Ghent University, with support from its Special Research Fund (BOF), is offering PhD 'sandwich' scholarships for promising students from the Global South. These scholarships enable candidates to conduct half of their doctoral research at Ghent University in Belgium and the other half at a partner university in their home country. The program is open to all research fields, with preference for topics relevant to the North-South context, such as Pharmacognosy, Natural Products Chemistry, Food Chem...

The Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the Polymer Chemistry Lab under the supervision of Prof. Yves Geerts. The research focuses on the polymorphism of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), specifically the occurrence of multiple crystal structures in molecular crystals, which is highly relevant for pharmaceutical applications. The group is renowned for its work in the design, synthesis, processing, and characterization of advanced molecular mat...

This postdoctoral fellow position is offered within the Group of Membrane Engineering for Sustainable Solutions at KU Leuven, supervised by Prof. dr. Xing Yang. The Yang Research Group is renowned for its work on process intensification strategies, focusing on the design of low-emission and energy-efficient separation systems. The group leverages smart responsive materials, nano/micro-structured interfaces, and advanced process system engineering, including multi-scale numerical modeling, to dev...

KU Leuven, ranked among the world’s top 50 universities and recognized as Europe’s most innovative university, offers a PhD position in the Department of Materials Engineering at the Bruges campus. The campus is home to the Propolis research group, focusing on polymer processing, and the interfacial engineering research (iR) group, which is a multidisciplinary team working at the forefront of materials interfaces, including stimuli-responsive materials, energy storage, and carbon capture technol...

Ghent University’s Department of Applied Physics invites applications for a fully funded PhD fellowship in the Research Unit Plasma Technology (RUPT). This position focuses on the plasma-assisted development of advanced tissue engineering scaffolds, exploring how cold plasmas can be used to tailor surface chemistry, morphology, and introduce bioactive functionalities to create innovative scaffolds that support cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. The successful candidate will work ...

This fully funded PhD position at KU Leuven, in collaboration with the Belgian Nuclear Research Center (SCK CEN), focuses on optimizing the dissolution and chemical processing of fast reactor MOX (Mixed Oxide) fuel. The research will be conducted within the Radiochemistry (RCA) expert group at SCK CEN in Mol, Belgium, a leading center for nuclear materials research and radiochemical process development. The group specializes in the chemical and radiochemical analysis of nuclear materials, develo...

Ghent University’s Department of Applied Physics invites applications for a fully funded PhD position in the Research Unit Plasma Technology (RUPT). This interdisciplinary project focuses on the plasma-assisted development of advanced tissue engineering scaffolds, with a special emphasis on next-generation plasma-treated hydrogels for selective cancer therapy. The research aims to harness cold plasma technology to tailor surface chemistry and morphology, introduce bioactive functionalities, and ...

The University of Antwerp, a leading institution in Belgium, is offering a postdoctoral scholarship in preclinical radioligand development for theranostic applications. This position is hosted by the Center for Radiopharmaceuticals Antwerp (CREANT) and the Molecular Imaging Center Antwerp (MICA), both part of the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and multidisciplinary team focused on advancing cancer research through the development and evaluatio...

This PhD position at KU Leuven, in collaboration with the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK CEN), offers an exciting opportunity to advance the microstructure engineering of actinide refractory materials for the ISOL@MYRRHA day-1 target operation. The successful candidate will join the expert group on Physics and Target Research at SCK CEN in Mol, Belgium, and work under the daily supervision of Dr. João Pedro Fernandes Pinto Ramos and Dr. Beatriz Acevedo Muñoz, with Prof. dr. ir. Jozef Vleug...