PhD and Postdoc Positions in Plant Systems Biology for Climate Change Resilience and Disease Resistance KU Leuven in Belgium

KU Leuven is offering a postdoctoral position in plant systems biology for research on climate change resilience and disease resistance within the Division of Crop Biotechnics (Department of Biosystems). The position is hosted by the labs of Prof. Devang Mehta and Prof. Hervé Vanderschuren , who work in experimental plant systems biology and tropical plant biotechnology. The project environment includes access to long-read sequencing, proteomics mass spectrometry, and the Leuven Institute for Si...

Agricultural Research Farm Hand position at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia, supporting the Cotton Breeding Group and hands-on cotton research at the Australian Cotton Research Institute in Narrabri, NSW. This role focuses on Agriculture , with related interests in Biology and Environmental Science . The successful candidate will help develop improved cotton varieties for Australia’s cotton industry through field and glasshouse research, sowi...

KU Leuven is offering a PhD position in rhizosphere biogeochemistry within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Soil and Water Management Division, in the SPIRAL lab. The project focuses on how soil formation , root exudation , and free-living nitrogen fixers interact in the rhizosphere. A key research question is how plant-released carbohydrates and carboxylates influence microbial nitrogen fixation and the mobilization of molybdenum (Mo) , an essential cofactor for nitrogenase. ...

MSCA DN PhD Opportunity in Biopesticides and Biomaterials for Plant-Pathogen Interactions (SUSBIOCROP DC3) This PhD position is hosted by Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium, within the PhotoBiocatalysis department/group. The project is part of the SUSBIOCROP network and is funded through Horizon Europe - MSCA (Marie Curie Grant Agreement No. 101226772). It is a full-time , temporary doctoral position with an expected start date of 1 February 2027 . The research builds on a recent dis...

KU Leuven is advertising a PhD position in insect behavior , precision agriculture , and black soldier fly larvae research. The project focuses on how larvae respond behaviorally to different breeding and environmental conditions, and how these responses relate to growth, survival, physiology, and production performance. The doctoral project is part of EntoBOOST , a multidisciplinary collaboration involving KU Leuven, Ghent University, the University of Antwerp, the Università degli Studi dell'I...