RIS Talents for PhD

Perugia, Italy

R&D area: Providing support in development of algorithms for pests, water balance, phenology forecasts and for other spatial data related information such as yield predictions.

Communication area: Provide support in marketing and dissemination activities, including audiovisual communication and graphics for increasing of brand visibility and growing of end-users’ network and both require teamwork with accounting skills.

Mode: hybrid, on-site

Antwerp or Brussels, Belgium

1. Food expert (on-site)
We are in search of a food expert to assist us in managing our food strategy, which includes developing new recipes and expanding our food safety protocols. The role will also entail aligning foreign food safety regulations with our existing machine infrastructure. Discover how Alberts is shaking up the food industry: alberts.be/pitch.
2. Full-stack software engineer (on-site)
As part of the software team, you will help us shake up the food industry. With your scalable skills, you will actively contribute to the growth of our business. How? By developing and implementing tools to maximize the rentability of our vending 2.0 machines. We also count on your skills and knowledge for the platform that integrates the end-users’ experience with the operational aspects of the vending business.
Discover how Alberts is shaking up the food industry: alberts.be/pitch.
3. Data scientist (on-site or hybrid)
We are looking to onboard a data wizard to assist the operations department in creating comprehensive data models of our daily machine operations. Additionally, the individual will collaborate with the quality department to establish food safety control points and gather essential quality data to improve our daily operations.Proficiency with databases is highly valued. We work with Grafana for visualizing and Google Sheets for data management. We will soon be adopting Odoo as our CRM, so we encourage you to explore this tool as well.
Discover how Alberts is shaking up the food industry: alberts.be/pitch

Mode: hybrid, on-site

Cambridge, United Kingdom

- Designing & performing insect bioconversion trials or organic waste conversion.
- Data collection and statistical analysis (using R and various softwares).
- Undergo training on maintaining insect colony for novel food/feed protein production uses.
- Database generation and analysis.
- Microbiological screening and Quality management experiance.
- Statistical modelling/ Predictive modelling nutritional insights of insect biomass and organic feedstock combinations.

Mode: on-site

Lisbon, Portugal

Profile 1. Bioinformatics
PhD with a background in bioinformatics and a keen interest in applying their expertise to the field of aquaculture. The intern will work on a project for the creation of a digital twin for the Ampliaqua IMTA system. This role involves data integration and analysis to simulate and optimize the IMTA system's operations, aiming to enhance its efficiency and sustainability. The participant will be at the forefront of merging digital technology with aquaculture practices, contributing significantly to the advancement of sustainable aquaculture through innovative digital solutions.

Profile 2. Biotechnology
PhD with a background in biotechnology or microbiology, focused on soil health and agriculture. This intern will focus on collecting and processing data to support the adoption of regenerative agriculture practices. The selected candidate will utilize their expertise to contribute to the development of sustainable and organic agricultural inputs, focusing on innovations derived from microbes and biotechnological products. The intern will play a pivotal role in advancing sustainable farming practices, leveraging their scientific knowledge to foster the transition towards more regenerative and environmentally friendly agricultural systems.

Mode: on-site

Malaga, Spain

Support on the preparation and implementation of R&D and Innovation projects

Mode: on-site

Berlin, Germany

• Upstream bioprocess development
• Downstream bioprocess development
• filamentous fungi fermentation
• Scale-up of bioprocess
• Food technology
• Food Product Developent
• QA/QC
• Regulatory framework
• Novel foods application
• Chemical engineering

Mode: on-site

Berlin, Germany

We offer internship opportunities to students and researchers with background in agrifood systems, regenerative agriculture, agroecology, agronomy but also (deep) tech background (data science, software development, physics, mathematics, etc...). Possible topics include:
- Creating a database based on research of different plant and crop combinations and their contribution to soil carbon sequestration
- Curating a collection of regenerative agricultural practices as part of a decision support systems to foster soil carbon sequestration in different agroecological contexts.
- Remote sensing data science approaches with AI and ML algorithms for soil organic carbon estimation;
- GIS (Geographic Information Systems) data science approaches with AI and ML algorithms for field feature extractions;
- Data science and AI/ML approaches for agroecological models developments;
- Full stack development of cloud based software applications.

Mode: online, hybrid, on-site

Spain

As PhD or Postdoc, they will carry out a high-quality research training delivered in a highly motivated research environment, acquiring new skills and providing them a complete career development

Mode: hybrid, on-site

Košice, Slovakia or Budapest, Hungary or Dossenheim, Germany

R&D

Mode: hybrid, on-site

Tulln, Austria

https://www.ffoqsi.at/index.ph...

Mode: hybrid, on-site

Ghent, Belgium

2 internship positions interested in data science, research, food tech and food science and consultancy to enable clients use of AI to transition to a healthier and more sustainable foodsystem.
- data science regarding to nutrion, ingredients,
- Support the product, delivery and core-data team by use of AI predictive models in the context of new product development, innovation and AI-assisted formulation for healthier and more sustainable foods. (eg. reformulations to maintain similar flavour profiles but reducing sugar and salt levels). Tasks could involved seek new data partners, review data sets and setup experiments to validate the usability of datasets. Review technology for incorporating datasets of clients via clean-rooms.
- support solution delivery teams with helping to execute projects in the context of hybrid meat, clean-label foods, plant-based foods, sugar and salt reduction, etc.

Mode: hybrid, on-site

Tallinn, Estonia

- Design and execute comprehensive marketing experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of different strategies.

- Lead advanced market analysis projects to explore new segments and innovative marketing channels.

- Design and execute comprehensive LCA to evaluate the environmental impact of FreshSens.

- Lead the design and implementation of innovative UX/UI solutions for FreshSens.

- Conduct comprehensive usability studies and incorporate findings into the strategic development of new features and improvements.

Mode: online, hybrid, on-site

Bizkaia, Spain

Internship 1
Name of the internship: Bacteriophages characterization as potential food safety tools
Mentor: Amaia Lasagabaster
Focus area: sustainable agriculture
The preferred internship mode for PhD: on-site

This fellowship is to come to AZTI in order to work within the bacteriophage research group. In our research group we are working on the search and development of new biocontrol tools based on bacteriophages (or phages) to combat the incidence of pathogenic and other non-desired bacteria at different stages of the food chain to reduce the development of antibiotic resistance and ensure food safety.

Main tasks/ areas/ activities that intern will be involved in:
Task 1: Obtaining new bacteriophages
Task 2: Characterization and optimization of bacteriophages effectiveness
Task 3: Scale up of selected bacteriophages production

Activities: Microbiological culture, bacteriophage purification and culture, bacteriophage titration, bacteriophage DNA extraction, phenotypic and genomic characterisation of bacteriophages, bacteriophage production, bacteriophage preservation and stockage, bacterial inactivation assays.

Internship 2
Name of the internship: Development of multiplexed assays for food safety assessment
Mentor: Alejandro Barranco
Focus area: sustainable agriculture, sustainable aquaculture.
The preferred internship mode for PhD: on-site

Main tasks/ areas/ activities that intern will be involved in (in bullet points).
- Definition and optimisation of enzymatic assays in several applications: adverse effects evaluation of ingredients and food products, and detection of contaminants. Evaluation of enzyme kinetics and inhibition properties of different compounds, using different detection technologies (fluorimetry, colorimetry, electrochemistry).
- Design of multiplexed assays to obtain as much information as possible in one assay.
- Application of these assays to real samples after extraction procedures to be developed. Confirmation of results by reference methodologies (chromatographic techniques).
- Analysis and interpretation of results.

Mode: on-site

Ottignies-Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium

1 internship focusing on the chemistry synthesis of new biomolecules:
- research & development of now biomolecules
- chemistry synthesis of the novel active ingredients

Mode: on-site

Stockholm, Sweden

Research development, high moisture extrusion, and process optimization and scale up.

Mode: on-site

Madrid, Spain

Food Safety / Food technology / Sustainability / Targeted nutrition

Mode: on-site

Madrid, Spain

In the Biostatistics & Bioinformatics Unit:

* Identification of proteins involved in microbial-host signaling pathways and regulation, and their association with pathological settings, using bioinformatic tools and databases.
* Computational identification of interactions of microbial metabolites with host or microbial protein targets using virtual screening and molecular dynamics.
* Data analysis and retrospective validation of results.

In the Molecular Immunonutrition Group:

* To study the involvement of NOD1/2 in the regulation of myeloid activity against hepatocellular carcinoma.
* Investigate the contribution of immunonutritional agonists from foods in metabolic control by NOD1/2 receptors
* Establish the contribution of the regulation of NOD1/2 signaling in precision immunonutritional strategies.

Mode: on-site

Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Murcia

1. Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Analyze and visualize datasets.
2. Data Cleaning and Preprocessing: Transform raw data.
3. Feature Engineering: Create new features.
4. Model Building and Evaluation: Develop predictive models.
5. Hyperparameter Tuning: Optimize model parameters.
6. Model Deployment: Deploy models to production.
7. Natural Language Processing (NLP): Process text data.
8. Time Series Analysis: Forecast future values.
9. Collaboration and Communication: Work with cross-functional teams.

Mode: online, hybrid, on-site

Poznań, Poland

We are looking for interns with following knowledge/skills and readiness to be involved in activities regarding some of these areas:
• construction of machinery
• agri-food waste management
• knowledge of the market/application of agri-food machinery
• knowledge of production processes in the food industry
• automation of agri-food processes
• participation in innovative projects, Horizon Europe projects in the area of agri-food
• EU agri-food grants monitoring
• EU agri-food projects preparation

Mode: on-site

Aarhus, Denmark

Interns joining the MAPP Centre will have the opportunity to immerse themselves in a dynamic and collaborative environment, offering a unique blend of networking, learning, and hands-on experience. They will be mainly helping/working on the projects related to:
- Health and sustainability Issues - assist in research focusing on the link between health and sustainable practices
- Working with datasets- handle and manage various datasets for research purposes
- Data analysis - perform data analysis to interpret research findings
- Writing reports - help in drafting reports to summarize research outcomes.

Mode: on-site

London, United Kingdom

- Literature research on specific topics
- Help reach data-driven conclusions
- Communicate results to the team in a detailed manner in reports and presentations
- Designing experiments
- Running food shelf life tests
- Running other experiments
- Special projects as assigned by the supervisor to further knowledge and development

Mode: hybrid

Bulgaria, Sofia

Animal (BSF) Nutritionist:
What will your mission be?
Insects are currently considered as a sustainable protein source for animal feed. More specifically, Black Soldier Fly larvae (BSF) are highly efficient feed converters with the ability to transform almost any biomass of limited value into valuable feed and fertilizers ingredients. Inside our Research and Development team, our BSF nutritionist provides insights and develops new knowledge and processes that enhance the bioconversion potential of our insects by working in areas related to:
· Maximizing the BSF performance while optimizing production by better fulfilling nutritional, physical and chemical requirements during the entire animal’s life cycle.

· Exploiting the full potential of BSF to convert some specific byproducts.

· Modulating the nutritional value of BSF products through diet intake.

· Studying the dynamics and taking advantages of bacterial communities during the bioconversion process (inside and outside the insect).

What Awaits You Each Day?

· As part of the R&D team, our BSF Nutritionist will carry out research related to BSF nutrition.

· Improve feed recipes to decrease costs while meeting the animal’s requirements.

· Test of potential new feed ingredients and supplements.

· Interpret forage analysis and forecast future impacts and results.

· Assess the relative nutritional values of various feeds and potential anti-nutritional factors.

· Design and implement different nutrition experiments.

· Investigate potential nutritional disorders.

· Formulating feeds regarding their specific purposes and raw materials costs, availability and processing.

· Developing study protocol, operation manuals, training programs, data collection tools and quality control plans.

· Provide the rest of the team with valuable information on nutritional aspects and on different projects.

· Data analysis and development of reports.

· Communicate the results of the experiments internally and externally including with the scientific community.

Mode: on-site

Spain or Germany

data science and/or project management for research project with Fraunhofer and otehrs (ocean technology cluster)

Mode: online

Groot-Bijgaarden, Belgium

in general for 3 topics in R&D dept: (always on site)
- lab work and or work in R&D bakery
- literature
- setting up test plan, hypotheses, coming with own proposals for formulation, analysis
- formulation,
- analysis
- Data processing
- Data management
- prepare intermediate and final presentation on results
- communicate with product management and health and wellbeing departments
topics:
1/ - Research Dept
“Ingredient interactions for structure building in plant-based applications ( bakery or patisserie)”
2/Azadeh:- Research Dept
Analytical method development and data analysis (e.g. LC-MS) and contribution to the digital transformation of the R&D lab
3/Agathe- Research Dept
Title: Understand the properties of fibers and the link with their role in (plant-based) fillings

4/ Regulatory dept (hybrid/on site)
Internship at Regulatory department Topic related to targeted nutrition
“The intern will be expected to gather regulatory information relevant to Puratos worldwide activities, as for instance required and voluntary nutritional data and enrichment possibilities, and to summarise this information in digital supports.”

Vienna, Austria

Development of meat alternatives and 3D food printed products, 3D food printing technology

Mode: on-site

Athens, Greece

proteins characterization

Mode: on-site

Prague, Czechia

Participation in research activities of the Faculty, it can be specified depending on the topic

Mode: on-site

Berlin, Germany

Macroalgae Research (Cell Wall disruption), Ingredient Development through fermentation, Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Mode: hybrid, on-site

Porto, Portugal

Position 1- Project management
• PhD students with a background and expertise in project management in agri-food and bio-economy projects. The intern will have the opportunity to work on the INESC TEC ongoing projects designed to foster innovation in the agri-food sector. The intern will collaborate on project proposals with startups, SMEs, research centers, and universities, engaging in activities that accelerate the growth of new business models and innovation in the agri-food industry.

Position 2- Data science
• PhD students with a background and expertise in data mining, AI, and development of digital twins. The intern will have the opportunity to work on the INESC TEC ongoing projects designed to foster innovation in the agri-food sector and with the TRIBE - Laboratory of Robotics and IoT for Smart Precision Agriculture and Forestry.

Mode: online, hybrid, on-site

Tartu, Estonia

Marketing:
- Email marketing flows optimization,
- Amazon account administration,
- Consumer insights analysis,
- Graphic design (Meta/Google ad creative),
- SEO

Finance:
- Data analytics/financial analytics

Mode: online, hybrid, on-site