2025-2026 Postdoctoral Researcher, The Wharton School, Marketing Department

Description

The Department of Marketing at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for a quantitative post-doctoral fellowship. The marketing department has strong research programs in many substantive marketing areas, such as advertising, pricing, demand estimation, and channel and incentive design, and in methodological areas, such as Bayesian inference, machine learning and AI, causal inference, and structural econometrics.

The fellowship will be supported by Mars, Inc., who will provide the fellows with rich and unique data sets that will allow the students to explore problems related to digitizing retail purchases and marketing in an omni-channel environment, focusing on advertising effectiveness.

Qualifications

Students from data-oriented disciplines such as statistics, operations research, computer science, economics, and marketing are encouraged to apply. Applicants are expected to show outstanding capacity for research as well as excellent communication skills. In addition, applicants should have a strong background and experience with Bayesian machine learning methods. Professors Eric Bradlow and Ron Berman will supervise the fellow and will provide the fellow with ample opportunities to work with faculty from across Wharton and the University of Pennsylvania. This research fellowship provides full funding without any teaching requirements at a competitive salary for 2 years, beginning in Summer 2025.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. (expected completion by June 30, 2025, is acceptable) from an accredited institution. Interested candidates should submit the following materials: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement, selected publications, and three letters of recommendation. Applications should be submitted via our online application system. We will begin reviewing applications after March 1, 2025.

Application Instructions

Applicants must have a Ph.D. (expected completion by June 30, 2025, is acceptable) from an accredited institution. Interested candidates should submit the following materials, and we will begin reviewing applications after March 1, 2025.

• Cover Letter
• Curriculum Vitae
• Research Statement
• Selected Publications
• Three Letters of Recommendation

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin (including shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics), citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any class protected under applicable federal, state or local law.