PhD Opportunities in Cancer Research in Belgium

Two PhD positions are open in biostatistics within the Eclosion Lab , focused on citizen-science biodiversity data . One project is at KU Leuven in Belgium and concerns biodiversity monitoring with citizen-science data (L-BioStat). The other is at Hasselt University in Belgium and focuses on ecological statistics for citizen-science data (CenStat). The research is supervised by Thomas Neyens and Maxime Fajgenblat . The advertised methodological focus is on Bayesian occupancy models and hierarchi...

Ghent University is advertising a PhD-level doctoral fellow position in micro-CT reconstruction using machine learning and implicit neural representations (INRs) . The project sits at the intersection of linear algebra , inverse problems , signal processing , computational imaging , and applied AI. The work is connected to the Image Processing and Interpretation (IPI) research group at Ghent University and the Radiation Physics group at the Center for X-ray Tomography (UGCT) , with additional co...

Ghent University is recruiting a PhD candidate in coastal engineering, river hydrodynamics, estuarine hydrodynamics, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) , and nature-based solutions for riverbank protection and habitat restoration. The position is part of the four-year RECRAFT project, which aims to develop innovative wave-attenuating structures, engineered riverbank profiles, reused dredged sediments, and vegetation-based protection to reduce hydrodynamic forces while supporting ecosystem recove...

Ghent University is recruiting for the ERC Starting Grant project LuMoCX , an interdisciplinary programme on the production of metals, oxygen, and construction materials from lunar regolith using solar energy. The project combines materials science , chemical engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , computational fluid dynamics , molecular dynamics , and experimental work on molten oxides and slag systems . There are openings for multiple PhD candidates and one postdoctoral researcher . ...

PhD opportunity at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium in experimental corrosion science, machine learning, and additive-manufactured metal alloys. The DurAMat Project is seeking a motivated doctoral candidate to join research supervised by Prof. Iris De Graeve and Prof. Reynier Revilla . The project combines materials science , corrosion science , additive manufacturing , metal alloys , and machine learning to study corrosion behaviour and generate experimental data that can support predi...

Hasselt University’s Brain, Exercise and Muscle Research Group is seeking outstanding PhD candidate(s) for an FWO PhD Fellowship application (Fundamental Research) for 2027. The project sits at the intersection of muscle physiology , resistance training , exercise physiology , and healthy ageing , with a particular focus on older adults. The research aims to study dose–response relationships in resistance training and their effects on muscle force–velocity characteristics, combining ex vivo asse...

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...

PhD opportunity at the University of Antwerp in renewable chemicals, organic synthesis, catalysis, and green chemistry. The Maes group in the Organic Synthesis (ORSY) research division of the Department of Chemistry is recruiting a PhD researcher to work on new synthetic methodologies that convert renewable feedstock into building blocks for the commodity and specialty chemicals industry. The project focuses on developing catalytic processes for biorenewable chemistry. A key part of the work is ...

VIB’s Laboratory of Causal Systems Immunology is recruiting a PhD student or postdoctoral researcher for an in vivo CRISPR screening project focused on immune-cell states , single-cell perturbation technologies , and systems immunology . The work sits at the intersection of experimental biology , computational biology , bioinformatics , and causal inference / probabilistic AI , with opportunities to work on either the dry-lab side, wet-lab side, or a hybrid profile. The lab is embedded in the VI...