Postdoctoral Research Associate

The Frydman and Simpson groups are seeking to fill a position in New Methods in Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Imaging. 

Project topics include: 

1.       Development of Steady-state free-precession (SSFP), techniques that improve resolution and sensitivity of NMR spectra and MRI images;

2.       Translation of the approaches onto benchtop and mobile NMR’s

3.       Applications in the Environmental and Medical Sciences

The applicant is supposed to work with the aforementioned groups for obtaining funding from the Zuckerman STEM Leadership Program for Postdoctoral Fellowship 2026-2027 Joint North American-Israel Postdoc Track: A two-year joint postdoctoral scholarship where scholars spend half their time at Weizmann and the other half at a US or Canadian university. Scholars in this track can decide how to divide their time.

• The scholarship period for each Postdoc Scholar will be two years. In special circumstances and upon a request from the host University, extend the scholarship period for a given Postdoc Scholar by up to one additional year, for three years.
• The starting date of the Scholarship in 2026-2027 academic year is October 2026.
• Candidates may start their scholarship as early as June 2026 and no later than March 2027 for up to a maximum of 24 months from the date of start.

More information at:www.zuckermanstem.org

The Weizmann Institute of Science is, by most research rankings, the top academic institution in Israel and among the top in the world. Located in a leafy and picturesque suburb of Tel Aviv at the feet of the Judean hills, it is a 20 minute train ride away from Tel Aviv and 15 miles away from the Ben Gurion International Airport. The official language of the Institute is English, and the Institute provides furnished apartments for postdoctoral associates. The Institute has been recently ranked the 6th topmost research institution world wide by the Leiden ranking, and its hosts dozens of magnetic resonance instruments at its various departments, including a 1 GHz NMR spectrometer with cryoprobes, pulsed EPR spectrometers, multinuclear animal scanners at 7, 9.4, and 15.2T equipped with cryocoils, 3T and 7T whole-body Prisma and Terra human MRI scanners with massively parallel transmit and receive technologies and multinuclear options, a number of DNP hyperpolarizers, and numerous (dozens) of other scanners and instruments placed in various magnetic resonance buildings. 

The University of Toronto is the top Institution in Canada and ranking in the top 20 universities globally. The University of Toronto is the largest university in Canada with more than 100,000 students across its campuses and colleges. The Environmental NMR Center (Directed by Professor Andre Simpson) houses a range of high field spectrometers with ~50 NMR probes, along with benchtop NMR, mobile NMR systems and a dedicated manufacturing lab. It is considered the top site globally for the development of Environmental NMR Spectroscopy.

Interested candidates should have a strong publication record and interest in NMR development. They should contact Lucio Frydman [email protected] and Andre Simpson [email protected] directly.