PhD in remote and in-situ life detection techniques at the University of Bern 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 Centre for Space and Habitability, University of Bern within the new NCCR Genesis research infrastructure. The project focuses on remote sensing of microorganisms and the detectability of biosignatures in extreme environments , especially icy-moon conditions relevant to future life-detection missions such as ESA’s planned L4 mission to Enceladus. Research topics include spectro-polarimetry, optics, vacuum and low-temperature experiments, radiation exposure, bacterial samples ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Bern in the Centre for Space and Habitability (CSH), within the new NCCR Genesis research infrastructure funded by SNSF. The project focuses on remote sensing of microorganisms in extreme environments , especially the detectability of selected bacteria in ice/salt mixtures exposed to vacuum, extremely low temperatures, and high radiation. You will work with a high-sensitivity spectro-polarimeter, a temperature-vacuum chamber, an electron gun, and a UV light s...

ETH Zurich is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher in Exoplanet Atmosphere Characterisation and the Search for Life within the Exoplanets and Habitability Group led by Prof. Sascha P. Quanz . The position is embedded in NCCR Genesis and closely connected to the ETH-led LIFE space mission , a mid-infrared nulling interferometer concept aimed at directly detecting and characterising temperate terrestrial exoplanets around nearby stars. The research focus is on the atmospheric characterisation of t...

Rice University’s Rice Space Institute is recruiting a Postdoctoral Associate for the Center for Planetary Origins to Habitability (CPO2H). The position is centered on Earth science, planetary science, astrobiology, astronomy/astrophysics, space science, geophysics, geochemistry, cosmochemistry, and planetary interiors , with a strong emphasis on independent research that advances the center’s mission. The successful candidate will collaborate with Rice researchers across Earth and planetary sci...