4 August 2023 | The nine TU/e departments will welcome again PhD students that are interested in not only benefitting from the excellent research and education environment in Eindhoven but also in spending at least six months of their PhD at another EuroTech University. The first respective vacancies have been published. The PIs in Eindhoven and at the partner universities are looking forward to applications of excellent candidates from around the world.
The EuroTech PhD programme at TU/e, launched in 2022, funds one PhD position per TU/e department per year. In total, there will be four funding rounds. The proposals of the following PIs were successful in this year’s funding round.

PhD position: Innovating ecosystems by empowering next-generation universities
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ir. Marcel Bogers, Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences, TU/e
- Co-supervisor: Maria Theresa Norn, Centre for Technology Entrepreneurship, DTU
PhD position: A multiscale experimental–computational study of the mechanobiology of tissue shaping
- Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas Kurniawan, Biomedical Engineering, TU/e
- Co-supervisor: Dr.-Ing. Christoph Meier, School of Engineering and Design, TUM
PhD position: Robot world models and building digital twins
- Supervisor: Dr. Elena Torta, Mechanical Engineering, TU/e
- Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Borrmann, Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, TUM
PhD position: The Fundamental Limits of DNA Data Storage
- Supervisor: Dr. Alberto Ravagnani, Mathematics and Computer Science, TU/e
- Co-supervisor: Prof. Eitan Yaakobi, Computer Science, Technion
PhD position: Advanced characterization of advanced alkaline electrolysis (Alkali-ACE)
- Supervisor: Dr. Ir. Matheus (Thijs) de Groot, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, TU/e
- Co-supervisor: Christodoulos Chatzichristodoulou, Energy Conversion and Storage, DTU
PhD position: Addressing rebound effects in home automation through alternative design aesthetics
- Supervisor: Dr. Lenneke Kuijer, Industrial Design, TU/e
- Co-supervisor: Dr. Daniela Cristina Antelmi Pigosso, Civil and Mechanical Engineering, DTU
PhD position: Terahertz Spectroscopy for (Photo-)Electrochemistry
- Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Mariadriana Creatore, Prof. Dr. Jaime Gómez Rivas, Applied Physics and Science Education, TU/e
- Co-supervisors: Prof. Dr. Aliaksandr Bandarenka, Dr. Elena Gubanova, School of Natural Sciences, TUM
PhD position: Time-predictable platform for high-performance computing
- Supervisor: Dr. Ir. Geoffrey Nelissen, Mathematics and Computer Science, TU/e
- Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. Marco Caccamo, School of Engineering and Design, TUM
PhD position: Neuro-symbolic AI for enrichment of Digital Twins with material performance data
- Supervisor: Dr. Ekaterina Petrova, Built Environment, TU/e
- Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Borrmann, Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, TUM
PhD position: InP based electronic-photonic co-integrated transmitter for mmw and sub-THz frequencies
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ir. Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, Electrical Engineering, TU/e
- Co-supervisor: Tom Keinicke Johansen, Space Research and Technology, DTU
The EuroTech PhD programme at TU Eindhoven is set up under the EuroTech Joint Supervision Programme, which provides a frame for EuroTech Universities to organise multilateral PhD supervision with the other universities of the alliance.
Contact
For any questions regarding the programme, feel free to send an e-mail to Nathalie Thielen ([email protected]).