago

6/17/2019 – Postdoctoral position in pathology focusing on the role of RNA cytosine methyltransciptomes, Jason Cheng Lab, UChicago

6/6/2019 – Postdoctoral position studying the functional and structural plasticity of neurons underlying memory and neurological disease at NSYN, Genoa, Italy

6/5/2019 – Postdoctoral position in the Neurobiology of Drug Addiction, Ming Xu Lab, UChicago

5/22/2019 – Postdoctoral position in Cancer Cell Signaling, Oakes Lab, UChicago

5/16/2019 – Solid-State Quantum Optics Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Molecular Engineering, UChicago

5/8/2019 – Postdoctoral position in Single Cell Genomics, Oni Basu Lab, UChicago

5/8/2019 – Postdoctoral position in Neurobiology of Mood Disorders, Pinna Lab, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

4/24/2019 – Postdoctoral position in Environmental Epidemiology and Deep Sequencing, Baccarelli Lab, Columbia University

4/19/2019 – Postdoctoral Scholar position in Sleep-Metabolism Research, Tasali Lab, UChicago

2/12/2019 – Postdoctoral Scholar Position in cell/molecular biology; cellular/molecular neuroscience, Szuchet Lab, UChicago

2/7/2019 – Post-Doctoral Position in X-ray Scattering Studies of Heterogeneities at Liquid Surfaces and Interfaces, Chemistry and Material Sciences Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, (NSF’s ChemMatCARS), UChicago