Thank you for being so interested in joining our group! Successful career development in research requires quality mentoring relationships. Prof. Zitnik is the recipient of the 2022 Young Mentor Award at Harvard Medical School—this most prestigious award acknowledges that recognition to her.

Graduate students

We are taking on new PhD students each year.

If you are a current or a newly admitted PhD student excited about machine learning and/or applications in genomics, medicine, and health, email Prof. Zitnik directly. Include your CV and a brief description of your research interests.

We are recruiting PhD students from a number of graduate programs, including Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics, Systems Biology, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Integrated Life Sciences, and other programs at Harvard. We also recruit graduate students from Health Sciences & Technology programs at Harvard and MIT.

Postdoctoral research fellow in AI for cancer drug discovery

We have an opening for a postdoctoral research fellowship in novel machine learning approaches to cancer drug discovery.

This position is available immediately. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible.

NOW OPEN: Request For Applications

Postdoctoral research fellow in AI/ML

We have an opening for a postdoctoral research fellowship in novel methods in the broad area of deep learning for graphs.

This position is available immediately. Interested candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible.

NOW OPEN: Request For Applications

Postdoctoral research fellow with Harvard Data Science Initiative

The Harvard Data Science Initiative (HDSI) postdoctoral fellows are outstanding early-career researchers. HDSI fellows work independently over a two to three-year fellowship with the guidance and partnership of Harvard University faculty.

CLOSED: Request For Applications

Harvard/MIT undergraduates, Masters’s students, Harvard affiliates

We are looking for outstanding Harvard undergraduates, Masters’s students, and other Harvard affiliates on a rolling basis. While we take students at all levels, excellent grades and/or prior experience in machine learning/AI is a plus. Generally, we expect:

• Students commit 20 hours per week to research (ideally more).
• Students commit to at least 6 months of research with the lab (ideally more).
• Prior experience in AI/ML and data science may include online courses. We encourage students to self-study relevant coursework. In addition, we provide mentoring on the recent advances in the research field.

Email Prof. Zitnik. Include your CV, current academic status, a summary of research experience, and brief highlights of AI/ML-related projects.

Visitors, interns, and short-term students

We generally prefer visitors to stay for at least 6 months to carry out a high-quality research project.

Because of the large email load that Prof. Zitnik receives, she may not respond to all applicants. Do not take this personally! We do review all applications!

Harvard is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.