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1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computational Modeling of Auger Capture Rates
Summary of PhD Program:
The Faculty of Science Leiden and the Leiden Institute of Chemistry are looking for a PhD student to work on a project related to around plasma-surface interactions. Unlike gases, plasmas contain highly reactive species such as radicals and ions. These species are of interest for plasma-enhanced catalytic reactions and for plasma-assisted structuring of surfaces. However, the understanding of plasma-surface interactions is still in its infancy: existing PSI models used in engineering are empirically motivated and fail to capture the underlying surface interactions required for mechanistic understanding.
Application Deadline: 31 December 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ancient Central Asian (Tarim Basin) Contact Linguistics
Summary of PhD Program:
In “Sogdian and Bactrian wanderers”, the linguistic influence of the Middle Iranian languages Sogdian and Bactrian in the Tarim Basin is to be investigated systematically. Both languages are not native to the Tarim Basin, but were extremely influential, as evidenced by many loanwords and names. It is known that Sogdian was spread by Sogdian traders, who also settled in different places throughout the Tarim Basin. Bactrian was the language of the Kuṣānas, but it is not well understood how exactly it reached into the Tarim Basin.
Application Deadline: 3 December 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Central Asian (Tarim Basin) Palaeography
Summary of PhD Program:
In “Patterns of writing” it is to be investigated how the Indic Brāhmī and Kharoṣṭhī scripts have spread to the non-Indic languages of the Tarim Basin, how they had to be adapted, and how script varieties have influenced each other. The goal is to trace a web of contacts between the Tarim Basin languages based on the script that does not necessarily match the linguistic web of contacts exactly. The comparative analysis of the two scripts and their variants will also help decide several issues in the interpretation of the sound systems of the Tarim Basin languages.
Application Deadline: 3 December 2024
4. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in IMAGES ON THE MOVE
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for enthusiastic, highly motivated, enterprising and excellent PhD-students to work on their own subprojects as well as collaborate in a research team. In early modern Europe, students, humanists, collectors, naturalists, soldiers, merchants, civil servants, and women compiled friendship albums—alba amicorum, in Latin—containing paper traces of social networks, friendships, travel, and professional contacts. The pages of these personal volumes contain text—in the form of signatures, dedications, and mottoes—and an abundance of vivid images.
Application Deadline: 8 December 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Arithmetic of Periods MPI
Summary of PhD Program:
We are advertising two PhD positions jointly hosted by Leiden University and the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS). Supervision will be provided by Emre Can Sertöz (Leiden University) and Joël Ouaknine (MPI-SWS). The start date for these positions is flexible and can be scheduled anytime between Winter 2025 and Fall 2025. The student is expected to complete the PhD within four years.
Application Deadline: 15 January 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in plant specialized metabolite biosynthesis
Summary of PhD Program:
The chemical diversity of plants, which produce hundreds of thousands of specialized metabolites (i.e. natural products), has been a rich resource for medicine and other valuable compounds. Understanding the biosynthesis of valuable metabolite on a molecular level enables us to advance their engineering and improve cultivated plant systems.This PhD projects explores new bioactive metabolites and aims to study their biosynthesis to create engineering tools for their production.
Application Deadline: 10 December 2024
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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Chemical Proteomics and Drug Discovery
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project focuses on developing small molecules which can be used to study critical aspects of immune regulation and to provide lead compounds for drug development. Our lab specifically aims to expand the druggability of the transcription factors and epigenetic regulators that control the function of macrophages. Macrophages are immune cells that are widely distributed throughout the body, where they perform diverse roles in regulating the immune response and appropriate function of other tissues. However, an imbalance of macrophage subtypes, or the presence of dysfunctional macrophages, also contributes to the chronic inflammatory or immunosuppressive microenvironment associated with disease.
Application Deadline: 1 March 2025
