student-lid faculteitsbestuur (student-assessor) FSG 2026-2027

De student-assessor is de belangenbehartiger van studenten in het faculteitsbestuur. Je brengt als assessor gevraagd én ongevraagd advies uit over organisatorische en onderwijskundige onderwerpen. Daarnaast krijg je de mogelijkheid om mee te denken over bredere thema’s zoals bedrijfsvoering en het onderzoeksbeleid binnen de faculteit.

Als student-assessor heb je ook veel contact met de Facultaire Studentenraad (FSR), studieverenigingen, opleidingscommissies (OLC’s), student-assessoren van de andere faculteiten (SOVU), beleidsmedewerkers en individuele studenten. Je staat dus letterlijk en figuurlijk midden in de faculteit en speelt een sleutelrol in het verbeteren van het onderwijs en studentenbeleid.

PhD Position in Single-Molecule Biophysic

Job description

We are looking for a PhD student passionate about understanding molecular mechanisms in biological systems. This position involves applying single-molecule techniques to study molecular interactions, including protein-ligand interactions and protein-peptide interactions. The candidate will work in an interdisciplinary environment, combining experimental approaches (single molecule fluorescence and biochemistry) with computational methods. The candidate will obtain single-molecule multiplexing data and validate machine learning predictions using the high-throughput data. The successful candidate will collaborate with international partners for therapeutic applications of this research. The project offers opportunities to make significant contributions to understanding molecular interactions and their implications for both fundamental and medical sciences.

Job requirements

• MSc degree (or nearing completion) in physics, biophysics, computational biology, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills (Python) and experience in data analysis and computational methods.
• Familiarity with molecular biology techniques.
• Excellent written and spoken English skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, international, and interdisciplinary environment.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Applied Sciences
With more than 1,100 employees, including 150 pioneering principal investigators, as well as a population of about 3,600 passionate students, the Faculty of Applied Sciences is an inspiring scientific ecosystem. Focusing on key enabling technologies, such as quantum- and nanotechnology, photonics, biotechnology, synthetic biology and materials for energy storage and conversion, our faculty aims to provide solutions to important problems of the 21st century. To that end, we educate innovative students in broad Bachelor's and specialist Master's programmes with a strong research component. Our scientists conduct ground-breaking fundamental and applied research in the fields of Life and Health Science & Technology, Nanoscience, Chemical Engineering, Radiation Science & Technology, and Engineering Physics. We are also training the next generation of high school teachers.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Applied Sciences.

Postdoc Physics of Cellular Robustness

Job description

Cells display a remarkable ability to adapt to strong genetic perturbations. In some cases, only a handful of mutations are sufficient to restore cellular function, even after major disruptions. This raises a fundamental question: how do cells reorganize their internal processes to buffer such perturbations and maintain functionality?

Within the ERC Consolidator Grant project PolarRobustness, we investigate the idea that cellular processes are not independent, but physically coupled. These couplings may allow processes to absorb and compensate for disturbances in each other, giving rise to a collective form of robustness. Understanding this requires moving beyond studying a single process in isolation, and instead capturing how multiple processes interact dynamically within the same cell.

In this postdoctoral project, you will in collaboration develop and apply an integrated experimental and theoretical framework to study multiple coupled cellular processes simultaneously. You will combine advanced live-cell microscopy with inference-based modeling to quantitatively describe how cells coordinate key processes over time.

You will work closely with an interdisciplinary team to establish a systems-level understanding of how coupled cellular processes collectively buffer perturbations.

Job requirements
The project will start in September and is embedded in the Laan Lab at the Department of Bionanoscience, Faculty of Applied Sciences, TU Delft. The lab offers a highly collaborative and international environment at the interface of physics and biology.

We are looking for a candidate with strong experience in live-cell microscopy and a keen interest in combining experiments with quantitative modeling to uncover fundamental principles of cellular organization and robustness. We expect the candidate to be a team-player, to have an independent and well-organized work style, to be communicative and creative, and to contribute to our open, interactive, and social lab culture.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Applied Sciences
With more than 1,100 employees, including 150 pioneering principal investigators, as well as a population of about 3,600 passionate students, the Faculty of Applied Sciences is an inspiring scientific ecosystem. Focusing on key enabling technologies, such as quantum- and nanotechnology, photonics, biotechnology, synthetic biology and materials for energy storage and conversion, our faculty aims to provide solutions to important problems of the 21st century. To that end, we educate innovative students in broad Bachelor's and specialist Master's programmes with a strong research component. Our scientists conduct ground-breaking fundamental and applied research in the fields of Life and Health Science & Technology, Nanoscience, Chemical Engineering, Radiation Science & Technology, and Engineering Physics. We are also training the next generation of high school teachers.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Applied Sciences.

Fulltime lecturer, Business Information Management

You educate and inspire the next generation of managers as they investigate the opportunities presented by data analytics (machine learning, deep learning, data mining) and new information technologies (platforms, cloud computing, AI, internet-of-things, blockchain).

This is your opportunity to join a dedicated team of scholars who also contribute to education in the field of Information Systems and Data Science.

Your main task is to teach students of the BSc BA and BSc IBA programmes, and MSc Business Information Management and MSc Business Analytics and Management programmes.

Specifically, your work involves:

• Course delivery, including lectures (online, blended, classroom), assignments and examinations
• Course design and redesign, for course content and didactics
• Supervision of BSc and/or MSc theses.

PhD position Future of Maritime Law, framing legal certainty versus flexibility

PhD‑positie: Toekomst van het Maritieme Recht – rechtszekerheid versus flexibiliteit

Technologische ontwikkelingen en milieuvraagstukken roepen de vraag op hoe de transitie van de Maritieme sector past binnen het bestaande juridische kader. De scheepvaart transformeert door onder andere de inzet van AI. Welke juridische veranderingen zijn nodig rondom autonoom varende schepen, en welke regelgeving ondersteunt een overstap naar alternatieve brandstoffen. Deze ontwikkelingen vormen een uitdaging voor het bestaande juridische kader. Met de innovatie van de sector komt de spanning tussen flexibiliteit, rechtszekerheid en rechtvaardigheid duidelijk naar voren. Dit uit zich onder meer in doctrines over discretionaire bevoegdheid, open normen, goal-based standards en proportionaliteit.

Binnen het internationale maritieme recht manifesteert rechtszekerheid zich traditioneel in voorspelbare aansprakelijkheidsregels, (gestandaardiseerde) contractvormen en gevestigde doctrines van risico-verdeling. Opkomende technologieën passen echter niet eenvoudig binnen de bestaande juridische en contractuele kaders, omdat zij nieuwe typen van risico’s met zich meebrengen, nieuwe actoren (zoals leveranciers van technologie en apparatuur) en onduidelijke causaliteitsketens met zich meebrengen. Dit roept de vraag op of deze regelingen en de juridische doctrines waarop ze zijn gebaseerd — zoals aansprakelijkheid op basis van schuld, risicoaansprakelijkheid en contractuele risicoverdeling — wel toereikend zijn.

Hoewel rechtszekerheid een gewaardeerd en gekoesterd rechtsbeginsel is, blijft de uitleg ervan, evenals de relatie tot flexibiliteit in door technologie beïnvloede regelgeving, problematisch. Bovendien is onduidelijk of het doctrinaire begrip van rechtszekerheid overeenkomt met de wijze waarop juridische actoren in de praktijk zekerheid ervaren en daarop vertrouwen. De bestaande literatuur is derhalve grotendeels gebaseerd op aannames over percepties en voorkeuren van kernstakeholders, die onvoldoende empirisch zijn onderzocht of bevestigd.

Deze PhD‑positie biedt een unieke kans om te bestuderen hoe rechtszekerheid en flexibiliteit in het maritieme recht worden gedefinieerd en uitgelegd in het licht van technologische ontwikkelingen. De onderzoeker zal de impact van technologische vooruitgang op kernregimes binnen het maritieme recht analyseren, de bijbehorende regelgeving en juridische reacties in kaart brengen en hun gevolgen voor de rechtszekerheid onderzoeken. Een centraal onderdeel van dit onderzoek is een empirische studie naar de manier waarop stakeholders rechtszekerheid of juist flexibiliteit waarderen en ervaren in het licht van technologische ontwikkelingen. Wij verwelkomen in het bijzonder sollicitaties van onderzoekers die gedreven zijn om baanbrekende juridische oplossingen te ontwikkelen voor complexe vraagstukken in een dynamische wereld op het snijvlak van internationaal maritiem recht, technologie en duurzame transitie.

Key words: rechtszekerheid, maritiem recht, juridische flexibiliteit, technologische disrupties, empirisch onderzoek, scheepvaart.

Co-promotor: Dr. Fiona Unz, eerste promotor: Prof. Dr. Jolien Kruit