Explore Academic Positions at Harvard HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Zitnik Lab Bookmark this Posting Print Preview | Apply for this Job Position Details Title HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Zitnik Lab School Harvard Medical School Department/Area *** Position Description We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in theZitnik lab at Harvard Medical School in BostonMassachusetts. The work of the Zitnik lab
is focused onArtificial Intelligence for Medicine and Science. The selected candidates will lead research in generative,multimodal, and agentic AI, as well as foundation models,with a focus on geometric deep learning, large-scaleknowledge graphs, and large language models. Fellows willalso have the opportunity to apply these methods to addresschallenges in scientific discovery and precision medicine.We seek
highly-motivated applicants with background in oneor more of the following areas: agentic AI, geometric deeplearning, large-scale knowledge graphs, large languagemodels, multimodal learning, and generative AI. Successfulapplicants will be strong technically as well as have aninclination towards real-world problems. Ideal candidates willhave demonstrably strong research skills, evidenced bymultiple publications in
top-tier machine learning or artificialintelligence conferences and/or leading scientific journals.Salary and Benefits This position is salaried and benefits eligible. Information regarding postdoctoral fellow salary, which is determined by the number of years post PhD, and benefits can be found at https://postdoc.hms.harvard.edu/guidelines.With this appointment, you are represented by the Harvard Academic Workers
(HAW) – UAW for purposes of collective bargaining and matters affecting your compensation and working conditions. Basic Qualifications Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. in areas such as machinelearning, computer science or closely related field.Excellent programming skills and practicalexperience with leading machine learningframeworks and modern AI environments, includingmulti-GPU model training and large-scale inferenceon dozens
to hundreds GPUs, are required. Additional Qualifications Experience in applications of AI to biology andmedicine is a strong plus. Special Instructions The position is available immediately and can be renewed annually. Interested applicants should submit the following documents via email to Prof. Zitnik and use the subject line “Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Generative, Multimodal, and Agentic AI”: Curriculum
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