Job board April 2026
PhD, postdoc and other academic job opportunities
Group leader/Professorship positions
Call for expression of interest- Senior or mid-career researchers in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Computational Sciences
The Paris Brain Institute invites expressions of interest from internationally recognized senior and mid-career researchers in the fields of AI, data science and computational sciences to address key challenges in brain health and neuroscience.
- Institution(s): Paris Brain Institute (FRA)
- Level of qualifications required: “Mid-career” typically starts around 10 years of “Academic age” but other seniority levels are equally welcome.
- Deadline to apply: 15 June 2026
Postdoc positions
Postdoc in Computational Biology and Machine Learning
Through integrating clinical data, patient-reported outcomes, and multi-OMICS profiles, the project will generate predictive models to guide safer and more effective, individualized steroid use.
- Institution(s): University of Luxembourg (LUX)
- Level of qualifications required: Ph.D. degree in computational biology, bioinformatics, biology, computer science or related disciplines
- Other information: Strong computational skills, including machine learning – demonstrable project in a relevant field
- Deadline to apply: Open
Postdoc in Computational Biology & Machine Learning
The selected candidate will develop a computational platform to identify hierarchical combinations of cell fate conversion factors, which in turn will be used to engineer highly specialized neuronal cellular subtypes for cell transplantation therapies.
- Institution(s): University of Luxembourg (LUX)
- Level of qualifications required: Ph.D. in computational biology, bioinformatics, computer science, biology, or a related discipline
- Other information: Solid computational skills, including experience in mathematical or network-based modeling, supported by demonstrable work in a relevant research context
- Deadline to apply: Open
PhD positions
Hardware-aware embedded AI for innovative healthcare applications
We are seeking an enthusiastic PhD researcher to advance hardware-aware Neural Architecture Search (NAS) that can automatically design efficient deep learning models optimized for specific embedded hardware platforms.
- Institution(s): KU Leuven (BEL)
- Level of qualifications required: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- Other information: Have a strong background in AI-enabled signal processing and machine learning algorithms
- Deadline to apply: 21 May 2026
AI-driven prediction of cartilage degeneration
Join the ERC-funded OA-CONNECT project (PI: Ilse Jonkers), where we tackle a fundamental and unresolved question: why does mechanical loading—normally essential for cartilage and chondrocyte health—become harmful in osteoarthritis (OA)?
- Institution(s): KU Leuven (BEL)
- Level of qualifications required: MSc in engineering sciences or biomedical engineering, with a strong foundation in artificial intelligence or data science
- Deadline to apply: 1 June 2026
Doctoral researcher in AI and Bioinformatics
With the help of statistics, machine learning and pathway- and network- and analyses, the goal is to improve the mechanistic understanding of disease- and treatment-associated alterations in complex neurological and cancer disorders.
- Institution(s): University of Luxembourg (LUX)
- Level of qualifications required: MSc or equivalent degree in biostatistics, bioinformatics, computational biology, machine learning, or related subject areas
- Other information: Prior experience in large-scale data processing and statistics / machine learning is required
- Deadline to apply: Open
Doctoral researcher in AI / Machine Learning Biomedical Imaging
The PhD project will focus on translating and enhancing cutting-edge algorithms from AI research into concrete applications in biomedical imaging, with current emphasis on neurodegenerative diseases.
- Institution(s): University of Luxembourg (LUX)
- Level of qualifications required: Master’s degree in computer science or related discipline
- Other information: Experience with Python and recent deep learning frameworks (e.g. Pytorch, MONAI)
- Deadline to apply: Open
Doctoral researcher in clinical data science & machine learning
The candidate will contribute to research projects enabling secure, interoperable, and scalable AI-driven use of clinical data for complex diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
- Institution(s): University of Luxembourg (LUX)
- Level of qualifications required: MD in computer science, computational biology, bioinformatics, data science, or related fields
- Other information: Experience with programming skills in Python and with machine learning and NLP frameworks e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, MONAI
- Deadline to apply: Open
3 PhD positions
Prof. Kristin Reiche is seeking PhD candidates to join her research group to advance precision medicine by connecting biomedical data science, medical bioinformatics, (research) software engineering and advanced molecular diagnostic tools within the EU-funded CERTAINTY project.
- Institution(s): Interdisciplinary Transformation University (AUT)
- Level of qualifications required: Master’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science, bioinformatics, (computational) biological sciences, mathematics, physics, or other relevant fields
- Other information: Solid foundation in machine learning (ML) and biomedical data science
- Deadline to apply: Open
