Postdoctoral Fellowship

An opportunity for postdocs to develop the skills and capabilities needed to pursue research that delivers public impact

About the Program

The Stanford Impact Labs (SIL) Postdoctoral Fellowship is a training and professional development program for postdoctoral scholars who are passionate about using research for public impact, motivated to engage with partner(s) outside of the university setting, and eager to join a cohort of other postdocs working in parallel to leverage their research expertise to tackle challenging social problems. Through the program, we aim to build a pipeline of scholars who are motivated and equipped to pursue academic careers focused on collaborative solutions-oriented research.

Stanford Impact Labs recruits postdocs to the program each fall by inviting applications from postdocs already employed at Stanford University interested in participating in the program cohort in that same academic year.

For more information on our program application windows, click here.

“I worried I was being too adventurous coming out of my PhD program, but this experience validated my interest in pursuing this type of research.”

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“It’s inspiring to think about ways for my research to have impact, and I look forward to the ripple effects my experience in this program will have for my future students."

To learn more, please contact Alex Carr at [email protected].

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Carmen Amo Alonso

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Christiane Buettner

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Yunwei Chen

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Matthew R. DeVerna

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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José Ramón Enríquez

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Kiersten Hasenour

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Zainab Hosseini

Post-Doctoral Scholar , Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences

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Jennifer Jiwon Lee

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Paul Lendway

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Yingjie Li

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Amber Mengyu Liang

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Youngsun Moon

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Tao Sun

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Haojie Wang

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Rebecca Zhu

2025-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

Ruth Appel
Ruth Appel

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow; 2022 PhD Fellow

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Kristina Gligorić

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Hakan Ozyilmaz

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Tiziano Piccardi

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Riley Post

2024-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Marcela DeVon Radtke

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher , Food for Health Equity Lab

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Benjamin Seiler

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow; Research Fellow, Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab

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Maria Velazquez

2024-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Tiffany (Qianru) Yang

2024-2026 Postdoctoral Fellow

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Caitlin Ahearn

2023-25 Postdoctoral Fellow , Economic Inclusion Project

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Ashley Bennett

2023-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow , VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab

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Tiffany Chow

2023-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow , VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab

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Cherise McBride

2023-2025 Postdoctoral Fellow , Stanford History Education Group

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Pei Palmgren

2023-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Patricia Andrews Fearon
Patricia Andrews Fearon

2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Alba Huidobro
Alba Huidobro

Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair of Political Behavior at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; 2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Andrea Pedroza-Tobias
Andrea Pedroza-Tobias

2022-2024 Postdoctoral Fellow

Malissa Alinor
Malissa Alinor

2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow

Max Hui Bai
Max Hui Bai

2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow

Marbella Eboni Hill
Marbella Eboni Hill

2021-2023 Postdoctoral Fellow

Carlos Padilla-Schmidt
Carlos Schmidt-Padilla

2021-2022 Postdoctoral Fellow

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