PhD: Metabolomics of Endocrine Disruptors, Immune-Related Health & Liver Disease

It is important that you feel at ease working in a multidisciplinary environment and that you are good at working in a team. Furthermore, you are enthusiastic, ambitious, an independent thinker, and have excellent writing skills. The nature of the position allows for diverse backgrounds, which include biology, chemistry, chemometrics, epidemiology, bioinformatics, statistics, computational epidemiology, or a related discipline. Affinity with OMICs data analysis is valued, and any experience with Large Language Models is considered valuable. You have experience with programming (e.g. R, Matlab, Python). Most importantly: you are willing to learn.

Candidates with the following skills are especially encouraged to apply:

• experience in statistical analyses (e.g. R, Matlab, Python);
• some experience with (OMICs) data analysis and/or Chemometrics and/or machine-learning, or willing to learn;
• a strong motivation to work in a multidisciplinary international research team;
• willingness to learn about large language models;
• excellent collaboration and communication skills (written and spoken).

We offer:

• a position for four years in an international working environment.
• a working week of 32-40 hours and a gross monthly salary ranging from €2,770 in the first year to €3,539 in the fourth year in the case of full-time employment (salary scale P under the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU);
• 8% holiday pay and 8.3% year-end bonus;
• a pension scheme, partially paid parental leave and flexible terms of employment based on the CAO NU.

In addition to the terms of employment laid down in the CAO NU, Utrecht University has a number of schemes and facilities of its own for employees. This includes schemes facilitating professional development, leave schemes and schemes for sports and cultural activities, as well as discounts on software and other IT products. We also offer access to additional employee benefits through our Terms of Employment Options Model. In this way, we encourage our employees to continue to invest in their growth. For more information, please visit Working at Utrecht University.

As Utrecht University, we want to be a home for everyone. We value staff with diverse backgrounds, perspectives and identities, including cultural, religious or ethnic background, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. We strive to create a safe and inclusive environment in which everyone can flourish and contribute.

To apply, please send your curriculum vitae, including a letter of motivation, via the ‘apply now’ button.

This project is supervised by Dr Vlaanderen, Dr van Vorstenbosch and Professor R.C.H. Vermeulen. If you have any questions, please contact r.w.r.vanvorstenbosch@uu.nl.

Candidates for this vacancy will be recruited by Utrecht University.