PhD Opportunities in Food Science in Belgium

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. ...

Ghent University is advertising a PhD position in human-robot teamwork , human-robot collaboration , cobots , and Industry 5.0 within the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and the research group HRM, Strategy and Organization . The project, supervised by Professor Gosia Kozusznik and Professor Greet Van Hoye , examines how human-robot teamwork is experienced in daily work and under which conditions it supports worker well-being and performance . The research aims to understand psy...

PhD opportunity at Ghent University in Specialized Time-Sensitive Wireless Connectivity for Demanding Markets . The position is hosted in the Department of Information Technology within IDLab and the Intelligent Wireless Networking (iWiNe) team. The research sits at the intersection of wireless networking , time-sensitive networking (TSN) , deterministic communication , Wi-Fi , and 6G , with applications in industrial automation , robotics , professional audio/video, autonomous systems, and othe...

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...

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...

PhD opportunity in Environmental Science at Ghent University (UGent), Belgium, with related themes in Earth Science and Forestry and Agroforestry . The vacancy is listed as open and appears to be supported by Horizon Europe – ERC . The post indicates partial funding , but does not provide a stipend amount or full funding breakdown. Applicants are directed to apply via the official channels linked from the vacancy page, including the EU ERA Talent Platform and Ghent University’s doctoral applicat...