Join our Team
We are a diverse and multidisciplinary research team with backgrounds ranging from physics to medicine. By working together (and in tight collaboration with other labs), we complement each other's expertise and compensate for our respective skill gaps. If you are interested in joining us, feel free to contact Bart Hoogenboom with a brief expression of your interest in our lab and a curriculum vitae of maximum 2 pages (including a list of selected publications if appropriate).
Postdocs
Vacancies for postdoctoral research assistants will be announced here when available, and advertised widely. In addition, we are happy to advise and support promising candidates who intend to apply for postdoctoral fellowships.
Postgraduate (PhD) students
Vacancies for PhD projects research projects will be announced here when available, and advertised widely
Undergraduate and MSc students
We typically host 1-2 BSc/ MSci/ MSc research project students per academic year. For selected first-, second- and third-year students, we can also provide support in applying for vacation bursaries, for 6-10 week research projects over the summer. A non-exhaustive list of such bursaries can be found via this link, with application deadlines typically between January and April. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to host undergraduate students for other types of projects during the academic year.
Postdocs
Vacancies for postdoctoral research assistants will be announced here when available, and advertised widely. In addition, we are happy to advise and support promising candidates who intend to apply for postdoctoral fellowships.
- We are currently recruiting for a two-year postdoc position on disruption and resistance in bacterial cell envelopes challenged by antibiotics, application deadline 15 May 2023 and start date flexible between 1 July 2023 and 1 April 2024.
Postgraduate (PhD) students
Vacancies for PhD projects research projects will be announced here when available, and advertised widely
- We are recruiting for a LIDo iCASE PhD studentship starting autumn 2023, on nanoscale visualisation of bacteriocins in action on bacterial membranes. This project is joint with industrial partner ONI Ltd. with Applications are to be submitted via the LIDo application portal (not emailed) by the deadline of 10 January 2023 5pm UK time.
Undergraduate and MSc students
We typically host 1-2 BSc/ MSci/ MSc research project students per academic year. For selected first-, second- and third-year students, we can also provide support in applying for vacation bursaries, for 6-10 week research projects over the summer. A non-exhaustive list of such bursaries can be found via this link, with application deadlines typically between January and April. Unfortunately, we do not have the capacity to host undergraduate students for other types of projects during the academic year.
- We are currently recruiting for a summer student with specific expertise on computational simulation of atomic force microscopy images, application deadline 18 April 2023.