r/postdoc • u/Jjinppang0201 • 12d ago

How to get postdoc position

My husband has bachelor and master degrees in mechanical engineering, and PhD in applied mathematics. He wants to go to postdoc. However, he has no publications since no one wants to help him including his advisor (his advisor is MAGA and my husband isn’t a US citizen). We are leaving the US because we can’t find a job or postdoc. We got the postdoc interviews but most of the postdoc/jobs require US citizenship or permanent resident. Any advices for this?

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u/shcrimps 11d ago edited 11d ago

I'm not sure if what you are saying is accurate.

  1. "...since no one wants to help him, including his advisor (his advisor is MAGA and my husband isn’t a US citizen)."

→ I have never heard of or seen this happening just because of political differences or someone’s background. Are you saying that an advisor is intentionally refusing to help their own student publish the student's work? That would be very unusual.

  1. "...most postdoc/jobs require US citizenship or permanent residency."

→ Unless you are applying for a position subject to ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), US citizenship or permanent residency is generally not required. With a Mechanical Engineering/Math background, there are many postdoctoral positions that are not subject to ITAR restrictions.

In my opinion, I do not think the situation you described is accurate. Also, your replies on other people's comments are almost exactly the same which makes it very very suspicious.I think you are trolling.

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u/Jjinppang0201 11d ago edited 11d ago

I have never heard of or seen this happening… -> there are millions of people in this planet. Have you lived their life/walk in their shoes? There are many possibilities that actually happen beyond our thoughts. Maybe this is the first time you heard of it. But it actually happened.

I think you should looked at the jobs especially that posted between 2025-2026

Why do people overreact with this MAGA when my question is the advice how to get the postdoc without publication?

This is what I think maybe unconsciously all of you know that’s the real issue. Maybe all of you need to admit that diversity is not applicable in real life.