2 PhD Positions in Petrology and Geochemistry of Alkaline Magmatism and Carbonatites at ETH Zurich ETH Zurich in Switzerland

ETH Zurich’s Experimental Petrology Group in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences is inviting applications for two PhD positions in petrology and geochemistry , with a focus on alkaline magmatism and carbonatites . The project explores magmatic processes such as partial melting, fractional crystallization, fluid saturation, and fluid compositions, as well as the mineralization associated with these systems. The positions are primarily experimental and will use high-pressure apparatus r...

PhD position in fire impacts on terrestrial carbon cycling at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL (ETH Domain), with enrollment as a PhD student at ETH Zurich . The project is part of the recently funded SNSF FIRE project, which studies how wildfires affect carbon cycling , transit times , and carbon sources across the critical zone from soil to groundwater and laterally. The work is interdisciplinary and includes collaborators in Switzerland and the USA. Rese...

PhD position at the University of Bern in computational chemistry, metabolism modelling, planetary science, and astrobiology within the NCCR Genesis research infrastructure. The project investigates the habitability of two extreme Solar System environments: the cloud layer of Venus and the subsurface ocean/plume environment of Enceladus . The successful candidate will develop a computational modelling framework that combines planetary environmental chemistry with microbial metabolic networks to ...

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), through the Volcanology, Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry group, is hiring a Postdoctoral Fellowship for Red Sea Hydrothermal Exploration . The project focuses on exploring Red Sea hydrothermal vent fields and the postdoctoral researcher will support the geological component of the work. Research tasks include determining the formation, characteristics, extent, and morphology of the vent fields using extensive datasets from multiple p...

Postdoctoral Fellowship for Geochemical VMS Exploration at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, in the Volcanology, Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry group under Prof. Froukje van der Zwan. This postdoctoral project focuses on Proterozoic volcanic massive sulfide (VMS) deposits in the Arabian Shield, a region hosting numerous Cu-Zn-Au-Ag ore systems and offering exceptional exposure for field-based mineral systems research. The successful candidate will inve...