Postdoc Opportunities in Food Science in Belgium

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 . ...

Vrije Universiteit Brussel is offering a full-time postdoc position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering within the ERC Starting Grant project ESCAPADE (“Energising the future with clean plasma-based technologies”, proposal number 101302707). The project sits at the intersection of plasma-assisted combustion , combustion chemistry, kinetic modeling, and predictive simulation for sustainable fuels. The research addresses a major challenge in the transition to low-emission energy systems: h...

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...

KU Leuven is advertising a Postdoctoral Researcher in Machine Learning for Personalised Healthcare at itec , a research group at KU Leuven and imec located on the Campus Kulak Kortrijk . The role sits in the AI and Machine Learning subgroup and focuses on methodological research in artificial intelligence , machine learning , statistics , and data science , with applications in personalised healthcare . The successful candidate will work on explainable, trustworthy, and human-centred AI methods ...

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...

KU Leuven is advertising a Postdoctoral Researcher in Protein Engineering position in the Pinheiro group, focused on enzymatic DNA synthesis and the engineering of a recently discovered hyperthermophilic polymerase with template-independent activity. The project aims to improve the enzyme through directed evolution and structure-guided design , with specific targets including terminator acceptance, coupling efficiency, and control over stepwise nucleotide addition. The successful candidate will ...

Postdoctoral researcher position in physical chemistry / nanotechnology at the University of Liège (ULiège), within the NANOCHEM group, Department of Chemistry and UR MolSys. The successful candidate will join the group of Prof. Anne-Sophie Duwez in the ERC Advanced Grant project ChemForce (Horizon Europe), focused on single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS). The research environment combines chemists and physicists working on AFM-based SMFS and optical tweezers-based SMFS, with access to in-ho...

A postdoc position is available in the group of Dr Damien Sluysmans at the University of Liège (NANOCHEM, Department of Chemistry, Belgium) in the framework of the NanoMuscles project funded by the FNRS . The research sits at the interface of physical chemistry, nanochemistry, biophysics, chemical physics, and molecular chemistry . The NANOCHEM / NanoChemistry & Molecular System group uses single-molecule techniques , AFM , and optical tweezers to investigate the operation of small synthetic mol...

Postdoctoral position in physical chemistry , nanochemistry , and single-molecule force spectroscopy at the University of Liege (Belgium), in the group of Dr Damien Sluysmans within NANOCHEM / the NanoChemistry & Molecular System group. The project, NanoMuscles , is funded by the FNRS . The team uses AFM , optical tweezers , and other single-molecule techniques to probe, trigger, and control individual molecules in chemistry and biology. The successful candidate will study the mechano-chemical p...