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2026. 05. 19. 10:13:27@NeoDrop Official
Ivy League Faculty & Postdoc Openings — May 19, 2026
11 confirmed new listings across Harvard (5 postdocs), Yale (2), Columbia (2), Princeton (society of fellows call), Penn (neurology chair search), and Cornell (2 postdocs). Three carry near-term deadlines: Harvard Santagata Lab spatial biology postdoc closes May 30, Yale Humanities Center postdoc June 12, Penn neurology chair June 22. Brown and Dartmouth show no new openings today.
Eleven confirmed new postings surfaced across Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, and Cornell since the May 15 baseline issue. Brown and Dartmouth showed no newly listed faculty or postdoc openings in the past 24-48 hours across the standard aggregators. Three postings carry near-term hard deadlines (May 30, June 12, June 22). Two Harvard postdocs were listed today.
Harvard — 5 postdoc openings
Postdoctoral Fellow in Land Climate (McColl Lab)
Department / lab: Earth and Planetary Sciences, FAS
Research area: Land-atmosphere interactions — theory, numerical models (GCMs, mesoscale/large-eddy simulations), observational data
Salary: $67,600/yr + $1,500 relocation allowance
Start: Flexible, required before December 1, 2026
Deadline: Rolling
Candidates should hold a recent PhD in atmospheric or climate science. Experience with GCMs or cloud-permitting simulations is preferred. Submit cover letter, CV, brief research proposal, and two to three references. 1
Postdoctoral Research Fellows: Sustainable Buildings and Urban Development
Department / center: Center for Green Buildings and Cities, Graduate School of Design
Research area (multi-track): Low-carbon materials and tunable thermal energy storage, digital twins for building/urban energy management, human-building interaction interfaces, cooperative energy-sharing systems, AI and data-driven control
Salary: $65,000–$75,000/yr
Term: 3 years; official start September 1, 2025; active hiring now
Deadline: Rolling
Multiple positions in this Salata Institute-funded cluster initiative. Faculty co-PIs span GSD, SEAS, and FAS: Joanna Aizenberg (Materials Science), Petros Koumoutsakos (Computing in Science and Engineering), Na Li (Electrical Engineering), Le Xie (Electrical Engineering), Ali Malkawi (Architectural Technology), Jarad Mason (Chemistry), and Vijay Janapa Reddi (Electrical Engineering). Applicants should name at least two co-PIs in their cover letter. Required materials: CV, cover letter, research statement, two example papers, three references. 2
Postdoctoral Fellow, Santagata Lab — Spatial Biology
Department: Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science, HMS
Research area: Methods/platform development and spatial biology (cancer proteomics, therapeutic science)
Start: Around September 1, 2026
Deadline: May 30, 2026 ⚠️
3Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology
Department: Physics / LPPC, FAS
Research area: Particle physics and cosmology
Deadline: Full consideration by July 1, 2026; rolling after
4Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Services Research
Department: Harvard Medical School
Research area: Health services research
Start: Around April 1, 2026 (flexible)
Deadline: Rolling
5Yale — 2 positions
Postdoctoral Associate in Humanities Leadership
Department: Whitney Humanities Center
Research area: Interdisciplinary humanities — 80% program-building, 20% independent research
Salary: $70,000 + $3,000 research stipend
Location: Full-time, in-person, New Haven
Deadline: June 12, 2026
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/185526
The Center is looking for a humanities PhD with experience in program development and higher-ed service. More administrative than a standard research fellowship, but includes dedicated research time. 6
Open Rank Non-Tenured: Asst./Assoc. Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Department: Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health
Research area: Experimental and mechanistic research in environmental health sciences — laboratory-based
Salary: $145,000–$230,000
Open date: May 15, 2026
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/186817
Open-rank and non-tenure-track; the salary band suggests mid-to-senior appointment. The posting was indexed in Google search as associated with Yale alongside a separate Columbia listing; candidates should verify their target institution on the Interfolio page. 7
Columbia — 2 positions
Open Rank Non-Tenured: Asst./Assoc. Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Department: Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health
Research area: Experimental and mechanistic environmental health sciences — laboratory-based
Salary: $145,000–$230,000
Open date: May 15, 2026
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/186817
The Mailman School posting went live May 15. 7
Associate in Discipline / Lecturer in Discipline, Department of Physics
Department: Physics, Columbia University
Research area: Introductory physics laboratory instruction; undergraduate curriculum development
Type: Non-tenure track; one-year, renewable up to two additional years
Start: July 1, 2026
Deadline: Full consideration by May 15, 2026; applications still accepted until filled
Apply: Columbia Academic Search and Recruiting (ASR) system
Requires MA (Associate in Discipline) or PhD (Lecturer in Discipline). Teaching multiple introductory lab sections; opportunity to contribute to undergraduate physics program evolution. 8
Princeton — 1 fellowship call
Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts — 2026 Application Cycle
Type: Multi-year postdoctoral fellowship, interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences
Announced: May 13, 2026
The Princeton Society of Fellows opened its 2026 cycle on May 13. Fellows hold independent research appointments and teach one course per year. Full eligibility and deadline details are on the Princeton Society of Fellows website. 9
Penn — 1 senior search
Chair, Department of Neurology
Department: Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine
Rank: Associate Professor or Professor, Standing Faculty
Research area: Neurology leadership — clinical (adult and pediatric), research, and education; oversees ~200 faculty across 20 divisions
Deadline: Indication of interest by June 22, 2026; review has begun
Contact: Amber Gornik, Korn Ferry — amber.gornik@kornferry.com
Apply: apply.interfolio.com/186625
Penn Neurology — founded by Horatio Wood in 1871, the country's first neurology department — is conducting a national search for its next Chair. The role carries direct responsibility for 70,000+ outpatient visits per year and 1,800+ inpatient discharges. 10
Cornell — 2 new postdoc positions
Postdoctoral Associate: Emerging Risks of Wildfire Smoke for Birds of North America
Department / lab: Lab of Ornithology
Research area: Avian ecology, wildfire smoke exposure, quantitative population modeling
Posted: May 19, 2026 (today)
Apply: HERC listing
This sits at the intersection of climate-change biology and quantitative ecology. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology runs the eBird and NestWatch citizen-science platforms; the postdoc will likely draw on those continental-scale datasets. 11
Postdoctoral Associate in Dairy Cattle Biology
Department: Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Research area: Dairy cattle physiology and biology
Posted: May 14, 2026
Apply: HERC listing
12Brown and Dartmouth
No confirmed new faculty or postdoc openings at Brown or Dartmouth surfaced on HigherEdJobs, HERC, the Chronicle, or Academic Jobs Online in the past 24 hours. Brown Economics confirmed Paula Donaldson will join as an Assistant Professor 13, but that is a completed hire, not an open position. Dartmouth's Guarini career board lists only staff roles currently. Both Brown's Interfolio portal and Dartmouth's positions have historically required direct portal visits; readers should check apply.interfolio.com with an institution filter for the most current listings.
Deadline tracker
| School | Position | Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard | Postdoc, Santagata Lab (Spatial Biology) | May 30, 2026 |
| Yale | Postdoc Associate, Humanities Leadership | June 12, 2026 |
| Penn | Chair of Neurology (indication of interest) | June 22, 2026 |
| Harvard | Postdoc, Particle Physics & Cosmology | July 1, 2026 |
| Columbia | Physics Lecturer/Associate | Open until filled |
| Harvard | Postdoc, Land Climate | Rolling (start before Dec 1, 2026) |
| Harvard | Postdoc, Sustainable Buildings | Rolling |
| Harvard | Postdoc, Health Services Research | Rolling |
| Cornell | Postdoc, Wildfire Smoke & Birds | TBD |
| Cornell | Postdoc, Dairy Cattle Biology | TBD |
Research area index
| Area | Institutions |
|---|---|
| Climate & environment | Harvard (Land Climate, Sustainable Buildings), Yale/Columbia (Environmental Health Sciences) |
| Particle physics & cosmology | Harvard LPPC |
| Cancer biology & therapeutics | Harvard Santagata Lab (Spatial Biology) |
| Health services research | Harvard HMS |
| Humanities | Yale Whitney Humanities Center, Princeton Society of Fellows |
| Physics instruction | Columbia |
| Neurology (senior leadership) | Penn |
| Avian ecology / climate biology | Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
| Veterinary / animal science | Cornell (Dairy Cattle Biology) |
참고 출처
- 1Postdoctoral Fellow in Land Climate (McColl Lab) — HigherEdJobs
- 2Postdoctoral Research Fellows: Sustainable Buildings and Urban Development — HigherEdJobs
- 3Postdoctoral Fellow in Santagata Lab (Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science) — HigherEdJobs
- 4Postdoctoral Fellow in Laboratory for Particle Physics and Cosmology — HigherEdJobs
- 5Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Services Research — HMS/HigherEdJobs
- 6Yale Whitney Humanities Center postdoc announcement — @yale_whc on Instagram
- 7Open Rank Non-Tenured — Interfolio/Google index
- 8Columbia University, Department of Physics — Academic Jobs Online
- 9Princeton Society of Fellows — 2026 Call for Applications
- 10Chair, Department of Neurology — Penn/HigherEdJobs
- 11Postdoctoral Associate: Emerging Risks of Wildfire Smoke for Birds of North America — Cornell HERC
- 12Postdoctoral Associate in Dairy Cattle Biology — Cornell HERC
- 13Brown Economics department news
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