KU Leuven, Belgium invites multiple online application for Postdoctoral Fellowships in various research areas. Candidates interested in Postdoctoral Fellowships can check the details and may apply as soon as possible.
1. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
In the Exercise Physiology Research Group, we aim to understand how exercise, nutrition and pharmaceutical compounds affect muscle plasticity, to eventually improve muscle degeneration in clinical populations and the athletic performance in athletes.
Application Deadline: February 15, 2023
2. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Single-cell omics aim at charting the different types and properties of all cells in the human body in health and disease. Over the past years, myriads of cellular phenotypes have been defined by methods that mostly required cells to be dissociated and removed from their original microenvironment, thus destroying valuable information about their location and interactions. Growing insights, however, are showing that such information is crucial to understand complex disease states.
Application Deadline: March 15, 2023
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3. Postdoctoral Position
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A postdoctoral position in the field of Spatial Biology is available at the KU Leuven Center of Human Genetics in the laboratory of Prof. Thierry Voet. You will join a multidisciplinary team that develops and applies single-cell and spatial (multi-)omics methodologies to investigate cellular heterogeneity in human development, ageing and disease biology. In addition to pioneering single-cell multi-omics measurements of dissociated single cells, the group of Prof. Voet is also establishing a comprehensive platform for spatial transcriptomics analyses.
Application Deadline: March 28, 2023
4. Postdoctoral Position
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The Biosensors group (Division MeBioS) within the Biosystems department (Group of Science, Engineering and Technology of KU Leuven) is looking for a Research Expert in the field of biosensors for in vitro diagnostics and life science research tools. The Research Expert will support the research line of the Biosensors group with respect to biosensing tools for improving the current in vitro diagnostics fields (e.g. infectious diseases, cancer, neurodegenerative disorders) as well as life science research tools (e.g. for single cell analyses). As such, the Research Expert will work at the interface between biology and technology.
Application Deadline: February 22, 2023
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5. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Based on our previous work (Science, 2019, 365(6454), 679-684), you will explore synthetic procedures to integrate poly/single crystalline metal halide perovskite thin films on a MEMS-based lab-on-chip electro-mechanical testing platform (prof. Hosni Idrissi, UCL) and study the impact of strain on the optoelectronic properties using advanced spectroscopic techniques (micro PL, Raman, absorbance). Besides the fundamental understanding, you will also explore the integration of the strained MHP materials in a photodetector.
Application Deadline: March 3, 2023
6. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The multidisciplinary Leuven Neurotrauma Research Group (L’NRG) at Biomedical Sciences consists of a close collaboration of the internationally renowned research teams of Experimental Neurosurgery and Intensive Care Medicine. The group is composed of academic and research staff and combines an animal research laboratory and a large intensive care unit (67 beds, over 3,000 admissions of critically ill patients including neurological and neurosurgical patients), both located at the Health Sciences Campus Gasthuisberg in Leuven. L’NRG has established a cranial window porcine model for the study of cerebrovascular autoregulation (patho)physiology and holds a tradition in applying computational techniques in secondary insult monitoring and prediction modeling in acute brain injury.
Application Deadline: April 14, 2023
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7. Postdoctoral Position
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The laboratory for Disease Mechanisms in Cancer (KU Leuven, Belgium) is looking for a motivated postdoctoral researcher, to perform research on the biology of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) within the framework of a research consortium consisting of 5 Belgian research teams. T-ALL hijacks normal T-cell development pathways to cause a malignant disease. From the numerous studies on the genomic changes that occur in T-ALL, it is clear that chromatin structure, transcription and translation are major processes that are deregulated in T-ALL.
However, how specific mutations cooperate and interact to change the cellular mRNA and protein metabolism remains poorly studied. In this project, we aim to deconvolute T-ALL development at single-cell resolution in accurate mouse models of T-ALL by mapping chromatin, transcriptional and protein changes from the early stages of leukemia initiation to the progression towards acute disease.
Application Deadline: March 20, 2023
8. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group is currently hiring a postdoctoral candidate. The Movement Control and Neuroplasticity Research Group, Department of Movement Sciences, Group of Biomedical Sciences, KU Leuven, consists of a multidisciplinary team of international scientists adhering to an integrated behavioral and neuroscientific research strategy, focusing on experimental studies in motor control and training-induced neuroplasticity. Use is made of non-invasive medical imaging techniques to study brain structure, function and connectivity in the context of motor behavior in healthy as well as pathological conditions.
Application Deadline: March 6, 2023
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9. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
We are offering a Postdoc position in the framework of a bacterial synthetic biology research project. We are looking for a motivated candidate with experience in systems biology and bioreactor process modelling. You will work with Prof. Kristel Bernaerts (Division of Chemical and Biochemical Reactor Engineering and Safety, KU Leuven) and will be guided in collaboration with Prof. Abram Aertsen (Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven) and Prof. Steffen Waldherr (Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna). You will be part of a young team of researchers working on the project.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2023
10. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our team carrying out research on 2D materials (graphene, MoS2, hBN…) and topological materials (topological insulators, Weyl semimetals…). You will be part of the Quantum Solid State Physics section of the department of Physics and Astronomy of the KU Leuven. You will join several other postdoctoral researchers, PhD students and staff carrying out experimental research on condensed matter physics. You will have access to a wide range of in-house experimental facilities, in particular our scanning probe microscopy lab, as well as international large-scale facilities (e.g. synchrotron facilities such as ESRF).
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
11. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Political knowledge is an important pillar of a healthy democracy. However, rapid changes in the digital information environment have contributed to a growing number of uninformed, misinformed or selectively informed citizens. This project not only aims to better understand the causes of missing, incorrect, or selective political knowledge, but also investigates the effects of possible solutions. More specifically, it studies a number of key strategies to reduce the negative consequences of young people’s lack of or poor use of media and information through social media influencers and fact-checking interventions.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2023
12. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
This work will be carried out under the supervision of Prof. Simon Kuhn. The research group is specifically interested in Transport Processes and Reactions, with expertise centered on experimental and computational aspects of transport limitations in chemical engineering applications, and their scale-up from lab to production scale. We exploit microreaction technology for the continuous manufacturing of fine chemicals, and to efficiently integrate non-conventional and green energy sources (e.g. ultrasound, photo- and electrochemistry) to achieve sustainable processes. The rational approach of combining numerical and experimental techniques contributes to reactor design toolboxes for process intensification.
Application Deadline: April 1, 2023
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13. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Dysregulation of Ca2+ handling is a key feature and a mediator of the pathophysiology of cardiomyocytes in heart failure and ageing. We have an open post-doc position to investigate Ca2+ signalling between InsP3R, RyRs and connexin hemichannels in ventricular arrhythmias in human heart failure and ageing. This position builds on recent our recent identification of a contribution of Ca2+ release via RyRs to the activation of connexin hemichannels (De Smet et al., JCI 2021) and of InsP3R-RyR crosstalk (Jin et al., BRIC 2022) in arrhythmia generation. In this project, we will extend our analysis to probe how InsP3R signalling is involved in hemichannel opening and the conditions under which this pathway is engaged.
Application Deadline: March 6, 2023
14. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
We are looking for a researcher experienced in the philosophy of biology, particularly evolutionary and/or developmental biology, or related fields. The researcher will join the FWO-funded project, “Biological Trait Identity: Modularity, Levels, and Adaptation.” This is a full-time position with some teaching duties. The postdoc will be a part of the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science at KU Leuven and will be expected to participate in its activities. Please read on for a more detailed description of the project, the position, and the application procedure.
Application Deadline: March 30, 2023
15. Postdoctoral Position
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The Centre for mathematical Plasma-Astrophysics (CmPA) of the KULeuven has received funding from the Belgian federal government (DEFRA project AIDefSpace) to study and develop modern AI/ML techniques to detect and forecast dangerous activity in space weather, considering ionosphere, maghnetosphere and solar active regions. We are processing different data sources relative to the ionosphere and the magnetosphere and high-resolution magnetograms and multi-spectral images of the Sun.
Using advanced machine learning techniques, we want to make nowcasts and forecasts of space weather and discover signatures of flaring activity and other potentially dangerous conditions. The tools developed will be compared to existing models and proposed as new services for the Belgian and European space weather centres.
Application Deadline: March 31, 2023
16. Postdoctoral Position
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We invite motivated candidates to apply for postdoctoral positions as part of the 6-year Synergy Grant 4D-STAR, a transnational project funded by the European Research Council. 4D-STAR will develop new theory and open-source modules to simulate the evolution of rotating magnetic stars in 3 spatial and 1 time dimension, calibrated by asteroseismic observables of single and binary stars, as well as by star clusters. To reach the 4D-STAR goals, we will integrate four teams led by asteroseismologist Conny Aerts at KU Leuven (Belgium), theoretical astrophysicst Stéphane Mathis at CEA-Saclay (France), astrophysical fluid dynamicist Michel Rieutord at Toulouse (France), and stellar evolution software developer Aaron Dotter at Dartmouth College (USA).
Application Deadline: March 24, 2023
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17. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
This position is embedded in a project that brings together the CSI lab with a translational immunology focus (led by Prof. Abhishek D. Garg), and PharmAbs with an antibody development focus (managed by Dr. Nick Geukens). The CSI lab focusses on the following research themes: cancer immunology & immunotherapy, immunology of cancer cell death, immune cell biology, computational immunology, and multi-omics biomarkers for clinical immuno-oncology. The CSI lab aims to specialize in reverse translational approaches to hasten progress in immuno-oncology and help improve therapeutic outlook for cancer patients, in close collaboration with leading researchers, immunologists, and oncologists.
Application Deadline: April 7, 2023
18. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
‘BELpREG’is a recently established interdisciplinary initiative to enhance pregnancy-related data registration and research on medication use during pregnancy (see www.belpreg.be). BELpREG is a unique “citizen science” project in Belgium, consisting of online questionnaires that are completed by women during pregnancy and after childbirth. In this way, BELpREG facilitates the collection of real-world data on medication use during pregnancy and mother-infant health outcomes. The collected data will eventually serve to perform (collaborative) medication use and safety studies in this population.
Application Deadline: February 17, 2023
19. Postdoctoral Position
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The KU Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), the KU Leuven Brain Institute (LBI) , and the KU Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO) have jointly established a state-of-the-art spatial multiomics platform, which is already revolutionizing our understanding of healthy (e.g. development) and diseased tissues (e.g. cancer and neurodegenerative diseases). The upscaling of integration and analysis of spatial multiomics data now requires a concerted effort, for which we are currently recruiting a dedicated team of data scientists consisting of closely collaborating bioinformaticians, software developers, a data manager and an AI specialist. Scientific context: Single-cell omics aim at charting the different types and properties of all cells in the human body in health and disease.
Application Deadline: March 15, 2023
20. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
DistriNet is an international research group with extensive expertise in secure & distributed software. Embedded in the Department of Computer Science of KU Leuven, Group Science, Engineering and Technology, DistriNet brings together a substantial critical mass of over 100 researchers, including 16 full-time professors, 10 permanent research staff members, 14 postdoctoral researchers, and about 80 PhD researchers.
The conducted research is systems-centric, always application-driven and often performed in close collaboration with industry. The know-how of DistriNet formed the basis of multiple spin-off companies. The dominant expertise of DistriNet focuses on Secure Software, covering applications, services, middleware and systems, infrastructures, methods and tools.
Application Deadline: March 31, 2023
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21. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research (LTBCR), headed by Prof. Christine Desmedt, has three main research axes. Firstly, the LTBCR aims at unraveling the breast cancer-adiposity connection. There is a growing proportion of overweight and obese women and the impact of adiposity (having a body composition with a high proportion of adipose tissue) on breast cancer is a growing major medical concern. However, personalized breast cancer treatments have largely neglected the impact of adiposity on its biology, progression and treatment efficacy. In the lab, using state-of-the-art technologies, we aim at identifying potential strategies to tailor breast cancer treatment according to adiposity.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2023
22. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Postdoctoral fellow position is open within the Group of Smart Responsive Separation with Hybrid Processes at KU Leuven under the supervision of Prof. dr. Xing Yang. We also form part of the larger Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems (ProcESS) group at the Department of Chemical Engineering with expertise in process intensification, multiphase microfluidics, use of alternative energy sources and membrane technology.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2023
23. Postdoctoral Position
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A postdoc position is available the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Research Unit, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven. The host laboratory is using a translational approach to understand immune and inflammatory profiles in upper and lower airway diseases, with a specific focus on the respiratory epithelium. Towards this aim, we are interested in understanding how airway basal cell control epithelial homeostasis, and which gene networks govern cell fate decisions induced by (non)-inflammatory signals giving rise to defective epithelial barriers.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2023
24. Postdoctoral Position
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The Robot Assisted Surgery (RAS) group is a growing (>20 PhD’s and >4 postdocs), dynamic, multi-disciplinary research group focusing on surgical robotics, medical devices, haptics, virtual and augmented reality. The group has links with micro-precision manufacturing, mechanical design, robotics, smart instrumentation and biomedical research groups in the department of mechanical engineering. Over the years (RAS was founded in 2001 by Prof. H. Van Brussel), the group has collected a unique research infrastructure. The group maintains tight and multiple collaborations with UZ Leuven, the largest (university) hospital in Belgium, which is located at 10 minutes ride (bicycle) of the department.
Application Deadline: April 28, 2023
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25. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
In this project, the role of small open reading frames (smORFs) and their protein products (smORF-encoded polypeptides (SEPs)) will be investigated during lager beer fermentation using state-of-the-art genomic and proteomic approaches. SEPs are classified as polypeptides with less than 33 amino acids and unlike other small proteins/peptides, SEPs are not derived from longer precursors but arise directly by translation of smORFs. Over the last years, SEPs have been increasingly shown to be involved in fundamental biological regulatory functions. However, there are major computational hurdles to identify smORFs (and SEPs) from genome sequences and as such they are detected when expressed in situ.
Application Deadline: March 6, 2023
26. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Centre for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics (website) of KU Leuven (Belgium) offers a 2-year postdoctoral position in computational plasma physics, starting in autumn 2023. The CmPA is a dynamic, diverse, and international welcoming environment pursuing a broad variety of research topics. In the context of a newly created research group, we seek a junior researcher (<3 years postdoc experience) to carry out kinetic (Particle-in-Cell, PIC) simulations of astrophysical plasmas.
The precise scientific goals are flexible and can be agreed upon based on the candidate’s interests, but there is ample ground for diverse applications to astroplasmas both in the Newtonian (e.g., heliospheric environments) and relativistic (e.g., surroundings of compact objects, supernovae, etc.) regimes. Applications are accepted until the end of February 2023, but selection will continue until a suitable candidate is found.
Application Deadline: March 1, 2023
27. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The waste heat potential in Europe is huge and about 20% of thermal energy demand has a temperature between 100-200°C. Waste heat recovery is recommended to increase energy efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions of energy intensive industrial sectors. High temperature heat pumps that can reach temperatures up to 200°C find an interesting application potential in such heat recovery in industrial processes. Our research group, belonging to the Mechanical Engineering Department and located at the KU Leuven campus in Geel, works on these topics and strive to continuous innovation in the field. It is also linked to the research activities in Energyville.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2023
28. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Center for mathematical Plasma Astrophysics (CmPA) at KU Leuven and the COOLFluiD team are looking for a qualified individual for continuing the development of a high-order Flux Reconstruction (FR) solver for modeling aerothermodynamics and laminar-to-turbulent transition in hypersonic flows, within the framework of a project titled “A new-generation high-order Flux Reconstruction solver to model aerothermodynamics and transition for hypersonic vehicles”, funded by the FWO (Flemish Science Foundation).
Application Deadline: May 31, 2023
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29. Postdoctoral Position
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowship:
The Robotics Research Group at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Division of Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM), has pioneered robotics research in Europe since the mid-1970s. The group was among the first to develop active force feedback for assembly operations. Already in 1980 it developed learning insertion algorithms based on stochastic automata. It has covered virtually all aspects of sensor-based robotics, from the high-level task specification down to low-level sensor-based control, and applied the research results in a variety of industrial applications.
Application Deadline: February 28, 2023
