Opportunities in the Mordecai Lab

Postdoc Opportunity

I’m excited to share a postdoctoral fellowship opportunity with the Stanford King Center on Global Development. 

Disease Ecology in a Changing World, and Its Consequences for Human and Planetary Health

Hub researchers are studying environmentally mediated infectious diseases such as dengue, malaria, schistosomiasis, and food- and water-borne parasites that disproportionately impact people living in poverty with poor infrastructure. These diseases also contribute to poverty traps through lost education, health, and development opportunities. The postdoctoral fellow will use interdisciplinary methods from ecology, epidemiology, environmental science, and econometrics to study how global changes such as deforestation, climate change, and infrastructure development are affecting infectious diseases and their burden in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Ideal candidates will have a demonstrated track record of research in LMICs.

Potential faculty mentors:

  • Erin Mordecai, Associate Professor of Biology and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment

  • Giulio De Leo, Professor of Oceans and Earth System Science

  • Joelle Rosser, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

  • Desiree LaBeaud, Professor of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases); Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

  • Nathan Lo, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

  • Jade Benjamin-Chung, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health

  • Stephen Luby, Lucy Becker Professor of Medicine, and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

  • Jason Andrews, Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Learn more and apply here by Tuesday, December 1, 2026.

 

Prospective Graduate Students

I accept PhD students through the Biology Department (Eco-Evo track), the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources (E-IPER), and occasionally other PhD programs. Check out my blog post on how to apply for grad school for (hopefully) helpful explanation and tips! Also available en Español. I do not have further capacity to meet with prospective students this admissions season, but I encourage you to apply and list me as a faculty member of interest if our work seems like a good fit for you.

Contact Erin Mordecai for information about conducting research in the lab as an undergraduate, graduate student, or postdoc.

Prospective postdocs: Please send a CV and brief statement of interests and background to Erin Mordecai: emordeca@stanford.edu. Consider applying for postdoctoral fellowships available through the King Center on Global Development, the Center for Human and Planetary Health, and the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Stanford undergrads: We sometimes have positions available to work in the lab and on mathematical modeling projects. Please apply through the Biology Department’s B-SURP summer internship program, the Major Grants program, or the King Center internship program.

High school summer interns: We are no longer accepting unpaid summer interns.