Postdoctoral Fellows Program
QSI RENU's Postdoctoral Fellowship of Excellence in Translational Regenerative Engineering is a highly competitive award designed to educate the next generation of scientists that will advance academic research technologies into patient-facing products. Postdoctoral Fellows will engage in transdisciplinary regenerative engineering research and will work primarily at the QSI RENU laboratories in the Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center on Northwestern’s downtown Chicago medical campus.
Application and Review Process: Applications are accepted year-round and reviewed monthly. Applicants can expect a decision within 4-6 weeks following review.
More information: Before applying, please review the Fellowship Overview. This document contains information on candidate eligibility, application requirements, award details, and evaluation criteria. For additional questions, please contact Josefina Serrato at josefina.serrato@northwestern.edu.
Past Winners
2026
Nayoung Kim
Co-advisors: Nathan Gianneschi and Kurt Lu
Read an interview about Kim's work
Jamin Lee
Co-advisors: John Rogers and Colin Franz
Read an interview about Lee's work
John Soukar
Co-advisors: Bin Jiang and Mark Eskandari
Read an interview about Soukar's work
Other Opportunities
T32 Training Program in Cutaneous Biology
This program provides NIH-funded training for MD, PhD, and MD/PhD postdoctoral fellows in basic or translational research relevant to skin biology. Through mentoring, didactic conferences, research seminars, journal clubs, and practical experience, the program provides fellows with a fundamental knowledge base in cutaneous biology and teaches them how to rigorously apply the scientific method to test specific hypotheses.
Appointments are for one year, with renewal for a second year contingent on satisfactory performance. Visit the program webpage for more information, including eligibility requirements and application instructions.