Are you looking to take your education and career to the next level? Do you have a passion for research and a desire to make meaningful contributions to your field of study? If so, a Postdoctoral Fellowships may be the perfect choice for you.
Attention all aspiring scholars and researchers! The University of Twente, Netherlands is accepting applications for our prestigious funded PhD programs. Apply to the University of Twente’s PhD program today and take the first step towards a rewarding and fulfilling academic career.
1. PhD Program in IC Design group
About PhD Position
Professor Bram Nauta’s Integrated Circuit Design (ICD) group focuses on various aspects of analog and Radio Frequency (RF) Integrated Circuits (IC). The group’s motto is “fundamental solutions for practical problems” and under this vision, it has contributed many fundamental new ideas in circuit design. The IC Design group has made high-impact inventions in analog filters, thermal noise cancelling amplifiers, ultra-low power analog to digital converters, software-defined radio, mixer-first receivers, N-path filters and sub-sampling phase locked loops. The group is a world leader and initiator of many new research directions which also find their application in industrial products. The group has a strong collaboration with the global semiconductor industry.
Application Deadline: 30 Jun 2023
2. PhD Program in Surgical Robotics
About PhD Position
Minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized medicine by enabling interventions without large incisions, thereby significantly improving clinical outcomes. Such surgical techniques include insertions of needles, catheters, and micro-robots. For effective medical diagnosis and treatment, the device must reach its intended target. In order to increase the targeting accuracy of the procedure and improve clinical outcomes, the goal of this research project is to develop methods for modeling and controlling a range soft/flexible surgical devices and medical microrobots, as they interact and navigate through the body. Techniques would be developed to track and control the path of the novel devices using images (MR and ultrasound imaging modalities).
Application Deadline: 30 Jun 2023
3. Multiple PhD Program in smart manufacturing solutions for high-tech application areas
About PhD Position
In this role, you will work closely with academic and industry partners to develop innovative digital supported technologies and methods for the design and operation of future manufacturing. Examples are the development of digital twins of machines or whole factories, machine learning based process design and control or the establishment of innovative production technologies. You will deal with future oriented high tech application fields such as the manufacturing of batteries, elektrolysers, innovative biomed products, or semicon production equipment.
Application Deadline: 2 Jun 2023
4. PhD Program in Nano-scale characterization of interfaces between electrolyte
About PhD Position
As a PhD student you will develop and use AFM-based spectroscopy to nanoscopically characterize the interfaces between electrolyte, semiconductor- and cocatalyst-nanoparticles under photocatalytic operating conditions (e. g. in liquid, under applied bias and illumination) and to establish surface property-catalytic activity correlations. Atomic scale surface structure, charge density, hydration state and morphology are assessed using amplitude modulation AFM. To elucidate the catalytic performance at the nanoscale, conductive and electrochemical AFM will be used. These methods should reveal correlations between topographic and catalytic activity via current mapping, and identify the underlying charge transport mechanism via local IV-spectroscopy.
Application Deadline: 1 Jun 2023
5. PhD Program in Artificial Microswimmers: Unravelling 3D Real-Space Dynamics
About PhD Position
We are happy to announce a fully funded Ph.D. position in the cutting-edge field of active soft matter, focusing on developing artificial microswimmers capable of autonomous motion and transport in 3D. We are looking for a highly motivated and curiosity-driven person who enjoys conceptual thinking and is passionate about learning new concepts and doing original research.
Application Deadline: 20 Jun 2023
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6. PhD Program in Engineered Therapeutics
About PhD Position
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancer types with a dismal 5-year survival rate of less than 8%. One major problem with pancreatic cancer is the poor tumor delivery of chemotherapy which leads to treatment failure. This project aims to develop specific hydrogel formulation combining different therapeutics to be injected locally in the pancreatic tumor. The developed formulations will be tested in advanced 3D in vitro models, as well as in vivo mouse tumor models. The project will be performed at University of Twente in collaboration with industrial partners OncoLize BV and ScarTec Therapeutics BV and researchers from Leiden University Medical Centre.
Application Deadline: 31 May 2023
7. PhD Program in Applied Stem Cell Technologies
About PhD Position
You will use human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived organoids of the brain, intestine and vagus nerve cultured onto a microfluidic chip to investigate key molecular aspects of human physiology and Parkinson’s disease. Under the supervision of a highly skilled post-doctoral scientist and in collaboration with other groups at the University of Twente you will use existing differentiation procedures to create brain stem, intestinal and vagus nerve organoids from pluripotent stem cells. Following their generation, you will culture them into home-manufactured microfluidic devices and validate the identity, stage of maturation, and functional activity of the organoids using biomarker (protein and mRNA) expression, imaging, epithelial barrier integrity and electrophysiological read-outs.
Application Deadline: 31 May 2023
8. PhD Program in Advanced engineering of human pumping heart tissues
About PhD Position
The aim of the presently available PhD-position is to generate key cardiac cell-types from human iPS cells for the engineering of a functional pumping mini-heart. You will therefore work on the multidisciplinary interface of stem and cardiac cell biology, molecular engineering, materials science and microengineering. This will develop a wide skill set which will include tissue engineering, induced pluripotent cell culture and differentiation, CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing, microfabrication, 3D printing, assay development and writing high impact scientific publications.
Application Deadline: 31 May 2023
9. PhD Program in Self-organization of human miniature hearts (cardiac organoids)
About PhD Position
The prospective PhD candidate will collaborate with team members who are specialized in bioengineering (Twente), transcriptomics, proteomics and computational biology (Nijmegen, Twente) as part of a recently awarded NWO OC-ENW-XL Consortium “HeartEngine”. The PhD candidate position is available immediately. In this project we will use innovative ultra-high throughput in-air-microfluidics for the generation of functional cardiac organoids that display self-organization and patterning, comparable to the human heart. As a member of the team, you will be involved in the generation of human pluripotent stem cell fluorescent reporter lines using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, differentiation of hPSC to multi-layered cardiac organoids using in-air-microfluidics. You will use high content imaging to study the self-organization and molecular regulation of cardiac organoids.
Application Deadline: 31 May 2023
10. PhD Program in Advanced Bioadhesives for Lung Tissue
About PhD Position
The aim of the presently available PhD-position is to develop and incorporate various lung adhesive moieties onto crosslinkable polymer backbones and perform analytical, rheological, tissue adhesive, and cytocompatibility studies on the resulting materials. After lead candidate selection, you will collaborate with a cell biologist from University Medical Centre Groningen to determine preclinical performance of the resulting adhesive biomaterial. You will therefore work on the multidisciplinary interface of polymer chemistry, materials science, tissue engineering, and minimally invasive lung treatment. This will develop a wide skill set which will include synthesis of modified polymers, hydrogel development, biomaterials characterization, rheological expertise, and cell culture and differentiation as well as writing of high impact scientific publications.
Application Deadline: 31 Jul 2023
11. 02 PhD Program in wireless networked intelligence for the Xcarcity project
About PhD Position
Increasing housing density and decreasing space for transport infrastructure and private parking are threatening the sustainable accessibility of urban regions. Potential smart mobility solutions consist of flexible combinations of walking and cycling, shared electric vehicles, transport hubs, freight delivery and traffic management – but we lack the modelling tools to test these solutions.
Application Deadline: 29 May 2023