Postdoc at the TU Delft

Spring board to a scientific career

As a Postdoc it’s important to gain experience in various places around the world to have an international and versatile career in science. Preferably at different universities in different countries. Or, you first gain experience in industry or a research institute.

Freedom to conduct research

You focus on a specific research theme within your field at a high-quality university where many specialties are connected. You get a lot of freedom in an environment with excellent facilities where you act proactively. You expand your network and, depending on your research, you work with an interdisciplinary team, industrial partners or public research institutes.

Room to develop yourself

But there is more to life than scientific research. Would you find it interesting to supervise graduates and doctoral students? That’s possible. And do you want to develop in the field of academic publications, qualify as a teacher or delve into fundraising, where a team of advisors (Research Funding team of the TU Delft Innovation & Impact Centre) supports with the submission of proposals? That’s also possible. You regularly discuss your next steps with your supervisor, or you discuss your ambitions and wishes during an annual Results- and Development conversation. Or drop by the TU Delft Career Centre, where specialised career coaches will help you prepare for your next step.
 

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Coming to Delft

Coming from abroad? The Coming to Delft Service helps you (and your family) with a smooth transition to the Netherlands.

See what your future colleagues are working on. Read TU Delft Stories

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On a hot, windless day, a leafy neighbourhood may feel 10 to 15°C cooler than an urban area that is more exposed to the sun. Trees thus play a key role in preventing heat stress and the design of climate-proof and healthier cities. “Although we already understand a great deal about the performance of tree species in the built environment, there is very little empirical knowledge about their cooling capacity.”, says researcher Lotte Dijkstra. In order to determine how physical properties such as the trunk and crown shape and the leaf characteristics influence the local air temperature the research team designed and built special ‘climate arboreta’ with sensors installed in each of the 75 tree species.

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Healthy living starts with a social neighbourhood

How do you design houses to encourage healthy behaviour? Where in a neighbourhood do residents meet? And what makes a housing block inclusive? Questions like these have occupied Dr Birgit Jürgenhake for years. She started her career as an architect, and now she is also educating a new generation of conscious architects and designers with her master's course 'Towards an inclusive living environment'.

reading time: 4 min

‘Phenomena is such a great word, too’. Delft’s quantum expert on shifting atoms

Sander Otte loves playing around with atoms. In his lab in Delft, his team patiently shifts atoms on the boundary between the quantum world and our own. 'You have to dare to let go of your intuition, and a world will open up for you.'

reading time: 3, 5 min

Gimme better shelter: a circular approach to transitional housing

As climate change and conflicts are displacing more and more people across the globe, the demand for shelter and temporary housing is growing. In her master’s thesis Julia Gospodinova zooms in on transitional housing practice and offers designers and decision-makers a method to make practice more circular.

leestijd: 7 min

Engineering the evolution of the Internet

Many of us don’t realise that the internet is under great pressure. This network of networks is becoming increasingly complex, almost to the point of being unworkable. Human configuration errors are causing more and more major disruptions – far more than even those caused by hackers, for example. Added to that is the pressure of climate change, and extreme weather that can damage networks. The answer lies in making the internet more flexible and robust. Fernando Kuipers, Professor of Internet Science, sees part of the solution coming from a self-regulating internet, in which artificial intelligence (AI) determines the network’s configuration and evolution.

Coming to Delft

Coming from abroad? The Coming to Delft Service helps you (and your family) with a smooth transition to the Netherlands.

See what your future colleagues are working on. Read TU Delft Stories

reading time: 5 min

What is the coolest tree?

On a hot, windless day, a leafy neighbourhood may feel 10 to 15°C cooler than an urban area that is more exposed to the sun. Trees thus play a key role in preventing heat stress and the design of climate-proof and healthier cities. “Although we already understand a great deal about the performance of tree species in the built environment, there is very little empirical knowledge about their cooling capacity.”, says researcher Lotte Dijkstra. In order to determine how physical properties such as the trunk and crown shape and the leaf characteristics influence the local air temperature the research team designed and built special ‘climate arboreta’ with sensors installed in each of the 75 tree species.

reading time: min

Healthy living starts with a social neighbourhood

How do you design houses to encourage healthy behaviour? Where in a neighbourhood do residents meet? And what makes a housing block inclusive? Questions like these have occupied Dr Birgit Jürgenhake for years. She started her career as an architect, and now she is also educating a new generation of conscious architects and designers with her master's course 'Towards an inclusive living environment'.

reading time: 4 min

‘Phenomena is such a great word, too’. Delft’s quantum expert on shifting atoms

Sander Otte loves playing around with atoms. In his lab in Delft, his team patiently shifts atoms on the boundary between the quantum world and our own. 'You have to dare to let go of your intuition, and a world will open up for you.'

reading time: 3, 5 min

Gimme better shelter: a circular approach to transitional housing

As climate change and conflicts are displacing more and more people across the globe, the demand for shelter and temporary housing is growing. In her master’s thesis Julia Gospodinova zooms in on transitional housing practice and offers designers and decision-makers a method to make practice more circular.

leestijd: 7 min

Engineering the evolution of the Internet

Many of us don’t realise that the internet is under great pressure. This network of networks is becoming increasingly complex, almost to the point of being unworkable. Human configuration errors are causing more and more major disruptions – far more than even those caused by hackers, for example. Added to that is the pressure of climate change, and extreme weather that can damage networks. The answer lies in making the internet more flexible and robust. Fernando Kuipers, Professor of Internet Science, sees part of the solution coming from a self-regulating internet, in which artificial intelligence (AI) determines the network’s configuration and evolution.
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