Postdoctoral Research Position in Data Science/ML for Assessing Societal Impacts of AI Data Centers
Harvard University • Cambridge, MA • Posted June 13, 2026
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Title Postdoctoral Research Position in Data Science/ML for Assessing Societal Impacts of AI Data Centers
School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Department/Area Biostatistics
Position Description
We invite applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a massive research effort aimed at assessing the environmental and health impacts of AI data centers. The position will be supervised by Professor Francesca Dominici and will focus on building and evaluating a decision framework to guide the expansion of AI data centers, aligning economic opportunity with social impact. Our team leverages data pipelines to quantify data centers’ electricity and water use, emissions, and air pollution exposure and health impacts. The overarching goal is to develop an interactive utility-facing geospatial toolkit through data science and partnerships with grid operators.
Duties and Responsibilities
Title Postdoctoral Research Position in Data Science/ML for Assessing Societal Impacts of AI Data Centers
School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Department/Area Biostatistics
Position Description
We invite applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join a massive research effort aimed at assessing the environmental and health impacts of AI data centers. The position will be supervised by Professor Francesca Dominici and will focus on building and evaluating a decision framework to guide the expansion of AI data centers, aligning economic opportunity with social impact. Our team leverages data pipelines to quantify data centers’ electricity and water use, emissions, and air pollution exposure and health impacts. The overarching goal is to develop an interactive utility-facing geospatial toolkit through data science and partnerships with grid operators.
Duties and Responsibilities