Full-time research and teaching position in the digital manufacturing laboratory

Job description

A mandate of full-time assistant is granted for a first term of 2 years, renewable after opinion of the competent bodies for 2 other periods of 2 years maximum for a full time. Since the purpose of the assistant mandate is to conduct and finalize a doctoral thesis, the tasks will be equitably divided between 'Teaching', 'Research' and 'Community Service'. These can be reviewed on a regular basis.

The doctoral thesis will be in the Digital manufacturing laboratory of the Faculty of Pharmacy (Prof. Jonathan GOOLE).

The aim of this project is to contribute significantly to the improvement of the nose-to-brain delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredient, in the form of a solid powder sprayed in the nose, by using up-to-date digital technologies, such as 3D printing techniques and Computational Fluid Dynamics. In addition, this project also aims to improve conventional nasal cast by including pressure probes and cellular inserts to directly study the diffusion of the therapeutic agent through the olfactory epithelium after impaction of the dry powder.

Main Research Field: Pharmaceutical Sciences

Sub Research Field: Digital manufacturing

Required educational level: Master level in Pharmacy, Polytechnics (engineering), Biomedical engineering or equivalent

Required Languages :

Français : excellent

English : good

Interested ?

For more information, please contact Jonathan Goole (phone: +32 2 650 5255 - E-mail: [email protected] ).

Your application will consist of a Curriculum Vitae (if you wish, a standard CV can be downloaded from the website: https: //www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/emplois-academiques-et-scientifiques-cv-type) and a document completed using the template available at this URL address (https://www.ulb.be/fr/documents-officiels/4e-applic-form-assistant-docx). 

This template structures your application by including the following elements:

• an application letter 
• a note on the applicant’s PhD research project (4 pages)
• two letters of reference

Incomplete applications or applications that do not use the template provided will not be examined by the selection committee.

Where to go to apply?

Click here: https://jobs.ulb.be/job-invite/1579/?isInternalUser=true 

For any connection problems or questions about our application, consult our FAQ : e-recrut-mode-d-emploi-candidat-en-_1734942996246-pdf

Equal opportunities policy

ULB's personnel management policy is geared towards diversity and equal opportunities.

We recruit candidates on the basis of their skills, irrespective of age, gender, sexual orientation, origin, nationality, beliefs, disability, etc.

Would you like to be provided with reasonable accommodation in the selection procedure because of a disability, disorder, or illness?  Please contact Marie Botty, the person in charge of diversity aspects for the academic and scientific staff ([email protected]). Be assured of the confidentiality of this information.

More details on the ULB gender and diversity policy are available at https://www.ulb.be/en/about-ulb/gender-equality-at-ulb. 

You will find all the regulations relating to research careers on our site at http://www.ulb.ac.be/emploi/academique.html.

Reference : 2025/S110

Application deadline : 10/06/2025

Start date: 01/10/2025