PhD in Planetary Science: Impacts, Sublimation, and Icy Body Surface Evolution University of Bern in Switzerland

PhD position at the University of Bern in the Centre for Space and Habitability / Division for Space Research and Planetary Sciences within the new NCCR Genesis research infrastructure. The project focuses on astrobiology and life detection , specifically combining remote sensing via circular spectro-polarimetry with in situ laser-based mass spectrometry to detect biosignatures. The research is highly interdisciplinary and connects physics, chemistry, biology, microbiology, and planetary science...

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 ...

Dr. Rosita Kokotanekova’s research group is inviting applications for two fully funded PhD positions in Observational Astrophysics within the newly established CLIC (Cometary Life Cycle) project at the Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia, Bulgaria. The project studies the physical evolution of cometary nuclei from formation to their gradual end. The research will combine data from large surveys, especially LSST , with targeted obse...

WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF in Davos, Switzerland is recruiting a PhD student for Snow Water Equivalent innovative sensor development (f/m/d) . The project sits within the Research Unit Snow and Atmosphere and focuses on snow processes, snow hydrology, cryosphere monitoring, sensor development, field measurements, and data analysis. The PhD will work on a research project funded by the Swiss National Competence Center Muoniverse and collaborate with the Paul Scherrer Instit...

PhD position at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering on experimental characterisation of icy moons' surfaces . This project focuses on the surfaces and plume-related environments of Enceladus , with additional relevance to Europa and Ganymede . The research uses laboratory experiments in the PISCES (Planetary Ices Simulation Chamber for Enceladus and MoonS) facility to simulate icy moon conditions and study how gravity, temperature fluctuations, radia...