PhD – Folate research – Germany

MICROSUNSET is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network (MSCA-DN) funded by the European Union. It has 12 open positions for Doctoral Candidates (DCs).

About the open PhD position

The Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry at the School of Life Sciences of the Technical University of Munich, Germany, is seeking highly motivated applicants for a PhD scholarship focused on folate bio-accessibility and bioavailablility of foods made from protein-rich plants and algae. You will work across both disciplines, Analytical Food Chemistry and Nutritional Sciences, investigating the potential of protein-rich plants and algae to produce foods rich in highly bioaccessible and bioavailable folate.

Duties

As part of your research, you will 

• Enrol in the Graduate Center of Life Sciences as a PhD student and comply with its doctoral training requirements
• Participate actively in the MICROSUNSET training (12 ECTS), dissemination, communication, reporting and exploitation activities.
• Publish and present research results in international conference proceedings and peer-reviewed scientific journals.
• Prepare and defend a doctoral thesis in the field of micronutrients and sustainable food products.
• Support student supervision and contribute to teaching at BSc and MSc levels. 

Requirements

You must have a two-year master’s degree in (120 ECTS points) in Food Sciences or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master’s degree. 

Furthermore, the ideal candidate has:

• Completed a relevant master’s program
• Hands-on experience with analytical equipment such as HPLC, LC-MS/MS as well as sample preparation approaches and their application to food
• Knowledge about quality assurance of analytical methods
• Good communication skills (written and oral English)
• Experience with international collaboration and the ability to work effectively in interdisciplinary teams.
• A structured and analytical approach to work and problem-solving

Benefits

The EU MSCA grant received by TUM consists of a monthly gross salary of 4768 EUR (before tax).

Organisation/company: Analytical Food Chemistry at Technical University of Munich.

Field of research: Chemistry » Analytical chemistry

Research profile: First Stage Researcher (R1).

Country: Germany.

Application deadline:15 Apr 2026 – 23:59 (Europe/Berlin).

For more information: Euraxess

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