Doctoral Researcher in Bacterial Cellulose Biosynthesis and Advanced Materials KU Leuven in Belgium

KU Leuven’s LMVGT and ADVANTAGE labs are recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Advanced Viral Vector Technology & Bioprocess Development for a fully funded 3-year project starting in Q3 2026 . This opportunity is centered on gene therapy , viral vector technology , viral vector engineering , bioprocess development , lentiviral and retroviral vector production , virus-like particles (VLPs) , and CRISPR gene editing . The project aims to develop scalable manufacturing platforms that support rare...

KU Leuven in Belgium is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position in the research group of Prof. Simon Kuhn in the Department of Chemical Engineering. The project is part of the ERC Advanced Grant CrystalControl and focuses on continuous crystallization , computational fluid dynamics (CFD) , OpenFOAM , particle simulations (DEM) , multiphase flow modeling , crystallizer design and scale-up , and process intensification for continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing . This is a re...

KU Leuven’s Department of Chemical Engineering is advertising multiple research openings in chemical engineering , with topics centered on continuous crystallizer design , secondary nucleation , primary nucleation , pharmaceutical crystallization , and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) . The post includes one postdoctoral position and two PhD openings (refs. BAP-2026-365 and BAP-2026-350 ), plus an additional vacancy for Continuous Crystallizer Design (CFD) (ref. BAP-2026-366 ). These projects ...

Ghent University invites applications for a full-time doctoral fellow position in the Department of Materials, Textiles and Chemical Engineering. This opportunity is ideal for candidates interested in advanced research in the mechanics of materials, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration and industry engagement. The department is renowned for its innovative research and close ties with companies, offering a dynamic environment for doctoral studies. The successful candidate wil...

Ghent University invites applications for a full-time doctoral fellowship in the Department of Solid State Sciences, embedded within the Conformal Coating of Nanomaterials (CoCooN) research group. The PhD project focuses on developing and exploiting novel experimental approaches to uncover the temperature dynamics of heterogeneous catalysts during thermo-catalytic CO2 conversion. This research is at the intersection of materials science, chemical engineering, chemistry, and physics, aiming to ad...