Ivy League Faculty & Postdoc Openings — May 20, 2026

Four confirmed new listings surfaced across Yale (×2), Columbia (×1), and Cornell (×1) in the 24 hours ending May 20, 2026. Harvard had one unconfirmed candidate. Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, and Penn posted nothing new today. The Santagata Lab postdoc at Harvard Medical School closes in 10 days — the most urgent deadline currently tracked.

New listings today

Yale — Postdoctoral Associate, Functional Genomics / Regulatory Genomics (Reilly Lab)

Field	Detail
Institution	Yale University, Department of Genetics
Type	Postdoc
Research area	Functional genomics, regulatory genomics, human evolution and disease
Location	New Haven, CT
Deadline	Not disclosed
Posted	May 19, 2026
Apply	Yale academic positions portal (academicpositions.yale.edu)

The Department of Genetics at Yale School of Medicine conducts research in genetics, genomics, and molecular biology, with a focus on translating discoveries to human health. The Reilly Lab investigates how regulatory genome variation shapes human traits and disease. Detail page is hosted on Interfolio and was not accessible for further verification; confirm full requirements on the listing page before applying. 1

Yale — Assistant/Associate Professor, Yale Center for Research on Aging (Y-AGE)

Field	Detail
Institution	Yale School of Medicine, Department of Pathology
Type	Tenure-track faculty (Assistant or Associate Professor)
Research area	Biology of aging, age-related diseases (cancer biology, immunology, neuroscience)
Location	New Haven, CT
Deadline	Not disclosed
Posted	May 13, 2026 on Yale portal; May 19, 2026 cross-posted on HERC
Apply	HERC listing; Yale academic positions portal

The Department of Pathology at Yale School of Medicine runs research spanning aging, cancer, immunology, and neuroscience. The Yale Center for Research on Aging (Y-AGE) is the affiliated research unit for this position, focused on understanding the biology of aging and age-related diseases. This is a tenure-track appointment; rank will be commensurate with experience. 2

Columbia — Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cities and Communities

Field	Detail
Institution	Columbia University, New York City
Type	Postdoctoral fellowship
Research area	Urban studies, cities and communities (department not disclosed)
Start	Fall 2026, or as soon as a suitable candidate is identified
Deadline	Not disclosed
Posted	May 19, 2026 (HERC)
Apply	HERC listing

Columbia University — an Ivy League research university in New York City with particular depth in urban studies, public policy, and social sciences — posted this fellowship on May 19. The hosting department was not extractable from available sources; the HERC detail page timed out during collection. Review the listing directly for department, research scope, and application requirements. 3

Cornell — Postdoctoral Associate, Wildfire Smoke and North American Birds (Lab of Ornithology)

Field	Detail
Institution	Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences — Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Advisors	Dr. Andrew Stillman (Center for Avian Population Studies); Dr. Olivia Sanderfoot (Center for Engagement in Science and Nature)
Type	Postdoc — 1-year appointment, renewable up to 3 years
Research area	Quantitative ecology, wildfire smoke exposure, avian migration, participatory science (eBird, FeederWatch, BirdCast)
Salary	$63,480–$68,000/yr (CALS hiring range)
Location	In-person, Ithaca, NY (hybrid 3–4 days/week in office available)
Ideal start	Fall 2026 or January 2027
Deadline	Rolling — reviewed as received
Posted	May 18, 2026
Apply	HERC listing

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is an academic unit within CALS and a non-profit organization whose mission centers on understanding and conserving Earth's biological diversity through research and participatory science. It manages citizen-science platforms including eBird, FeederWatch, and NestWatch, giving this postdoc access to continental-scale occurrence and abundance datasets. Candidates should hold a PhD in quantitative ecology, applied statistics, or a related field, with demonstrated experience using R and large spatial datasets. 4

No new listings today

Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, Penn had zero confirmed new postings in the 24-hour window ending May 20, 2026. Scans covered HERC, HigherEdJobs, Interfolio, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and each school's official career portal.

Brown's Interfolio portal remained inaccessible; direct portal checks at apply.interfolio.com (filter by institution) may surface listings not yet indexed on aggregators.
Dartmouth showed no new entries across Interfolio, HERC, HigherEdJobs, and dartmouth.edu.
Penn's facultyjobs.upenn.edu showed no new listings in the past week.

Unconfirmed signal

Harvard HMS — Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology (ARIeS posting 16311): A Google snippet indicates a Microbiology postdoc with a June 14, 2026 deadline and a September 1, 2026 start date at Harvard Medical School. 5 The ARIeS detail page timed out during collection; the host lab and full requirements could not be confirmed. Check the ARIeS page directly before applying.

Deadline tracker

The table below covers all positions currently monitored with known deadlines.

School	Position	Deadline	Status
Harvard	Postdoc, Santagata Lab — spatial biology / multiplexed imaging	May 30, 2026 ⚠️	10 days remaining
Yale	Postdoc Associate, Whitney Humanities Center	June 12, 2026	Open
Penn	Chair, Department of Neurology — indication of interest	June 22, 2026	Open
Harvard (unconfirmed)	Postdoc, Microbiology (HMS, ARIeS 16311)	June 14, 2026	Unconfirmed
Harvard	Postdoc, LPPC — particle physics at CERN	July 1, 2026 (full consideration)	Open
Harvard	Postdoc, Land Climate (McColl Lab)	Rolling	Open
Harvard	Postdoc, Sustainable Buildings cluster (GSD)	Rolling	Open

The Santagata Lab position at Harvard Medical School focuses on multiplexed imaging, spatial multi-omics, and computational pathology for tumor microenvironment research. It is a one-year term with possible extension; eligible candidates hold a PhD or MD/PhD in computational biology, systems biology, physics, applied mathematics, or bioengineering. 6