Education Support Food Quality and Design

Are you excited about food technology and education? Do you get energized from organizing courses and practicals? Do you like to support your colleagues and students? You might be the new education support we are looking for!

We are looking for an education support colleague for the department of Food Quality and Design (FQD) at Wageningen University. Your job will be to assist staff members in all sorts of activities related to FQD including: teaching FQD courses, supervising thesis students, and developing brand new and updating existing education material. In addition, you will support the internship team with contacting internship providers, sharing internship vacancies and answering internship-related questions.

Within this job you will have a variety of responsibilities, in which you can develop yourself on the spot. To be eligible, you should have a natural interest in education (development) and have a background in Food Science. Familiarity with Wageningen education is a plus, but candidates with a similar background are also invited to apply. You will preferably be available from August 2026, when the new academic year starts.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• assisting in courses: courses coordination, organizing and supporting practical, supervising group work editing the Brightspace, organizing the examinations and communicating with the students;
• supporting the internship team: communication with students and companies and matching WUR supervisors with internship topics;
• developing and updating education materials;
• supervising BSc and MSc thesis students;
• reading reports and giving feedback.

Your team
You will work at Food Quality and Design group, which is a large multidisciplinary and international chair group. The vision of the group is that health, sustainability, and quality aspects of food products are fundamental "to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life", i.e. the mission of Wageningen University and Research. The objectives of FQD are to develop new scientific knowledge on food design and quality management and to train future generations for positions at the boundary between food technology and other disciplines.

You will work here
You will work in a team that supports the educational activity of FQD . We are looking for a team player who is motivated to advance the quality of the group’s education.

Lab technician Food Quality & Design

Are you a pro-active lab technician with a passion for education and a background in food sciences? Do you want to share your knowledge and skills with our students? Join our chair group’s laboratory support team.

We are looking for a lab technician with a passion for education at the Food Quality and Design (FQD) group. The Food Quality & Design group is involved in approx. 50 BSc and MSc courses, many of which have lab practicals. Next to that, many of the BSc and MSc Food Technology students work in the FQD labs as part of their thesis research. In this role, you would be responsible for the proper operation of the lab for both courses and thesis research.

It is a perfect job for a someone with experience with diverse food analyses, who is willing to develop oneself within a dynamic educational environment. In this role, you will have a variety of responsibilities contributing to the areas of education, laboratory (including health & safety), quality assurance, instrument maintenance and development of analytical protocols. To be eligible, you should have a natural interest in education and have a background in food science or a related field. Familiarity with Wageningen University education is a plus, but candidates with a similar background are also invited to apply. You will preferably be available from August 2026, when the new academic year starts.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• preparation and execution of laboratory practicals as part of the chair group’s BSc and MSc courses;
• support the collective efforts of the FQD lab technician team in implementing Good Laboratory Practices for education and research projects;
• duties of a Health and Safety officer at the FQD laboratories;
• monitoring and ensuring equipment performance together with providing technique-specific training to lab users;
• contribute to the continuous improvement of FQD analytical protocols and laboratory housekeeping.

Your team
You will work in the lab technician team of FQD, with 8 colleagues who have different roles in analytical and educational support of the chair group.

You will work here
You will work at Food Quality and Design group (FQD), which is a large multidisciplinary chair group. The vision of the group is that health, sustainability, and quality aspects of food products are fundamental "to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life", i.e. the mission of Wageningen University and Research. The objectives of FQD are to develop new scientific knowledge on food design and quality management and to train future generations for positions at the boundary between food technology and other disciplines. We are looking for a team player who is motivated to advance the quality of the group’s laboratory and education support.

PhD Electricity assisted micropollutant biodegradation

Do you want to join us with a dive into the fascinating world of micropollutant biodegradation? Are you passionate to work on electrochemical technologies for clean water? Are you a systematic analytical researcher and are you enthusiastic about collaboration with industrial stakeholders to ensure applicability of your scientific results? This might be the PhD position for you!

We are seeking a full time PhD candidate with a strong background in applied microbiology and bioprocess engineering to join our Electricity Assisted Micropollutant Biodegradation project at Environmental Technology at Wageningen University & Research. Even though many microbes have shown capacities for (partial) degradation of micropollutants and even PFAS, their slow kinetics hinder application of these processes in water treatment systems. In our project, you will study the boosting effect of combining micropollutant degrading microbes with electrochemical systems, to improve process kinetics. The project is aimed at micropollutants in municipal and industrial waste water streams.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• operating microbial electrochemical reactors with micropollutant degrading microbes;
• analytical measurement of micropollutants and transformation products;
• have regular interactions with a consortium of 5 industrial and governmental stakeholders to ensure practical relevance of the work;
• as part of this chair group, you will also be involved in support of teaching activities and training of MSc and BSc students.

You will work here
The PhD position will be based at Wageningen University under the supervision of Prof. Annemiek ter Heijne, Dr. Nora Sutton and Dr. Sanne de Smit.

The position is embedded in the chair group of Environmental Technology of Wageningen University, with expertise in (bio)electrochemical systems and micropollutant biodegradation. Our lab is equipped with special lab facilities for operating electrochemical systems and analytical facilities for monitoring environmentally relevant micropollutant concentrations.

Environmental Technology (ETE) develops and evaluates innovative environmental technologies and concepts based on processes from nature, to recover and reuse essential components and maintain and create a viable environment. Our education inspires students to develop their talents. We impact by innovation through top science and focus on applicability. Environmental Technology offer education that is focused on sustainable technological solutions for the worldwide environmental problems. Our approach is to combine several disciplines in order to achieve innovations for environmental solutions.

PhD Programme coordinator Graduate School PE&RC

As PhD Programme coordinator you will you contribute to supporting the PhD Programme of Graduate School Production Ecology and Resource Conservation (PE&RC).

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• support PhD candidates during the PhD process (e.g. introduction meetings, support in developing a training and supervision plan, confidential advice, progress evaluation);
• help to organise and teach specific training activities related to the PhD process (e.g. PhD retreats);
• organise courses, conferences / symposia and workshops from A to Z, including programme setup, communication, logistics and finances;
• support in maintenance and development of the PE&RC website and social media;
• support the PE&RC office with ad-hoc occurring tasks.

Your team
You will work with a team consisting of the PE&RC executive secretary, the head of the PE&RC PhD Programme, 3 colleague PhD Programme coordinators and two Management Office Assistants.

You will work here
You will be part of the National Graduate Production Ecology and Resource Conservation (PE&RC), and member of the PE&RC Office Team, which is led by Prof. Bas Zwaan (Director PE&RC). You will be supervised by Dr. Claudius van de Vijver.

Onderzoeksassistent Regeneratieve Landbouw & Boerenparticipatie

Als onderzoeksassistent ben je verantwoordelijk voor de communicatie en samenwerking met koploper boeren in het meet en monitoring programmaonderdeel van het transitieprogramma ReGeNL voor regeneratieve landbouw. Je werkt intensief samen met collega’s van de vakgroep Rurale Sociologie en Bodembiologie. Dit doe je deels vanuit Wageningen maar je zult ook veel onderweg zijn voor afspraken of workshops met boeren. De andere helft van de tijd ben je verantwoordelijk voor het afnemen en verwerken van telefonische enquêtes onder gangbare boeren in transitie naar regeneratieve landbouw.

Jouw taken en verantwoordelijkheden:

• Communicatie en samenwerking met koploper boeren in ReGeNL en onderzoeksteams in ReGeNL organiseren en faciliteren;
• Organiseren en faciliteren van workshops met boeren rondom integraal meten en monitoren op regeneratieve landbouw, sociaaleconomische welzijn en boeren innovaties;
• Telefonische interviews;
• Sociaal wetenschappelijke data verwerking.

Jouw team
Jij gaat samenwerken met collega’s bij de vakgroepen RSO en SBL

Hier ga je werken
Je gaat volledig werken binnen het nationaal groeifondsprogramma ReGeNL. Samen met regeneratieve boeren in Nederland bouwt ReGeNL aan een duurzame landbouwsector waarin boeren samengaat met bodemgezondheid, natuurherstel en een leefbaar inkomen voor de boer en zijn medewerkers. Tussen nu en 2030 wil ReGeNL de transitie naar regeneratieve landbouw in gang zetten bij 1.000 boeren, om zo regeneratieve landbouw tegen 2040 tot de nieuwe norm te maken. Binnen het onderzoek in dit transitieprogramma willen we leren van pionier bedrijven om de transitie te ondersteunen; dit doen we door hun praktijken en landbouwsystemen nauwgezet te monitoren.

In je rol ondersteun je de communicatie, coördinatie en informatie-uitwisseling tussen ongeveer 100 regeneratieve boeren en het ReGeNL-onderzoek consortium. Je werkt met datasystemen, zoals een CRM, om ervoor te zorgen dat informatie uit het veld goed gedocumenteerd en toegankelijk is. Daarnaast help je bij het organiseren en faciliteren van workshops waarin boeren en onderzoekers gezamenlijk de resultaten van de monitoringsactiviteiten bespreken. In deze verbindende rol waarborg je transformatief leren en onderling begrip tussen diverse partners – van boeren tot wetenschappers – en draag je bij aan het succes van ReGeNL in het verduurzamen en veerkrachtiger maken van de landbouw. Voor het meten en monitoren op sociaaleconomische welzijn onder gangbare boeren in transitie ben je verantwoordelijk voor het telefonisch interviewen van boeren en de dataverwerking.