2026 PhD Graduate – Artificial Intelligence and Complex Systems Postdoc Researcher

Description Are you eager to use artificial intelligence (AI) to unlock insights from complex, high-dimensional data towards national security impact?

Do you want to bring innovative AI to real-world challenges in domains such as materials science, biology, chemistry, and advanced manufacturing?

Are you pursuing studies in AI, machine learning, or a related field - and looking for a Postdoc role where you can push the boundaries of AI for Science in interdisciplinary and high-impact ways?

If so, we’d love to meet you!

We are seeking a creative Postdoc problem solver with strong technical capabilities and initiative to join our team in taking on challenges in complex systems. The Complex Systems Group, part of the Intelligent Systems Center (www.jhuapl.edu/isc), conducts research at the intersection of AI and complex systems, with an emphasis on advancing capabilities in machine learning-based surrogate models, scientific automation, AI-assisted reasoning, and AI-guided design. We develop methods to drive discovery and design across scientific and engineering domains towards national security impact. This may include AI research in materials, protein engineering, chemistry, earth systems, and other physical and biological systems.

As a Postdoc researcher in our group, your primary responsibility will be contributing to and leading AI for Science projects with national security implications. As a member of our research team, you will contribute to AI for Science projects by creating, adapting, and evaluating modern AI methods including machine learning models, frontier AI systems, agentic workflows, physics- and domain-informed learning, AI-driven surrogate models, and closed-loop discovery architectures for scientific and engineering problems. You will establish collaborations with science and engineering domain experts and seek opportunities to propose your ideas for funding. You will also establish working relationship...