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Scientific researcher (f/m/x) : PhD student Marine Mammal research (max. 48 months)

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS, Belgium) is recruiting a PhD student (M/F/X) in the context of marine mammal conservation and underwater acoustic research. The new collaborator will be engaged in ongoing marine mammal research within MARECO including the PUREWIND (https://www.jpi-oceans.eu/en/pure-wind) and SEADETECT (https://www.naval-group.com/en/launch-life-seadetect-project-led-naval-g...) projects, which started early 2023. These projects are funded through the European Union’s LIFE and JPI Oceans program respectively.

Context

The research group MARECO (Marine Ecology and Management, https://mareco-odnature-naturalsciences.be/), part of the Operational Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature) of the RBINS has in-depth expertise with regard to marine research in various research domains. MARECO attaches great importance to the link between research and policy support. MARECO contributes to environmental impact assessment, environmental status assessment and marine spatial planning. The team coordinates multiple environmental monitoring programs that assess the status of the marine environment and study the impact of human activities at sea. The team uses state-of-the-art research equipment, modern lab facilities and a new research vessel.

This vacancy is situated within the MARECO activities with regard to marine mammal conservation and underwater acoustic research, more specifically in contributing to the SEADETECT and PUREWIND projects which aim to quantify and mitigate human pressures on marine mammal populations.

Tasks

The focus of the new collaborator will be on (1) applying passive acoustic monitoring to determine the response of cetaceans to industrial activities, (2) contributing to project deliverables  and milestones, updating project partners and preparing reports for the EU funding agencies, (3) transferring knowledge and insights to national and EU policy frameworks.

Diploma

  • Master in Sciences or Bio-engineering Sciences or equivalent.

Technical competence

  • Ideally experience with, but at least great interest in, marine mammal research and conservation, and underwater acoustics;
  • Prepared to participate in fieldwork, (inter)national workshops, conferences and symposia.

Generic competence

  • Excellent organization skills for a successful and timely execution of tasks;
  • Open, collaborative and inclusive attitude;
  • Prepared to take initiative, but also to work in close collaboration with other consortia team members within and beyond RBINS.

Assets

  • Proficient knowledge of the English language.

We offer

  • A full-time position as a PhD student for 48 months.
  • A dynamic, challenging, varied and stimulating research environment.
  • Free public commuting and/or bicycle allowance.

Working place: RBINS Brussels (Vautierstraat 29 - 1000 Brussels)

How to apply

If interested, please send your motivation letter, CV and a copy of your diploma, with reference “PureWind” the latest by April 14th 2023 to Yolande Maes (ymaes@naturalsciences.be).

 For more information:

- Concerning the job content or working conditions: Dr Bob Rumes (brumes@naturalsciences.be, +32473251563)

- Concerning RBINS in general: https://www.naturalsciences.be

 Interviews with pre-selected candidates will take place from April 20th onwards.

Only applications that meet the profile and that are received in time will be taken into consideration.

Possible startdate: 1 juni 2023.

A Full-time position at University of Mons (50 % Post-doctoral Researcher) and Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (50 % SW2 – work leader) (f/m/x) Evolution of growth in tetrapods : heterochronic shifts and environmental influences

The Department of Geology and Applied Geology at the University of Mons (UMONS; Mons, Belgium) and the Operational Directorate ‘Earth & History of Life’ at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS; Brussels, Belgium) jointly offer a full-time position (Prf-2022-035 - Evolution of growth in tetrapods: heterochronic shifts and environmental influences) (each with an appointment of 50 %) in the context of the BELSPO FED-tWIN research programme (Programme of sustainable research cooperation between the Belgian federal scientific institutes and universities). The 50 % appointment at UMONS is a post-doc position. The 50% appointment at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences is a contract of indefinite duration as a work leader (salary scale SW2).

Context

The university of Mons (UMONS) is comprised of more than 700 researchers in 80 research units across its 10 faculties and schools. There are currently 10 autonomous research institutes in which the university is organised. Each institute brings together the expertise of many researchers from all the UMONS faculties and schools, with the scope of responding to societal needs and enhancing local economic and training development. The institution is the largest higher education and research community in the province of Hainaut. UMONS has strong international outlook by promoting scientific collaborations and synergies across the globe, hosting foreign students and researchers as well as supporting the mobility of its students and its researchers, particularly in European programmes such as ERASMUS. Through its research and close links with industry, UMONS is also plays an important role in regional development. The University is involved in numerous research programmes, both fundamental and applied, at a regional level but also at European and international levels. The university hosts collections of, among others, mineralogical and paleontological specimens that were collected back to the 19th century.
 

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) is one of the ten federal scientific institutions that are governed by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO). The institute aims to provide the scientific world, public authorities and civil society with good and relevant science, appropriate advice, opening up avenues of discovery in nature, its long history and its sustainable management. One in three people employed at the RBINS is a scientist. The scientific staff includes mainly biologists, paleontologists and geologists, but also oceanographers, anthropologists, prehistorians and archaeologists, as well as geographers, physicists, bioengineers and mathematicians, which facilitates multidisciplinary research. With more than 38 million specimens in its collections, RBINS is among the largest natural sciences institutions in Europe.

https://www.naturalsciences.be/en/science/do/94

Tasks

Research

  • You develop a research program at an international level that integrates the fields of palaeobiology, evolution, and palaeoecology and by applying an integrative approach combining morphology, histology, phylogeny, taphonomy and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. The research program is conducted within the framework of a FED-tWIN collaboration between UMONS and RBINS (Profile EVO-GROW: Evolution of growth in tetrapods: heterochronic shifts and environmental influences).
  • This project focuses on tetrapods, a large group of four-limbed animals including amphibians, ‘reptiles’, birds and mammals, and is aimed at obtaining data from deep time evolution processes to better understand their biodiversity today. From the evolution of amniotes in the Late Paleozoic to the rise of mammals in the Cenozoic, major innovations in tetrapod evolution came from body size changes, through gigantism, but also miniaturization. Many of these innovations occurred in the wake of major environmental changes and extinction events. The main goal of this project will be the quantification and understanding of evolutionary dynamics of growth patterns in specific extinct and extant tetrapod lineages in a geological timeframe of environmental changes. During major biodiversity crises, large-bodied species, which cannot find sufficient resources, are usually eliminated, while in recovery phases, smaller and more opportunistic survivor taxa rapidly diversify and eventually generate larger bodied species (cf. non-dinosaurian archosaurs in the Triassic, and saurischian dinosaurs in the Jurassic). Such increasing trends in body size are likely due to resource availability and ecosystem recovery, as demonstrated by the rise of dinosaurs in the wake of the Triassic-Jurassic extinction. Similarly, other environmental changes may bring about previously unavailable resources, leading to increasing body size disparity. Changes in growth rate and timing of developmental processes (= heterochronies) are a frequent common factor in evolutionary changes in body size. A proven method to understand growth patterns in fossil tetrapods resides in studying fossilized bone tissues. Comparisons of macro- and micro-anatomical features of fossil and modern taxa allow inference of growth strategies and developmental processes in extinct tetrapods. To fully understand the scope of long-term environmental effects on heterochronies in the development and evolution of tetrapods, the FED-tWIN candidate will thus engage in the study of bone morphological and/or histological features in tetrapod lineages that endured such changes. Combining geological stratigraphic records and environmental reconstructions with phylogenetic comparative methods and ancestral state reconstructions will allow mapping the evolution of growth patterns through time.
  • You develop a research plan within the strategy outlined in the FED-tWIN research profile and in synergy with research groups at UMONS and RBINS. This FED-tWIN research profile specifically aims at developing a strong scientific collaboration between UMONS and RBINS.
  • You publish at the highest level in the domain, you are able to obtain competitive financing, you develop international cooperation and you supervise MSc and PhD students at an international level.


Teaching

  • You provide high-quality education in the domain of Paleontological Sciences within the bachelor and master program at UMONS, with a clear commitment to the quality of the programme as a whole.


Services

  • Service provision is an important aspect of this FED-tWIN profile. This includes science management, science outreach, accommodating interns and visiting scientists, organising and/or contributing to training programmes, and answering questions from the general public. Support to ongoing and future projects on inventory, reordering and valorisation of mineralogical/paleontological collections owned by UMONS would be highly appreciated. Specifically, for RBINS it also comprises the active participation and co-supervision of large-scaled excavation campaigns abroad, scientific advices for the set-up of permanent and temporary exhibitions, the further development of tissue collections, and contributing to the management of the associated databases.

Diploma

You have a PhD in Sciences (Biology or Geology) degree that was obtained maximally 12 years before the end date of the period within which you can apply for this vacancy. This maximum period of 12 years for possession of a doctorate is extended by one year for every absence due to pregnancy, parental or adoption leave, as well as any long-term absence due to illness of the candidate or/and long-term absence due to illness of a family member of the first degree. You have 2-9 years of postdoctoral experience.

Technical competence

  • You have a research experience in the fields of evolution, bone histology, and palaeoecology.
  • You have a mastery of osteomorphometric methods.
  • You have a recognized experience with phylogenetic analyses in the programming environment R.
  • You have a knowledge of geochemical analitycal tools.
  • You have shown to synthesize research results in peer-reviewed articles in leading international journals in the field.
  • You have experience with field work and collection-based research, and prepared to organize and conduct fieldwork
  • Your teaching competences are in line with UMONS educational vision.
  • You have already done research in an international framework.
  • You have a general knowledge of the RBINS fossil and actual vertebrate collections, as well as a basic appreciation of other relevant collections in Europe and across the globe.
  • You have demonstrable qualities for academic education; educational experience is a plus.

Generic competence

  • You have (potential) leadership qualities.
  • You are quality-oriented, honest, creative and cooperation-oriented.
  • You enjoy interacting with other researchers and achieving common goals; you practice teamwork, but are also able to work independently.

Assets

  • Your English is fluent, both speaking and writing.
  • All qualified applicants, including minorities and women, are encouraged to apply.

The administrative language at UMONS is French. If you do not speak French (or do not speak it fluently) at the start of your employment, UMONS will provide language training to enable you to take part in administrative meetings.

Before taking on teaching in French or English, you will be given the opportunity to learn French, or English, up to the required standard.

We offer

The RBINS offers:
  • A part-time 50% open-ended employment contract as a workleader (SW2).
  • You will work in a dynamic, challenging, varied, and stimulating research environment in a historical Art Nouveau building located in the heart of Brussels, next to the European parliament.
  • A full reimbursement of public transport for commuting, or a bicycle allowance if you commute by bike.

The UMONS offers:

  • A part-time 50% open-ended employment contract as a postdoctoral researcher.
  • You will work in a university with human and dynamic dimension and an openness to the world. UMONS is in the heart of Mons, a city with a fantastic architectural heritage, European Capital of Culture in 2015.
  • A full reimbursement of public transport for commuting, or a bicycle allowance if you commute by bike.

Place of employment:

  • University of Mons, Department of Geology and Applied Geology, rue de Houdain 9, 7000 Mons;
  • Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD ‘Earth & History of Life’ rue Vautier 29, 1000 Brussels.

The candidate will be required to work 50 % at each institute according to the regulations of each institute.

How to apply

For further information you can contact, preferably by e-mail:

  • Dr. Pascal Godefroit, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, OD ‘Earth & History of Life’; phone: +32 / 2 627 44  95; email: pgodefroit@naturalsciences.be;
  • Prof.  Jean-Marc Baele,  UMONS, Department of Geology and Applied Geology: phone: +32 /  65 37 46 14; email:  jean-marc.baele@umons.ac.be.

 

You can apply for this vacancy no later than 30 days via jean-marc.baele@umons.ac.be (and Cc

candidatures@umons.ac.be and pgodefroit@naturalsciences.be):

Please add to your application the following documents:

  • a bio sketch in which you demonstrate your added value as an academic and museum researcher for the core tasks of research, education and services in your career and for your future activities (max. 2 pages);
  • a document listing your five most important publications or realizations with a discussion on why you consider these as your most valuable contributions (max. 2 pages);
  • an extensive CV (including a complete publication list);
  • a research plan in line with and commenting upon the research profile developed for the FED-tWIN position (Prf-2022-035; document available upon request from the promotors, see email addresses above) with an eye for collaboration with colleagues within UMONS and RBINS (max. 4 pages);
  • your vision on academic education and its organization (max. 2 pages);
  • your contribution to service activities in both institutes (contributions to society through education, research, development of collections, outreach and science communication) (max. 1 page).

 

UMONS and RBINS seek to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact candidatures@umons.ac.be or HR@naturalsciences.be.

The selection committee will review all of the applications as soon as possible after the application deadline. As soon as a decision has been made, we will inform you about the next steps in the selection procedure.

A full-time Marine scientist to quantify benthic fluxes from marine sediments for 3 months (f/m/x)

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences is a world-class research institute with more than 250 scientists and scientific collaborators covering a wide range of disciplines from biology to geology, oceanography to taxonomy, and palaeontology to ecology. Research at RBINS is used to support national and international decision-makers, which enables our researchers to have a direct impact on society. The Ecosystems data processing and modelling unit (ECOMOD) within the Operational Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature) (https://odnature.naturalsciences.be) is specialized in hydrodynamic and biogeochemical modeling, with a strong focus on coastal environments.

The Ecosystems data processing and modelling unit at RBINS is looking for a full-time Marine scientist to quantify benthic fluxes from marine sediments for 3 months.

Context

For upcoming research campaigns to the Icelandic continental shelf and Greenlandic fjords, we aim to make accurate measurements of benthic fluxes of alkalinity, dissolved inorganic carbon and nutrients. These fluxes are key to understanding larger scale processes of primary productivity and oceanic carbon dioxide uptake in the Arctic region. For these campaigns, we will be using a benthic lander (from the University of Gothenburg). We seek a candidate with a background in marine science, marine engineering, or related fields.

The selected candidate will be expected to join the upcoming cruises (planned from June – August 2023) and prepare the benthic lander for deployment, as well as manage sample collection after retrieval. The candidate will be supervised by Dr. Sebastiaan van de Velde (RBINS).

Tasks

We are looking for a technically experienced person, who is highly motivated to work under sometimes difficult conditions at sea.

  • You are highly motivated to conduct research within an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers;
  • You prepare and participate in the sampling campaign to the
    Arctic and (sub-)Arctic region on board the RV Belgica.
  • You have a strong interest in marine biogeochemistry;
  • You are willing to participate in a research cruise with length of a few months;

Diploma

  • You hold a masters degree (MSc) - or are expected to have one before the starting date of the position - in marine science, biogeochemistry, engineering, or a related discipline in the Natural or Engineering Sciences;

Technical competence

  • Extensive experience with benthic landers and the logistics surrounding transport and deployment is required. Experience with the benthic lander of the University of Gothenburg is a plus.
  • Strong communication skills in English are essential.

Generic competence

  • You are creative, possess excellent organisational skills, and have a cooperative mindset;
  • You are an excellent team player, and able to collaborate with different personalities;

We offer

  • A 3-month contract as a SW1 researcher;
  • A dynamic, vibrant, and stimulating work environment at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences;
  • Opportunities to participate in sea-going expeditions and work with state-of-the-art and well-maintained benthic equipment;
  • A working environment right in the heart of the capital of Europe (Brussels);
  • Free public transport and/or bike allowance between home/work;

How to apply

  • Applications should be sent by email to svandevelde@naturalsciences.be and glacroix@naturalsciences.be (subject: candidature LANDERMAN) and should include a cover letter specifying the motivation to apply for the position (max. 1 page), a short CV, and contact details of 2 references.
  • The deadline for the application is 7th April 2023 (by midnight CET).
  • We will perform a pre-selection and invite selected candidates for an interview. The selection committee will review the applications immediately after the application deadline. These interviews will take place on 25th of April 2023 by videoconference. The planned start date is 1 June 2023.
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  • We encourage diversity and attach great importance to an inclusive working environment and equal opportunities, regardless of gender identity, disability, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or age. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse characteristics to apply.

A Doctor in Science in the fields of paleontology, evolution, and functional morphology

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS, www.rbins.be) is one of the ten federal scientific institutions that are governed by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO). The institute aims to provide the scientific world, public authorities and civil society with good and relevant science, appropriate advice, opening up avenues of discovery in nature, its long history and its sustainable management. One in three people employed at the RBINS is a scientist. The scientific staff includes mainly biologists, paleontologists and geologists, but also oceanographers, anthropologists, prehistorians and archaeologists, as well as geographers, physicists, bioengineers and mathematicians, which facilitates multidisciplinary research. With 38 million specimens conserved as Belgian heritage of global significance, the RBINS collections constitute a central point for multiple research projects, as well as for permanent and temporary exhibitions.

 

Let's shape the future – University of Antwerp

The University of Antwerp (UAntwerpen, www.uantwerpen.be) is a dynamic, forward-thinking, European university. We offer an innovative academic education to more than 20000 students, conduct pioneering scientific research and play an important service-providing role in society. We are one of the largest, most international and most innovative employers in the region. With more than 6000 employees from 100 different countries, we are helping to build tomorrow's world every day. Through top scientific research, we push back boundaries and set a course for the future – a future that you can help to shape. In its pursuit of international excellence, the University of Antwerp is a true research university with a particularly strong expertise in the following spearhead areas in research: Imaging; Neuroscience; Infectious diseases; Drug research; Material characterization; Ecology and sustainable development; Port, transport and logistics; Big city, history and contemporary policy; Socio-economic policy and organization.

Context

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Antwerp have the following full-time vacancy (100%) available. This position consists of two related appointments in the context of the federal government's FED-tWIN funding program, in particular:

 

  1. A Part-time (50%) appointment as research workleader (SW2) at the RBINS
  2. A part-time (50%) appointment as postdoc researcher (BAP) at UAntwerpen, Faculty of Sciences

 

FED-tWIN is a federal research program of the Federal Public Service Science Policy Programming Service (BELSPO) with the aim of stimulating sustainable cooperation between ten federal science institutions and Belgian Universities trough the funding of joint research profiles.

 

This vacancy is part of the FED-tWIN research profile Prf-2022-008 - MEATLOAF - The evolutionary shift of Meat-EATing mammals to life in water: a deep time, multi-proxy investigation of the LOcomotion And Feeding adaptions of aquatic carnivorans. You implement the FED-tWIN MEATLOAF research profile in the RBINS (50%) and the UAntwerpen (50%).

 

The RBIN’s Paleobiosphere Evolution research unit (Operational Directorate Earth and History of Life) and the Functional Morphology research group (Department of Biology) of the University of Antwerp aim to develop a new avenue of research on aquatic carnivorans, in the fields of paleontology, evolution and functional morphology. Together, these institutions have extensive experience in these fields and house world-class collections of fossil and extant aquatic carnivorans, as well as highly complementary skills, labs and facilities. The proposed profile will make a strong link between the two institutions, with a view to creating a hotspot in the field of aquatic tetrapod evolution and functional morphology.

 

Brief description of the MEATLOAF project

Among mammals, aquatic taxa within the order Carnivora, or “meat-eaters”, show an 'incomplete' transition to life in the aquatic environment: pinnipeds, otters, polar bears, and even the fishing cat rely heavily on water for feeding, but none are exclusively aquatic and they all still return to land to rest, give birth, etc. The transition from a terrestrial to a (semi-)aquatic lifestyle is an impactful biological shift, prompting various physiological and anatomical adaptations. The repeated evolution of a semi-aquatic lifestyle in Carnivora begs the following questions: Which environmental and ecological changes triggered this transition in each group? How did these carnivorans functionally adapt to life in water? What are the similarities and differences among these groups, and between aquatic carnivorans and other aquatic mammals? And, more specifically, what is the extent of morphological and functional convergences?

 

The MEATLOAF project aims to investigate the different evolutionary aspects of this transition in carnivorans from land to water, specifically targeting adaptations for locomotion and feeding, using a variety of well-supported proxies organized along two main approaches: (1) a comparative approach, documenting the morphological diversity and shifts in morphology, and (2) a modelling approach, focusing on performance and loading of the recorded morphologies. Comparative aspects will include anatomical, systematic and phylogenetic analyses, as well as geometric morphometric and microanatomical-osteohistological aspects to quantify internal and external morphology. The modelling approach will encompass functional analyses, finite element analyses, computational fluid dynamics, and musculo-skeletal modelling. A synthesis of the results of these different packages will ultimately result in a time-calibrated assessment of the paleoecological and paleoenvironmental frameworks in which these groups evolved to life in water, in order to better understand the biotic and abiotic drivers of such a major, iterative transition.

Tasks

  • You will implement a cutting-edge research program in the fields described above;
  • You will publish scientific articles related to the research project;
  • You will be involved in research stays in partner institutions in and outside Europe;
  • You will take charge of the supervision of Master and PhD theses, seminars at Master level, and a limited number of teaching and research support tasks for the Department of Biology at the University of Antwerp;
  • You will actively participate in the study and management of aquatic carnivoran paleontology collections of the RBINS;
  • You will participate in the communication and dissemination of knowledge and research results to the student community, the scientific community and civil society;
  • You will work at (50%) Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O.D. Earth and History of Life, 29 Rue Vautier, 1000 Brussels, and (50%) University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, FunMorph laboratory, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerpen.

Diploma

  • You have a PhD in Sciences (Biology or Geology) degree that was obtained maximally 12 years before the end date of the period within which you can apply for this vacancy. This maximum period of 12 years for possession of a doctorate is extended by one year for every absence due to pregnancy, parental or adoption leave, as well as any long-term absence due to illness of the candidate or/and long-term absence due to illness of a family member of the first degree.
  • All qualified applicants, including minorities and women, are encouraged to apply.

Technical competence

  • You are an expert in the study of the evolution of morphology and function in vertebrates, with research experience in the fields of taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, paleontology and functional morphology.
  • You have specific knowledge on and/or research experience in paleontology, taxonomy, and anatomy of at least one of the carnivoran study groups (pinnipeds, otters, fishing cat, polar bear).
  • Your research qualities are in line with the policies of the UAntwerpen and with the RBINS research strategy.
  • Your teaching competences are in line with the University of Antwerp’s educational vision.
  • You have already done research in an international framework.
  • You have basic knowledge on biomechanical principles, together with a clear motivation to learn to apply advanced numerical simulation techniques.
  • You have experience with at least part of the methodologies used for this project (3D imagery, microCT scanning, surface scanning, bone ground sections, etc. for data sampling, finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and relevant software for data processing).
  • You have a general knowledge of the RBINS fossil aquatic mammal collection, as well as a basic appreciation of other relevant collections in Europe and across the globe.
  • Your English is fluent, both speaking and writing.

Generic competence

  • You have (potential) leadership qualities.
  • You are quality-oriented, honest, creative and cooperation-oriented.

 

Assets

The following knowledges and experiences are assets

  • You have experience in the supervision of Master and/or PhD students.
  • You can build and exploit databases and supervise management of fossil collections.

We offer

The Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences offers:
  • A half-time open-ended employment contract as a research workleader (SW2).
  • You will work in a dynamic, challenging, varied, and stimulating research environment in a historical Art Nouveau building located in the heart of Brussels, next to the European parliament.
  • You will receive a full reimbursement of public transport for commuting, or a bicycle allowance if you commute by bike, as well as internet-connectivity allowance.

 

The University of Antwerp offers:

  • A half-time open-ended employment contract as a postdoctoral researcher.
  • Your gross monthly salary is calculated according to the pay scale for a principal researcher.
  • You will do most of your work at the Campus Drie Eiken in a dynamic and stimulating working environment.
  • You will receive ecocheques, internet-connectivity allowance and a bicycle allowance or a full reimbursement of public transport costs for commuting.
  • Find out more about working at the University of Antwerp here and discover all the other  benefits.

 

The date of commencement of employment with both institutions is no later than March 14th, 2024.

 

How to apply

·You can apply for this vacancy through the University of Antwerp’s online job application platform up to and including 27 April 2023 (by midnight Brussels time). 

https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/jobs/vacatures/ap/?q=2702&descr=Doctor-in-S...

Click on 'apply', complete the online application form and remember to include the following documents: (1) your motivation letter, (2) your academic CV, (3) a copy of the required diploma, and (4) a criminal record declaration.

 

  • The selection committee will review all of the applications as soon as possible after the application deadline. As soon as a decision has been made, we will inform you about the next steps in the selection procedure.

If you have any questions about the online application form, please check the frequently asked questions or send an email to jobs@uantwerpen.be. If you have any questions about the job itself, please contact Dr. Olivier Lambert (olambert@naturalsciences.be) and Dr. Sam Van Wassenbergh (sam.vanwassenbergh@uantwerpen.be) (reference: FEDTWIN / MEATLOAF application).

 

The University of Antwerp received the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research Award for its HR policy. We are a sustainable, family-friendly organisation which invests in its employees’ growth. We encourage diversity and attach great importance to an inclusive working environment and equal opportunities, regardless of gender identity, disability, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse characteristics to apply.

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