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Postdoc, Postgrad, and Research Intern Vacancies
This listing does not include all postdoctoral or research intern vacancies at UW–Madison. These positions are not required to be posted here, but this website is offered as an aid to both departments and applicants.
Postdoc Positions
Postdoc appointments are held by individuals who are continuing training after receipt of the doctorate. There are two types of postdoc appointments at UW–Madison: Service appointments with the title Research Associate, and Non-Service appointments with the title Postdoctoral Fellow or Postdoctoral Trainee. The distinction between service and non-service appointments is outlined in the Non-Service Appointments policy.
Research Intern Positions
A Research Intern is an employee who typically is continuing training after receipt of a bachelor’s or master’s degree, rather than a doctorate.
Postgraduate Trainee Positions
A Postgraduate Trainee is a graduate of an accredited medical school (or other appropriate health science professional school) who is in postgraduate training administered through one of the following schools: School of Medicine and Public Health, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, or School of Veterinary Medicine.
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The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW–Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires the University to verify the identity and work authorization of the successful applicant. Any offer of employment is contingent upon verification. The University of Wisconsin is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
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Title Research Area Department Mentor Deadline Status Posted Research Associate (Postdoc) Microbiology or Chemistry Food Science Tu-Anh Huynh 09/17/2026 Approved 06/17/2026 Research Intern Molecular Biology Pathobiological Sciences Mostafa Zamanian 07/18/2026 Approved 06/17/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Acute brain injury; Stroke Neurological Surgery Suresh Mehta, PhD 09/09/2026 Approved 06/09/2026 Research Intern Neurodegeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Human Oncology Randal Tibbetts 07/31/2026 Approved 06/05/2026 Research Intern Multilingual Education Wisconsin Center for Education Research Sarah Ferrier 06/29/2026 Approved 06/02/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Community-engaged research, Clinical trials for innovative care models, and Telemedicine Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) Dr. Dejun Su 07/31/2026 Approved 05/26/2026 Research Intern Cancer Biology Genetics Ahna Skop 06/06/2026 Expired 05/15/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Educational Policy Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis Mollie McQuillan 05/20/2026 Expired 05/08/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Tissue Mechanics Mechanical Engineering Corinne Henak 06/19/2026 Approved 05/07/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Material Culture, Design History The Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture and the Design Studies Department Sarah Anne Carter, Marina Moskowitz, and Sam Dennis 06/12/2026 Expired 05/06/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Conservation Genomics Forest and Wildlife Ecology Dr. Emily Fountain 05/31/2026 Expired 05/04/2026 Research Intern Interventional Radiology Radiology Dr. Sanna Herwald 05/26/2026 Expired 05/02/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) State Democracy Research Initiative (SDRI) Law School Miriam Seifter 05/14/2026 Expired 05/01/2026 Research Intern Interventional Radiology Radiology Dr. Sanna Herwald 05/26/2026 Expired 05/01/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Agentic AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Foundation Models, Vision Language Models (VLMs) Radiology Dr. Dania Daye 07/01/2026 Approved 04/30/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Medical Imaging, Machine Learning, AI Radiology Dr. Dania Daye 07/01/2026 Approved 04/30/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Transplant Surgery Matthew Brown, PhD 05/29/2026 Expired 04/29/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) atmospheric science, meteorology, geoscience, computer science Space Science and Engineering Center Dr. Tony Wimmers, Scientist 06/30/2026 Expired 04/28/2026 Research Intern Microbiology, Biological Engineering, Genetics Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Kyle Probst 05/06/2026 Expired 04/21/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Department of Neurological Surgery Raghu Vemuganti, PhD 06/20/2026 Approved 04/21/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) virology, microbiology Influenza Research Institute - Pathobiological Sciences Peter Halfmann 05/31/2026 Expired 04/13/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Crop yield Prediction Biological Systems Engineering Dr. Zhou Zhang 09/01/2026 Approved 04/11/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Food Science Food Science Bradley Bolling 06/01/2026 Expired 04/10/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Cell Biology BMC Feyza Engin 07/31/2026 Approved 04/02/2026 Research Intern Molecular Biology Pathobiological Sciences Mostafa Zamanian 05/15/2026 Expired 04/01/2026 Research Intern Autoimmunity and Rheumatoid Arthritis Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Miriam Shelef, MD, PhD 04/18/2026 Expired 03/26/2026 Research Intern Immunology and inflammation Medical Microbiology and Immunology Anna Huttenlocher 04/19/2026 Expired 03/23/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Structural Biology, Chemical Biology, Cell Biology School of Pharmacy Jiaoyang Jiang 08/31/2026 Approved 03/06/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Medical Physics, Medical Imaging, Deep Learning Human Oncology/Radiation Medicine Carri Glide-Hurst 06/30/2026 Approved 02/28/2026 Postdoctoral Trainee (Postdoc) Discrete Element Modeling, DEM Biological Systems Engineering Matthew Digman and Bob Zeng 05/01/2026 Expired 02/27/2026 Postdoctoral Trainee (Postdoc) Allergy Research; Allergy/Asthma; Food Allergy; Immunology Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine PIs James Gern and Daniel Jackson, multiple additional mentors 04/27/2026 Expired 02/27/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Microbiology Bacteriology Jean-Michel Ane 04/01/2026 Expired 02/14/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Plant Breeding Plant Genetics Bacteriology Jean-Michel Ane 04/01/2026 Expired 02/14/2026 Research Intern Retina, Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine Waisman Center David Gamm 06/30/2026 Approved 02/13/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) reproductive health Obstetrics and Gynecology Leigh Senderowicz 03/15/2026 Expired 02/12/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Atmospheric Science, Meteorology Space Science and Engineering Center Dr. Jason Otkin 05/31/2026 Expired 02/09/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Microbiology, bacterial pathogenesis, microbiome Departments of Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology Andrew Hryckowian PhD 08/14/2026 Approved 02/06/2026 Research Intern Rheumatology, Autoimmunity Medicine Sara McCoy 04/14/2026 Expired 02/03/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Generational Overlap – Changing Family Demography, Shared Lifetimes, and Inequality Social Science Research Services Marcy Carlson 03/02/2026 Expired 02/03/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) AI, Medical Imaging, Radiomics, Oncology Radiology Pallavi Tiwari, Ph.D., Wenhui Zhou M.D., Ph.D. 06/01/2026 Expired 01/28/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) AI, Medical Imaging, Radiomics, Oncology Radiology Pallavi Tiwari, Ph.D. 03/31/2026 Expired 01/28/2026 Research Intern Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Evaluation and Treatment Waisman Center Jennifer Seale, PhD, CCC-SLP 02/28/2026 Expired 01/27/2026 Research Intern neuroscience Surgical Sciences Susannah Sample 02/21/2026 Expired 01/15/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Public Tech Media Lab - AI for Journalism School of Journalism and Mass Communication Tomas Dodds 02/15/2026 Expired 01/15/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Nuclear Security Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics Sebastien Philippe 03/31/2026 Expired 01/13/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Environmental Sociology, Rural Sociology, Curriculum Support, Participatory Action Research, Modeling, Data Visualization Community and Environmental Sociology Loka Ashwood and Nan Enstad 02/27/2026 Expired 01/13/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Microbiology, Bacterial Genetics, Synthetic Communities, Synthetic Biology Bacteriology Jean-Michel Ane 02/01/2026 Expired 01/06/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Maize Genetics and Breeding Bacteriology Jean-Michel Ane 02/01/2026 Expired 01/06/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Cognitive Neuroscience, Vision Science, Perception Psychology Vivian Paulun 03/31/2026 Expired 11/18/2025 Postdoctoral Trainee (Postdoc) Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Waisman Center Waisman Center Investigators 01/09/2026 Expired 10/01/2025 Postdoctoral Trainee (Postdoc) Epigenetics Stem Cell Biology Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Rupa Sridharan 01/31/2026 Expired 09/04/2025 Research Intern Regenerative Medicine Cell and Regenerative Biology Dr. Deneen Wellik, Professor and Department Chair 01/16/2026 Expired 08/25/2025 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Epigenetic Rejuvenation of Aging Stem Cells Cell and Regenerative Biology Romeo Blanc 01/31/2026 Expired 08/13/2025 Research Associate (Postdoc) AI, Medical Imaging, Radiomics, Oncology Radiology Pallavi Tiwari, Ph.D., Wenhui Zhou M.D., Ph.D. 01/31/2026 Expired 08/01/2025
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This listing does not include all postdoctoral or research intern vacancies at UW–Madison. These positions are not required to be posted here, but this website is offered as an aid to both departments and applicants.
Postdoc Positions
Postdoc appointments are held by individuals who are continuing training after receipt of the doctorate. There are two types of postdoc appointments at UW–Madison: Service appointments with the title Research Associate, and Non-Service appointments with the title Postdoctoral Fellow or Postdoctoral Trainee. The distinction between service and non-service appointments is outlined in the Non-Service Appointments policy.
Research Intern Positions
A Research Intern is an employee who typically is continuing training after receipt of a bachelor’s or master’s degree, rather than a doctorate.
Postgraduate Trainee Positions
A Postgraduate Trainee is a graduate of an accredited medical school (or other appropriate health science professional school) who is in postgraduate training administered through one of the following schools: School of Medicine and Public Health, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, or School of Veterinary Medicine.
Post a vacancy
The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW–Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 requires the University to verify the identity and work authorization of the successful applicant. Any offer of employment is contingent upon verification. The University of Wisconsin is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Search
Title Research Area Department Mentor Deadline Status Posted Research Associate (Postdoc) Microbiology or Chemistry Food Science Tu-Anh Huynh 09/17/2026 Approved 06/17/2026 Research Intern Molecular Biology Pathobiological Sciences Mostafa Zamanian 07/18/2026 Approved 06/17/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Acute brain injury; Stroke Neurological Surgery Suresh Mehta, PhD 09/09/2026 Approved 06/09/2026 Research Intern Neurodegeneration, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Human Oncology Randal Tibbetts 07/31/2026 Approved 06/05/2026 Research Intern Multilingual Education Wisconsin Center for Education Research Sarah Ferrier 06/29/2026 Approved 06/02/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Community-engaged research, Clinical trials for innovative care models, and Telemedicine Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) Dr. Dejun Su 07/31/2026 Approved 05/26/2026 Research Intern Cancer Biology Genetics Ahna Skop 06/06/2026 Expired 05/15/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Educational Policy Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis Mollie McQuillan 05/20/2026 Expired 05/08/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Tissue Mechanics Mechanical Engineering Corinne Henak 06/19/2026 Approved 05/07/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Material Culture, Design History The Nancy M. Bruce Center for Design and Material Culture and the Design Studies Department Sarah Anne Carter, Marina Moskowitz, and Sam Dennis 06/12/2026 Expired 05/06/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Conservation Genomics Forest and Wildlife Ecology Dr. Emily Fountain 05/31/2026 Expired 05/04/2026 Research Intern Interventional Radiology Radiology Dr. Sanna Herwald 05/26/2026 Expired 05/02/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) State Democracy Research Initiative (SDRI) Law School Miriam Seifter 05/14/2026 Expired 05/01/2026 Research Intern Interventional Radiology Radiology Dr. Sanna Herwald 05/26/2026 Expired 05/01/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Agentic AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Foundation Models, Vision Language Models (VLMs) Radiology Dr. Dania Daye 07/01/2026 Approved 04/30/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Medical Imaging, Machine Learning, AI Radiology Dr. Dania Daye 07/01/2026 Approved 04/30/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Transplant Surgery Matthew Brown, PhD 05/29/2026 Expired 04/29/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) atmospheric science, meteorology, geoscience, computer science Space Science and Engineering Center Dr. Tony Wimmers, Scientist 06/30/2026 Expired 04/28/2026 Research Intern Microbiology, Biological Engineering, Genetics Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Kyle Probst 05/06/2026 Expired 04/21/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Department of Neurological Surgery Raghu Vemuganti, PhD 06/20/2026 Approved 04/21/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) virology, microbiology Influenza Research Institute - Pathobiological Sciences Peter Halfmann 05/31/2026 Expired 04/13/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Crop yield Prediction Biological Systems Engineering Dr. Zhou Zhang 09/01/2026 Approved 04/11/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Food Science Food Science Bradley Bolling 06/01/2026 Expired 04/10/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Cell Biology BMC Feyza Engin 07/31/2026 Approved 04/02/2026 Research Intern Molecular Biology Pathobiological Sciences Mostafa Zamanian 05/15/2026 Expired 04/01/2026 Research Intern Autoimmunity and Rheumatoid Arthritis Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology Miriam Shelef, MD, PhD 04/18/2026 Expired 03/26/2026 Research Intern Immunology and inflammation Medical Microbiology and Immunology Anna Huttenlocher 04/19/2026 Expired 03/23/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Structural Biology, Chemical Biology, Cell Biology School of Pharmacy Jiaoyang Jiang 08/31/2026 Approved 03/06/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Medical Physics, Medical Imaging, Deep Learning Human Oncology/Radiation Medicine Carri Glide-Hurst 06/30/2026 Approved 02/28/2026 Postdoctoral Trainee (Postdoc) Discrete Element Modeling, DEM Biological Systems Engineering Matthew Digman and Bob Zeng 05/01/2026 Expired 02/27/2026 Postdoctoral Trainee (Postdoc) Allergy Research; Allergy/Asthma; Food Allergy; Immunology Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine PIs James Gern and Daniel Jackson, multiple additional mentors 04/27/2026 Expired 02/27/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Microbiology Bacteriology Jean-Michel Ane 04/01/2026 Expired 02/14/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Plant Breeding Plant Genetics Bacteriology Jean-Michel Ane 04/01/2026 Expired 02/14/2026 Research Intern Retina, Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine Waisman Center David Gamm 06/30/2026 Approved 02/13/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) reproductive health Obstetrics and Gynecology Leigh Senderowicz 03/15/2026 Expired 02/12/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Atmospheric Science, Meteorology Space Science and Engineering Center Dr. Jason Otkin 05/31/2026 Expired 02/09/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Microbiology, bacterial pathogenesis, microbiome Departments of Medicine and Medical Microbiology & Immunology Andrew Hryckowian PhD 08/14/2026 Approved 02/06/2026 Research Intern Rheumatology, Autoimmunity Medicine Sara McCoy 04/14/2026 Expired 02/03/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Generational Overlap – Changing Family Demography, Shared Lifetimes, and Inequality Social Science Research Services Marcy Carlson 03/02/2026 Expired 02/03/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) AI, Medical Imaging, Radiomics, Oncology Radiology Pallavi Tiwari, Ph.D., Wenhui Zhou M.D., Ph.D. 06/01/2026 Expired 01/28/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) AI, Medical Imaging, Radiomics, Oncology Radiology Pallavi Tiwari, Ph.D. 03/31/2026 Expired 01/28/2026 Research Intern Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Evaluation and Treatment Waisman Center Jennifer Seale, PhD, CCC-SLP 02/28/2026 Expired 01/27/2026 Research Intern neuroscience Surgical Sciences Susannah Sample 02/21/2026 Expired 01/15/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Public Tech Media Lab - AI for Journalism School of Journalism and Mass Communication Tomas Dodds 02/15/2026 Expired 01/15/2026 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Nuclear Security Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics Sebastien Philippe 03/31/2026 Expired 01/13/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Environmental Sociology, Rural Sociology, Curriculum Support, Participatory Action Research, Modeling, Data Visualization Community and Environmental Sociology Loka Ashwood and Nan Enstad 02/27/2026 Expired 01/13/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Microbiology, Bacterial Genetics, Synthetic Communities, Synthetic Biology Bacteriology Jean-Michel Ane 02/01/2026 Expired 01/06/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Maize Genetics and Breeding Bacteriology Jean-Michel Ane 02/01/2026 Expired 01/06/2026 Research Associate (Postdoc) Cognitive Neuroscience, Vision Science, Perception Psychology Vivian Paulun 03/31/2026 Expired 11/18/2025 Postdoctoral Trainee (Postdoc) Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Waisman Center Waisman Center Investigators 01/09/2026 Expired 10/01/2025 Postdoctoral Trainee (Postdoc) Epigenetics Stem Cell Biology Wisconsin Institute for Discovery Rupa Sridharan 01/31/2026 Expired 09/04/2025 Research Intern Regenerative Medicine Cell and Regenerative Biology Dr. Deneen Wellik, Professor and Department Chair 01/16/2026 Expired 08/25/2025 Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoc) Epigenetic Rejuvenation of Aging Stem Cells Cell and Regenerative Biology Romeo Blanc 01/31/2026 Expired 08/13/2025 Research Associate (Postdoc) AI, Medical Imaging, Radiomics, Oncology Radiology Pallavi Tiwari, Ph.D., Wenhui Zhou M.D., Ph.D. 01/31/2026 Expired 08/01/2025
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