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Accredited by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the VLAG Graduate School (Biobased, Chemical, Food and Health Sciences) is an internationally celebrated research and doctoral training school based at Wageningen University & Research (WUR). Bringing together over 100 research groups, 500 Ph.D. candidates, and 120 postdoctoral fellows, VLAG is the global leader in food technology, nutritional biology, biomolecular chemistry, and circular biobased production systems.
Four-year funded doctoral research position at Wageningen Food Process Engineering investigating shear-induced structuring and rheology of legume proteins.
Full-tuition scholarship for outstanding non-EEA students admitted to the Master of Science in Food Technology or Molecular Life Sciences.
Two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Laboratory of Microbiology investigating anaerobic fermentation of prebiotic glycans by human intestinal microbiota.
Two-year 120-ECTS curriculum featuring an individual six-month thesis and an integrated four-month industrial internship at a global agrifood corporation.
Four-month research internship at the Wageningen Sensory Laboratory evaluating consumer perception, texture mouthfeel, and volatile aroma profiles.
Mobility grant supporting VLAG Ph.D. candidates spending up to six months at prestigious partner laboratories worldwide (MIT, ETH Zurich, UC Davis).
Five-day intensive doctoral course in Wageningen teaching small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), confocal laser scanning microscopy, and non-linear rheology.
Emeritus Professor of Food Quality and Design & Former Director of VLAG
World authority on food chemical reaction kinetics and predictive modeling of Maillard reaction pathways in thermal food processing.
Topics: Food Chemistry Kinetics, Maillard Reaction Dynamics, Food Quality Modeling
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Sustainable Protein Structuring & Shear-Cell Pioneer
Pioneering chemical engineer who invented shear-cell technology to create fibrous, meat-like textures from plant proteins with minimal energy and water consumption.
Topics: Shear-Cell Structuring Technology, Plant-Based Meat Analogs, Sustainable Food Processing
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Microbial Ecology & Gut Microbiome Leader
Leading molecular microbial ecologist investigating how diet, prebiotic polysaccharides, and environmental factors shape gastrointestinal microbiome architecture and host metabolic health.
Topics: Anaerobic Microbiology, Human and Animal Gut Microbiota, Microbial Biotechnology
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