Dear colleagues, members and supporters of the Network for Safety and sustainability of Chemicals and materials (NSC),
Are you passionate about cutting-edge science at the intersection of nanoscience, the environment, and human health? The Rutgers Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Research Center (NAMC) is seeking outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows (and PhD students) to join our dynamic, interdisciplinary team.
At NAMC, you’ll investigate how environmental nanoparticles—from wildfires, traffic emissions, and micro/nanoplastics—influence the development of major diseases. Our funded projects (NIH/NIEHS, NIH/NHLBI, USDA, NSF, BARD, UL Research Institutes) focus on health outcomes including:
🧠 Neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s)
🫁 Respiratory health impacts
🌱 Gut and metabolic
🌱 Developmental effects/reprotoxicity
Fellows will lead transdisciplinary projects, applying state-of-the-art cellular and animal models to uncover the toxicological effects of emerging pollutants.
Why NAMC at Rutgers?
- Directed by Prof. Philip Demokritou, a leader in environmental health nanoscience.
- Work with a transdisciplinary group of faculty, researchers, and students across the exposure-toxicology-disease continuum
- Embedded within the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences community with over $950M in annual sponsored research.
- Housed at the renowned Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI), a global leader in environmental health research for 40+ years.
- Access to world-class instrumentation for nanoparticle characterization and advanced cellular and animal models, including organ-on-a-chip platforms.
- State of the art platforms for the generation of real world environmental exposures for emerging contaminants such as traffic, wildfire, vaping and nanoplastics
- Collaborative environment alongside NIEHS’s Center for Environmental Exposure and Disease (CEED), NIH T32 training programs, and multiple cutting-edge centers across Rutgers Health
- Be part of collaborative research projects with leading academic Institutions at the national and international level
Join us in shaping the future of environmental health science—where discovery spans from exposure to mechanistic toxicology to disease outcomes.
Learn more about our research and recent publications here.
Apply today by sending an email (pd522@rutgers.edu) and be part of an inspiring community tackling some of the most pressing health challenges of our time!