We are offering a fully funded, four-year PhD position in a dynamic and interdisciplinary research environment at KU Leuven, one of Europes leading universities in biomedical research. The project unites different research units that operate at the intersection of nutrition, neuroscience, consumer and data analysis research aiming to investigate the effectiveness of various food labelling cues that influence decision-making at both the neurological and behavioural levels.

Description of the organizational unit

The candidate will join the Nutrition & Metabolism Associated Diseases research group (NMAD - Prof. Christophe Matthys), which aims to optimize metabolic imbalances through nutrition'. In close collaboration, the Laboratory for Gut-Brain Axis Studies (LaBGAS Prof Lukas Van Oudenhove) combines biochemical analyses with advanced neuroimaging (PET, fMRI) approaches to study gut-brain communication and its impact on food-related reward processes.

Together, th...