30 Fully Funded Doctoral Positions at Ghent University, Belgium

Ghent University, Belgium is seeking online applications for various Fully Funded Doctoral Positions at their different Departments. We have compiled a list of Fully Funded PhD opportunities presently available at Ghent University, Belgium.

Candidates that meet the requirements submit their applications as soon as possible.

About Ghent University, Belgium

Ghent University is an internationally renowned, open, pluralistic and socially engaged university in Belgium. Ghent University is an open, pluralistic and socially engaged university. It is more than 200 years old, offers more than 200 programmes (including 64 English-taught master's programmes) and conducts in-depth research within a wide range of scientific domains. Our organisational model provides autonomy for 11 faculties and their departments, supported by 9 central administrative departments.


30 Fully Funded Doctoral Positions at Ghent University, Belgium

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Doctoral Position: Doctoral fellow in Department of Translational Physiology, Infectiology and Public Health

We have one funded doctoral position (4 years) immediately available in the Laval lab. Based on exciting recent data and using the pig as a model, this project aims to examine how peripheral viral infections may trigger a rapid neuroinflammatory response in the peripheral and central nervous system (PNS/CNS) with long-term consequences (e.g., neurodegeneration) in the brain. This project is part of a Geconcerteerde Onderzoek Actie (GOA) project awarded to the lab by Ghent University. You hold Master in veterinary medicine.

Deadline: 30 June 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD researcher - Techno-economic analysis of data-enabled ecosystems based on Solid technology in Department of Information Technology

imec is a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. The combination of our widely acclaimed leadership in microchip technology and profound software and ICT expertise is what makes us unique. By leveraging our world-class infrastructure and local and global ecosystem of partners across a multitude of industries, we create ground breaking innovation in application domains such as healthcare, smart cities and mobility, logistics and manufacturing, and energy. Digital platforms are constantly gaining importance. Data is a valuable resource allowing building applications in different domains. Based on personal data even more added value can be created for end users. Collecting multi-modal mobility data on a cloud-based platform, for example, can enable a multitude of traffic management solutions. Under the supervision of a professor and a postdoc researcher in the team, you will prepare a PhD dissertation over duration of about 4 years. You perform cutting-edge research in the domain of techno-economic evaluation of digital platform ecosystems enabled by Solid technology. You hold a Master degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, IEOR or Commercial Engineering and Strong interest in economic evaluation of technological projects.

Deadline: 31 August 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD researcher: Understanding business models for sustainable local energy solutions in Department of Information Technology

The IDLab techno-economics team where this vacancy is offered consists of engineers and economists who are supporting decision makers by translating technological innovation into business opportunities and challenges in different application domains like smart cities, smart mobility and smart energy. The group aims at providing research insights that help companies and policy makers in their decision making. Our research aims to put forward methodology-backed insights that combine technical solutions with their expected economic impact like costs, benefits and related business models.
Business models for sustainable local energy solutions
Contemporary energy challenges lead to an increased importance of local energy solutions. The installation of local sustainable energy sources, like PV-panels, heat pumps, etc. can lead to lower dependence on fossil fuels. A good fit between local supply and local demand can lead to higher degrees of self-sufficiency for specific neighborhoods or communities and therefore a lower dependence on the energy grid. Electrical vehicles can be charged at off-peak times to allow for a lower peak usage. Intelligent solutions like smart optimization techniques can help to optimize all these decisions. Under the supervision of a professor and a postdoc researcher in the team, you will prepare a PhD dissertation over a duration of about 4 years. You perform cutting-edge research in the domain of techno-economic evaluation of smart energy solutions. You hold a Master degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering, IEOR or Commercial Engineering and Strong interest in economic evaluation of technological projects.

Deadline: 31 August 2023

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Doctoral Position: Doctoral fellow in Department of Geography

In this project, the student will have the opportunity to contribute to developing the ALARO regional climate model, particularly regarding its tropical precipitation performance. The ALARO model is one of the canonical configurations of the ALADIN system, embedded in the ACCORD consortium, which brings together 26 National Meteorological Services. It is specifically designed to target the convective grey zone (1 – 10 km grid spacing) and is used for operational numerical weather prediction and regional climate modelling. To evaluate the performance of ALARO, the student will make extensive use of the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility observations in the Amazon (GO Amazon), West Africa (AMMA) and Australia (Darwin, TWP). You hold a master’s degree in Physics, Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Engineering, or equivalent. You are skilled in programming in FORTRAN and Python (or equivalent) and have a good understanding of atmospheric physics.

Deadline: 01 June 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student - Magnetically driven material (re)organization in a reactor for intensified CO2 conversion in Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering

The aim of this 4-year project is to develop and optimize a reactor that utilizes magnetic fields for intensified CO2 capture and conversion. By employing time and spatially varying magnetic fields, materials with different functionalities and magnetic properties, are driven towards a specific spatial organization in the reactor, leading to an intensified CO2 conversion. This type of reactor is also referred to as a magnetic field assisted fluidized bed reactor (MAFB). The project will investigate the optimal magnetic fields and coil design required to achieve this behavior through a combination of experiments and computational modeling. You will work closely with fellow researchers who will model the reactor’s hydrodynamics, with inclusion of reaction kinetics. Moreover, they will obtain data by testing the experimental reactor in-situ to support the modelling results for the hydrodynamic and magnetic model. We are looking for a computationally oriented PhD student with a mechanical engineering degree (or equivalent) to join the MACBED team. The student will conduct experiments to obtain the magnetic characteristics of the materials and measure their resulting movement for specific magnetic fields using a magnetic targeting setup. 

Deadline: 01 June 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in PASTIME project in Department of Electronics and Information Systems

Within the framework of a newly funded ERC Consolidator Grant (PASTIME project), we are seeking several motivated PhD students in biophysical modeling. The students will perform theoretical and computational research using simulations at the molecular scale. In the PASTIME project, we will search for methodologies to study the kinetics of drug transport. Since experiments often are too expensive or lack sufficient detail, molecular simulations can give insight in the dynamics of drug binding to proteins, or the permeation kinetics of those drug molecules through membranes. While such computational methodologies exist, new fundamental developments are needed to understand the ‘time’ aspects and to make the computations feasible with present-day computer power. You have excellent skills in physics/mathematics (for method development) and you enjoy abstract thinking. You are skilled in scientific programming, data analysis, and dealing with large data (computational tools for generating and analyzing data of complex molecular systems), for instance with Python (or equivalent). Ideally, you have also knowledge in statistical physics, biophysics or material physics, programming, scientific communication.

Deadline: 15 April 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in Department of Languages and Cultures

For the department of Languages and Cultures (African Studies) at UGhent we are looking for 1 PhD candidate to do ethnographic research within the framework of the project ‘Green Science, Technology and Innovation from the South: an interdisciplinary, ethnographic study of organic pesticide production (pyrethrum) in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania’. You hold a Master's degree with academic distinction in Social and Cultural Anthropology, African Studies or an equivalent field of study (development studies, human geography, qualitative sociology)

Deadline: 15 April 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD vacancy in scheduling and control algorithms for future networks in Department of Information Technology

We imagine a future world of connected autonomously driving vehicles, AR/VR devices, smart clothing, cooperative robots in industry, or drones delivering packages at your doorstep. These applications are expected to be possible from novel techniques in wireless networking resulting into an increased spectrum, but also from the deep integration of the network with all types of computing power in the cloud and at the edge of the network. While all of this is possible in theory, many network control problems need to be solved under the hoods to make this possible: the topology consisting of all these different network segments must be discovered, routes must be found, and guarantees must be provided such that network communication can happen within (or less than) milliseconds. While already challenging on its own, this all must happen in a continuously changing environment, where people and devices move all the time. This gives rise to a wide number of optimization-related challenges in a highly distributed context. The research group is involved in several national and European research projects focusing on future networks and their ability to provide novel services on demand at high performance with strong guarantees. You hold a Master degree in Computer Science, Informatics, Mathematics or Physics.

Deadline: 31 August 2023

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Doctoral Position: Phd Student Machine Learning for engineering in Department of Information Technology

IDLab is a core research group of imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, with research activities at Ghent University. IDLab performs fundamental and applied research on data science and internet technology, and is, with over 300 researchers, one of the larger research groups at imec. The activities of the Ph.D. position are embedded in this stimulating environment with a focus on data-efficient machine learning (or surrogate modeling) techniques to solve complex and challenging engineering problems with use cases from various engineering disciplines such as electrical and mechanical engineering. You have (or will obtain in the next months) a master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Informatics, Engineering, or equivalent, with excellent ('honors'-level) grades and Experience with machine learning algorithmic approaches or frameworks (such as PyTorch, Tensorflow, GPFlow, etc.) is considered a plus.

Deadline: 30 June 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD student on computational modeling of ultrasound neuromodulation in Department of Information Technology

Ultrasound has gained attention in the last decade for the application of high-precision non-invasive neuromodulation. In contrast to existing electrostimulation technologies, ultrasound can reach deep targets with millimeter precision and without surgery. However, limited understanding of the mechanisms by which ultrasound interacts with neurons has hampered systematic neural engineering studies that aim to design ultrasound neuromodulation therapies for the treatment of brain and peripheral nervous system disorders. The offered PhD position is embedded within an international project, with the aim to develop an experimentally validated computational pipeline of ultrasound propagation and neuron-coupling for non-invasive peripheral nervous system stimulation. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates to perform research on the development of computational models of ultrasound-neuron coupling mechanisms (mechanosensitive ion channels, radiation force induced membrane bending, intramembrane cavitation, etc.). Candidates with a master’s degree in biomedical engineering, electrical engineering and physics engineering qualify for this research job.

Deadline: 30 June 2023

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Doctoral Position: Doctoral fellow in Department of Geology

The Research Group PProGRess/UGCT, is now looking for a highly-motivated applicant to fill a PhD position on conservation of building stones. Physical, chemical and biological weathering has a profound impact on the Earth’s landscape and on its building infrastructure. Rock and masonry are constantly damaged and disaggregated by chemical reactions, water infiltration and temperature changes. he key to manipulating weathering lies in understanding and controlling fluid flow within the internal pore structure of rocks and thereby influencing the related pore-scale processes. Within this PhD study new conservation techniques will be studied in order to contribute to stone conservation. The PhD candidate will engage in a trans-disciplinary international research environment by closely collaborating with the PProGRess/UGCT team of postdoctoral fellows and PhD students, at Ghent University as well as the research Team of Prof. Cnudde at Utrecht University, working on the VICI project BugControl. We are seeking a PhD candidate with a Master's degree in Geology. The applicant must have good practical lab skills and is ideally familiar with imaging techniques (optical microscopy, SEM) and has a strong interest in stone weathering and conservation.

Deadline: 31 March 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Vacancy Applied AI-researcher: Enrichment of heritage collections

For centuries data about our history and heritage has been kept secure by institutions such as museums, archives, and libraries. Today this data is very often kept in its original, fragile physical form e.g., books, paintings, herbariums, old tapes, newspapers, etc. If you want to join our team in opening up this data and to proving its relevance today, this job description might be for you! For this position we are looking for a motivated candidate for a PhD student position (1 year + 3 more years after positive evaluation) in the areas of applied AI, Computer Vision, and FAIR data. You hold master's degree with a strong focus on ICT (e.g., Master of Science in Computer Science Engineering, Master of Science in Informatics, Master of Science in Computer Science, or similar).

Deadline: 30 June 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

The current PhD position is available for a highly motivated candidate to work on a granted multi-disciplinary project within the research group of Prof. Mo Lamkanfi, and involving several other research groups at Ghent University. The main aim of the PhD project is to define molecular mechanisms regulating cell death induction by Gasdermin family members and to address their role in cancer and autoinflammatory diseases. In this regard, the PhD student will setup experiments using cutting-edge CRISPR-Cas9 genome-wide screening approaches and retroviral transduction technologies to discover and functionally knockout or tag potential genes that modulate lytic cell death activation in primary hematopoietic and epithelial cells of human and murine origin. In this project, we will also make use of advanced confocal microscopy, flow cytometry and mouse transgenesis to understand how lytic cell death contributes to inflammatory and neoplastic pathology. You hold an MSc/Masters’ degree in Biochemistry & Biotechnology, Bio-engineering, or equivalent related fields from a recognized university.

Deadline: 02 June 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD researcher in Techno - economic evaluation of 5G and drone-based solutions in Department of Information Technology

The Internet Technology & Data Science Lab (IDLab) is an imec research group at Ghent University and the University of Antwerp. IDLab focuses its research on internet technologies and data science. Bringing together more than 300 internet and data experts, we develop technologies outperforming current solutions for communication subsystems, high speed and low power networking, distributed computing and multimedia processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence and web semantics. IDLab has a unique research infrastructure used in numerous national and international collaborations. The IDLab techno-economics team where this vacancy is offered consists of engineers and economists who are supporting decision makers by translating technological innovation into business opportunities and challenges in different application domains like smart cities, smart mobility and smart energy. The group aims at providing research insights that help companies and policy makers in their decision making. Our research aims to put forward methodology-backed insights that combine technical solutions with their expected economic impact like costs, benefits and related business models.
You hold a Master degree in Computer Science, Computer Science Engineering, Electrical Engineering or IEOR.

Deadline: 30 September 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD vacancy on network architectures for high performance computing in Department of Information Technology

imec is a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. The combination of our widely acclaimed leadership in microchip technology and profound software and ICT expertise is what makes us unique. By leveraging our world-class infrastructure and local and global ecosystem of partners across a multitude of industries, we create groundbreaking innovation in application domains such as healthcare, smart cities and mobility, logistics and manufacturing, and energy. The Internet Technology & Data Science Lab (IDLab) is an imec research group at Ghent University and the University of Antwerp. IDLab focuses its research on internet technologies and data science. Bringing together more than 300 internet experts, we develop technologies outperforming current solutions for communication subsystems, high speed and low power networking, distributed computing and multimedia processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence and web semantics. IDLab has a unique research infrastructure used in numerous national and international collaborations. In these projects, the IDLab NetModel team is responsible for the design of novel routing and network control algorithms. The PhD research will encompass a very broad exploration of topologies in the link- and networking layer. This includes varying design parameters as well as comparing a range of multi-stage switching or multi-layer network architectures. The PhD research will also examine the design of network control algorithms in support of HPC workloads by involving the setup and scheduling of connections and/or broadcasting trees, considering the underlying (electrical or optical) network and the bandwidth, data access, and timing requirements defined by the applications. You hold a Master degree in Engineering, preferably Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Photonics and Strong mathematical and analytical skills for designing and implementing abstract models.

Deadline: 31 August 2023

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Doctoral Position: 2 PhD Fellows in Department of Structural Engineering and Building Materials

AFireTest is a 1.5 million EUR project funded by the European Research Council (ERC). Over a total period of 5 years, 3 PhD researchers and 2 post-doc researchers will jointly develop the next generation of fire testing. Current fire testing is based on standardized tests which do not provide in depth understanding of material behavior and the impact of design choices on the fire risk in buildings. Within the current PhD position, the information value of a fire test will be quantified. Glazing acts as a case study material. The PhD consists of (i) the development of an open-source database with reference uncertainties for fire-exposed glazing; (ii) predictive modelling of fire-exposed glazing (finite element modelling and experimental testing); (iii) model uncertainty quantification (comparison of simulations with experiments); and (iv) quantification of the information gain from fire tests (building upon the previous items). Applicants should have experience with (or should demonstrate the capability to learn): (i) fire exposure; (ii) finite element modelling; (iii) probabilistic calculations. Experience with glass modelling or testing is a plus. You hold a Master in Fire Safety Engineering; Master in Structural Engineering, or related field; Master in Engineering.

Deadline: 01 April 2023

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Doctoral Position: 2 Doctoral Fellows in Department of Structural Engineering and Building Materials

AFireTest is a 1.5 million EUR project funded by the European Research Council (ERC). Over a total period of 5 years, 3 PhD researchers and 2 post-doc researchers will jointly develop the next generation of fire testing. Current fire testing is based on standardized tests which do not provide in depth understanding of material behavior and the impact of design choices on the fire risk in buildings. Within the new concept to fire testing (Adaptive Fire Testing), test specifications will be set with a specific goal of maximizing the net information gained from the test, taking into account (i) the current state of knowledge; (ii) the goal of the assessment (e.g., material understanding vs building risk evaluation); and (iii) the costs of performing the test (including environmental costs). The current PhD position will focus on risk characterization and physics-based surrogate modelling (sometimes referred to as grey or hybrid machine learning). This PhD research is envisioned to result in (i) a breakthrough in the application of machine learning methods to fire engineering problems, by ensuring compatibility with physical constraints, and (ii) a computationally efficient ("physics-based") surrogate model for evaluation of the risk profile of buildings. Applicants should have experience with (or should demonstrate the capability to learn): (i) fire safety science and engineering; (ii) machine learning; (iii) risk evaluation. You hold a Master in Fire Safety Engineering; Master in Structural Engineering, or related field; Master in Engineering.

Deadline: 01 April 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD on Query Execution over Personal Genomics in Department of Electronics and Information Systems

Personal Genomics is now becoming a reality, thanks to the steadily increasing availability of affordable sequencing technology. Despite the great promise of genomics for personal health and precision medicine, most institutions, as well as individuals, are hesitant to share genomic data. Principal reasons are the risk of unethical handling of the data, for example leading to higher insurance costs at the level of individuals. Hence, the build-up of trust for sharing this highly sensitive, identifiable personal information is critical, individually, nation-wide, and internationally. Decentralization efforts such as Solid offer a solution to these problems. Solid allows users to be in full control over their own data, where applications need to ask them for permission to access their data, instead of the other way around. The combination of Solid and Genomics leads to “Genome Pods” where individuals can store their genome data inside a personal repository. Considering the massive scale of genomic data, major challenges arise when querying over this data, especially when it is distributed across multiple Genome Pods. The goal of this PhD is to investigate and design highly performant query execution algorithms, so that query-driven applications can offer valuable insights into this genomic data. You hold a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Informatics, ICT or related field and Proficiency of programming and analytics skills in Python, R, or JavaScript.

Deadline: 30 June 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in Department of Geography

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated PhD student to work on developing and evaluating regional climate models, focusing on extreme tropical precipitation (fully funded). Precipitation extremes have profound impacts on societies in the tropics, ranging from flooding to landslides and land degradation. Regional climate models are indispensable tools to assess present-day and future precipitation characteristics. In this project, the student will have the opportunity to contribute to developing the ALARO regional climate model, particularly regarding its tropical precipitation performance. The ALARO model is one of the canonical configurations of the ALADIN system, embedded in the ACCORD consortium, which brings together 26 National Meteorological Services. It is specifically designed to target the convective grey zone (1 – 10 km grid spacing) and is used for operational numerical weather prediction and regional climate modelling. To evaluate the performance of ALARO, the student will make extensive use of the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) User Facility observations in the Amazon (GO Amazon), West Africa (AMMA) and Australia (Darwin, TWP). You hold a master’s degree in Physics, Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Engineering, or equivalent. You are skilled in programming in FORTRAN and Python (or equivalent) and have a good understanding of atmospheric physics.

Deadline: 01 June 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing

Imec-IPI is looking for a qualified and motivated PhD student to work on sensor fusion for object detection and scene analysis. As a PhD student with IPI, you will be located at the TELIN offices at Campus UFO in Ghent. You will be offered an initial contract of 12 months, to be extended up a period of 4 years in total with the aim of obtaining a PhD. The research will be partly fundamental (furthering the state of the art) and partly applied. You will collaborate with international industrial partners while embedded in a university research team that is internationally recognized for its extensive expertise regarding sensor fusion for autonomous driving, traffic monitoring and industrial safety. In this research, we will research deep learning methods that combine the spatial feature extraction methods of traditional CNNs with novel descriptors operating over variable time windows. These concepts will be applied to and validated using multiple configurations of sensors including thermal and RGB cameras, lidar and radar. You will have the opportunity to work with international academic and industrial partners on use cases that include detection of hazards and wildlife at sea (which is often partially or entirely submerged) and autonomous vehicle perception under difficult circumstances. You hold a Master of Science degree in computer science, electrical engineering or equivalent. You possess strong knowledge of mathematics, probability theory, image processing, machine learning, and computer vision and are well versed in Python and/or C++. 

Deadline: 30 June 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Fellow in Department of Chemistry

Printed opto-electronics based on solution processable colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) can make available a much-needed small footprint, low cost and flexible platform for optical sensing, imaging and spectroscopy in the technologically relevant short and mid-wave infrared (IR) spectrum (1.5 μm – 5 μm). However, while this revolution took place in the visible spectrum, and is happening at the side of detection for infrared light, QD-based IR light source technology is currently expensive, lacking performance and is based on colloidal nanomaterials made of restricted chemical elements. You will work on expanding the size range of III-V colloidal quantum dots and developing doping strategies to realize n-type III-V QDs. A strong background in nano-materials chemistry is recommended. We will therefore explore a route towards ‘printable IR opto-electronics’ by investing in three interconnected scientific domains: chemistry, photo-physics and integrated photonics. In particular, your job will be to develop a new class of solution-processable semiconductors in the form of colloidal QDs based on non-restricted elements with efficient infrared light emission.

Deadline: 01 May 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Fellow in Department of Chemistry

Printed opto-electronics based on solution processable colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) can make available a much-needed small footprint, low cost and flexible platform for optical sensing, imaging and spectroscopy in the technologically relevant short and mid-wave infrared (IR) spectrum (1.5 μm – 5 μm). However, while this revolution took place in the visible spectrum, and is happening at the side of detection for infrared light, QD-based IR light source technology is currently expensive, lacking performance and is based on colloidal nanomaterials made of restricted chemical elements. Your job will be to develop your own advanced femtosecond spectroscopy setup, analyse completely novel nanostructured (1-10 nm) materials developed in the team and build photo-physical models to understand their behaviour on extreme, femtosecond, timescales. You will work on building custom advanced optical setups, using them to study nanomaterials and develop consequently photo-physical models for light-matter interactions in these nanostructured materials. This requires a strong background in nano-materials physics (semiconductor, quantum mechanics) and optics. Hence, a Msc degree in (Applied) Physics, Photonics Engineering or other relevant fields is required!

Deadline: 01 May 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in Department of Chemistry

Printed opto-electronics based on solution processable colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) can make available a much-needed small footprint, low cost and flexible platform for optical sensing, imaging and spectroscopy in the technologically relevant short and mid-wave infrared (IR) spectrum (1.5 μm – 5 μm). However, while this revolution took place in the visible spectrum, and is happening at the side of detection for infrared light, QD-based IR light source technology is currently expensive, lacking performance and is based on colloidal nanomaterials made of restricted chemical elements. Your job will be to develop light sources and photo-detectors on the silicon photonics platform in the infrared spectrum. This will involve clean-room processing, photonic chip design and measurements. Your PhD will be joint with the Department of Information Technology (Faculty of Engineering and Architecture). You will be part of a 6-person team – composed of chemists, physicists and engineers - focused on the same goal, to realize printable infrared opto-electronics. You will work at the cross-roads of . This requires a strong background in nano-materials physics (semiconductor, quantum mechanics) and optics. Hence, a Msc degree in (Applied) Physics, Photonics Engineering or other relevant fields is required!

Deadline: 01 May 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering

We have opened a vacancy for a PhD researcher position with the topic ‘Online efficiency maximization of drive trainsusing a Calorimeter in the loop’ under the supervision of Prof. Jeroen De Kooning and Prof. Kurt Stockman. The key novelty of the research is to use a Calorimeter in an iteration loop to obtain an accurately validated loss model, to quantify losses in dynamic operation and/or to optimize settings on the drivetrain. The main research challenges are to speed up the iteration process using new algorithms which make use of dynamic thermal modelling and Design of Experiments. In the past years, the research group in Kortrijk has built up critical expertise and laboratory infrastructure to support this PhD. You will work in the mechatronics research group at the campus Kortrijk. You will also work closely with industrial partners and Flanders Make, the research center for the Flemish manufacturing industry. You have a master degree in engineering, preferably in electromechanical, electrical, automation or control engineering.

Deadline: 16 April 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in Department of Applied Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics

Observational data is frequently used to draw causal inferences when a randomised trial is not feasible or ethical. The ‘target trial’ framework attempts to harness design principles from trials to improve the standard of observational epidemiology. Researchers are stimulated to first specify a hypothetical target trial, before trying to emulate it their data, in order to avoid common analytical pitfalls. This project will focus on several open methodological problems within the target trial framework, and will involve developing new models and estimation approaches for emulating target trials using observational data. The methods will be illustrated using case studies in collaboration with medical researchers at the Ghent University Hospital. You hold a Master in statistics, biostatistics, mathematics, computer science or equivalent.

Deadline: 14 April 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in Bioavailability of silver for freshwater organisms in Department of Animal Sciences and Aquatic Ecology

Silver (Ag) is a widely used antimicrobial compound with substantial releases to surface water that can be toxic to aquatic organisms in the nanogram per liter range. For this reason, the European Commission has recently listed Ag as a priority pollutant under the Water Framework Directive, and proposed an environmental quality standard (EQS) of 10 ng/L. As for other metals, it is known that certain water quality variables such as pH, and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration, can affect bioavailability and toxicity by more than 100-fold. However, there is a lack of experimental data and models to predict chronic silver toxicity to aquatic organisms. In this project you will combine experimental work (ecotoxicity tests, metal speciation measurements) with the development of bioavailability models (e.g., biotic ligand model, BLM). The ultimate aim is to have a toolbox with validated models that can predict chronic toxicity of silver to algae, invertebrates and fish, and which can be used to derive bioavailability-based EQS values. You hold a Diploma of Master of Science in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Technology, Ecotoxicology (or similar).

Deadline: 19 May 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in Department of Biotechnology

The continued spread of anti-microbial resistant bacterial pathogens together with a lag in the development of suitable antibiotic alternatives set the alarm bells ringing in public and animal health. The ImmunoKeys project (Merging immunology with synthetic biology to improve animal health: strain engineering for the production of structurally defined carbohydrates with immunomodulating properties) brings together experts in synthetic biology and animal immunology to engineer microbial cell factories capable of producing structurally well-defined chitooligosaccharides with optimal immunostimulating properties via an integrated Design-Build-Test-Learn (DBTL) cycle. The obtained knowledge will lay the foundation for the development of these glycans as innovative alternatives for antibiotics in animal health. You hold a Master degree in Bioscience Engineering, Biomedical Sciences, biotechnology or equivalent, completed before the start date of the position, with excellent grades and experience in the field of synthetic biology for microbial biotechnology will be greatly appreciated.

Deadline: 01 April 2023

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Doctoral Position: PhD Student in Department of Biomolecular Medicine

Applications are invited for a 4-year PhD fellowship, which will be conducted at the Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium.
The research project focusses on the study of molecular mechanisms underlying a group of inherited conditions caused by defects in five different enzymes necessary for proper assembly of the proteoglycan linker region and which are collectively called “linkeropathies”. In this project, knock-in zebrafish models will be generated and phenotypically characterized. Several genetic, transcriptomic, proteomic and glycomic approaches will be combined on relevant tissues to investigate and elucidate molecular pathways that are shared and/or different between these conditions to obtain a better understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms. You hold a Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering, Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences, Master of Science in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Master of Medicine in Medicine. You are willing to learn and adopt a variety of techniques of genetics, biochemistry, molecular biology and cell biology.

Deadline: 15 May 2023

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