Vacancy: Postdoctoral Researcher in Nutrition and Health (CRIG - UGent)

The position is vacant within the 'Research Group Food Chemistry and Human Nutrition', Department of Food Technology, Safety and Health at the Faculty of Bioengineering Sciences (FBE). 
 

To strengthen research and teaching in the field of nutrition and health, we are looking for someone who has the potential to develop their own research areas and take on a leadership role. This person will develop pioneering research in this field and will expand our expertise in the mechanistic understanding of human intervention studies. This will be done in line with the department’s objectives, as outlined below: 
1. understand the interactions between complex (multicomponent) matrices (foods, digestive products) and the host (cells, animals and humans) in synergy with the expertise available within the department; 
2. develop holistic models to simulate and steer these interactions; 
3. combine our expertise on biochemical and molecular nutrition, nutrition epidemiology and data-analysis; 
4. make links with other units within and outside FBE with complementary expertise, required to develop your research 
5. create a scientific basis for novel risk-benefit models and nutritional recommendations.