Whether you are a prospective PDF looking for a position at UBC or a current UBC PDF seeking the next step in your career, this section provides valuable information to help you advance.
Becoming a PDF at UBC
Eligibility
Postdoctoral research fellowship eligibility can be found in UBC Policy AP10, Postdoctoral Fellows. In order to be eligible for a postdoctoral fellowship, a postdoctoral fellow generally must be within 5 years of being awarded a PhD or within 10 years of being awarded a M.D. or D.D.S. degree.
First Steps
The first step in finding a PDF position at UBC is to search the research interests of individual faculty members to locate a potential supervisor. Faculty members can be contacted directly to discuss potential PDF appointment opportunities, and applications can be made directly to faculty members.
Postdoctoral appointments at UBC are managed through individual faculties and departments. The Postdoctoral Fellows Office does not accept applications nor are we involved in the hiring process.
Post a Position
If you are a UBC faculty, department/unit, or laboratory and are interested in posting a position, please refer to the Job Ads page on the G+PS Faculty & Staff portal. Positions can be cross-posted to a number of job search websites, including EurAxess and LinkedIn. For additional information, contact the PDFO.
UBC Postdoc Opportunities
UBC PDF Postings
While most PDF positions at UBC can by found by contacting a faculty member directly, some positions may be posted on individual faculty websites. Please visit Faculty Career Opportunities for a comprehensive list of links to UBC's faculties. Postdoctoral Fellowship positions may also be posted on UBC's Faculty Careers Workday portal.
The following faculty members have indicated to us that they are actively looking to attract Postdocs.
Show Faculty Interested in Postdocs
Research Interests: Biometeorology, Microclimate modification, Soil physics
Potential project areas:
Measurement of greenhouse gas fluxes in agricultural systems
Research Interests: Modelization and Simulation, Evolution and Phylogenesis, Biological Behavior, Dynamical systems, Evolution, Game theory, Social dilemmas, Stochastic processes
Research Interests: Large non-pedunculated colorectal polyp, Polyposis, Colorectal neoplasia, Endoscopic resection, Early esophageal cancer, Early gastric neoplasia, Barrett's esophagus
Research Interests: Environment and Respiratory Diseases
Potential project areas:
We have several projects running at any given time (see the lab website and publications for a sense of what we do).
Candidates are matched with an appropriate project based on interest and expertise.
Our general approach is to welcome outstanding candidates (the very best) at every level of training to contribute to our award-winning team.
Research Interests: International Law, International Relations, Outer Space, Arctic, Law of the Sea, Laws of War, International Human Rights, International Environmental Law
Potential project areas:
Governance of Outer Space; Sustainable Development of Outer Space; International Space Law; Astrophysics
See: outerspaceinstitute.ca
Research Interests: Geotechnical stability of Tailings Storage Facilities, Tailings management, Geotechnical engineering, Remote sensing of tailings facilities, In situ and laboratory geotechnical testing
Potential project areas:
- Development of quick and inexpensive index tests to perform initial estimates of the mechanical properties of soils
- Use of drained and undrained vane shear tests to characterize the in situ mechanical behavior of tailings
- Development of robust techniques to extrapolate incomplete results of pore water pressure dissipation tests performed during CPTs
- Comparison between satellite based and ground based measurements of deformations in tailings storage facilities
- The effect of fabric and layering on the mechanical behavior of tailings
Research Interests: Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Creative scholarship, Creative writing, Epistemology, Language and meaning, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Philosophy of love, Romantic love, Fiction, Poetry
Research Interests: neuroscience, vision, cell and development , cell death pathways, innate immune response, eye disease, retinal degenerations, alzheimer's disease, neurodegeneration
Research Interests: international relations, global environmental politics, sustainability governance, global South, developing countries, transnational corporations, technology, consumption, plastic pollution, social movements, environmentalism, activism, deforestation
Research Interests: 2D materials and Vanderwaals heterostructures, Quantum electronics, Thermodynamics of quantum systems, Strongly correlated phenomena, Topological phenomena, Quantum transport
Potential project areas:
Vanderwaals heterostructures; Entropy of quantum systems; Thermodynamic probes of 2D materials; Fractional quantum Hall effect
Online Career Resources
After your first position at UBC, you may move to a PDF or faculty position at another university. Postings external to UBC may be found at the following websites:
- Euraxess
- FindAPostdoc.com
- jobRxiv
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- National Institutes of Health
- Nature Careers Canada
- New Scientist Jobs
- Pathways to Science
- ResearchGate
- Science Careers
- TipTop Jobs On-Line - Postdoc Openings
The UBC Postdoctoral Association also maintains a Jobs page on their website.
UBC Faculty Careers
For current PDFs looking to embark on the next phase of their academic career, please visit Faculty Career Opportunities for a list of current UBC faculty opportunities. Please also visit UBC faculty websites for available positions within each specific faculty.