Vacatures Life Science Research - Leiden

PhD position in Predicting and testing reaction barriers on metal surfaces The Faculty of Science of Leiden University and the Leiden Institute of Chemistry are looking for a PhD student to perform research aimed at advancing the understanding of dissociative chemisorption reactions on metal surfac...

The Faculty of Science and the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) are looking for a: PhD Candidate in Explainable NLP for Regulatory Compliance Detection Are you passionate about Explainable AI (XAI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP)? Join our interdisciplinary team on compl...

Naturalis is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow to study benthic meiofauna taxonomy. About us Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden is the National Biodiversity Center for biodiversity and systematics. We host over 120 researchers, including 15 academia-embedded professors, 50 PhD students and 20...

Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity Governance (1 fte) We are looking for an assistant professor with research and teaching expertise in the societal aspects of Cybersecurity. The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) is looking to appoint an assistant professor who is specialized, or de...

PhD Positions in Political Science/Conflict Studies/African Studies (two full-time positions, each 1.0 fte) The Institute of Political Science of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences invites applications for two fully-funded four-year full-time PhD positions, starting in September 2025, t...

PhD Vacancy, Leiden Institute of Chemistry and Leiden Institute of Physics “Noise and correlations in electrochemistry” Disciplines: physical chemistry, condensed matter physics or nanoscience The research project This PhD project aims at investigating the fundamental processes in nanoscale elec...

Join us to create state-of-the-art metabolic and bioprocess models to capture the impact of reactive oxygen stress on process performance – and contribute to robust scale-up of bioprocesses. Job description Among the many challenges faced by the growing bioeconomy, scaling biological systems to co...

Do you want work on the future of electricity markets? Do you have solid quantitative and analytical skills that you want to develop further in an international setting? Job Description The 2022 energy crisis in Europe made painfully clear that electricity markets leave consumers exposed to extre...

Job description Research in the van der Sar lab: Our lab studies how interacting charges and spins move through materials at the micro-to-nano-scale. To this end, the lab has developed a technique for imaging spin waves – microscopic waves in magnetic materials - based on magnetic sensing with n...

As a Molecular Biology Research Technician in bottom-up construction of synthetic cells at TU Delft, you’ll play a critical role in establishing our new semi-automated pipeline for chromosome and genome assembly. Job description To gain a fundamental understanding of what life is and how to build ...

Aneoribic fermentation in dairy processes is a key step in a.o. yoghurt production. The key challenge the industry faces is with scalability & consistency. This project aims to develop a process model. Job description In this position the candidate will work closely with the industrial partner. Th...

Do you want work on the future of hydrogen markets? Do you have solid quantitative and analytical skills that you want to develop further in an international setting? Job Description A future climate-neutral energy system will rely on renewable electricity and hydrogen. While the EU produced more...

Contribute to the safe and reliable future of nuclear energy within the inspiring and supportive work environment of the TU Delft Reactor Institute Job description Are you passionate about advancing the safety, sustainability, and reliability of nuclear energy? We are seeking a dedicated researche...

Would you like to perform a mixture of experiment and theory to explore how algae sense light? Job description Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are a photosynthetic algae that rely on light for photosynthesis and therefore survival. They detect light with a single eyespot that changes position during the...

We are seeking a motivated PhD student to use single-molecule techniques and computational tools to explore molecular interactions and apply them for therapeutic applications. Job description We are looking for a PhD student passionate about understanding molecular mechanisms in biological systems...