Our department consists of over 20 faculty and 50 postdoctoral researchers, and currently hosts about 80 PhD students. We have a number of places for students who apply for scholarships from their home countries, including the projects in the list below. Topics include astrochemistry, exoplanets, radio astronomy, Xray astronomy, and stellar dynamics.
These projects are available for start in 2021. Preferred start date is September or October.
If you are interested in any of these positions please contact me (kuijken [at] strw.leidenuniv.nl) for an interview. We will be happy to tell you more!
Project title | Supervisor(s) |
| Tidal Disruption Events in Optical Surveys | Dr Sjoert van Velzen |
| Studying exoplanet's interior-atmosphere connection | Dr Yamila Miguel |
| Adaptive optics for exoplanet imaging | Prof Niek Doelman |
| Advanced atomic data and modeling for X-ray spectroscopy | Prof Jelle Kaastra, Dr Liyi Gu |
| Astrochemistry (2 projects) | Prof Harold Linnartz |
| Interpreting Galactic and Extra-galactic Molecular Observations Through Statistical Methods | Prof Serena Viti, Dr Jon Holdship |
| Starburst galaxies | Dr Ana Monreal Ibero |
| Non-imaging VLBI Astrometry and the inner Galaxy | Prof Huib van Langevelde |
| Radio feedback and the evolution of galaxies and their massive black holes | Prof Huub Rottgering |
| An adversarial approach to astrophysical simulations | Prof Simon Portegies Zwart |
| The formation and evolution of the Oort cloud | Prof Simon Portegies Zwart |
| Chaos in the Universe | Prof Simon Portegies Zwart |