PhD Position in Food Waste Supply Chains, Agricultural Economics & Sustainability at ETH Zürich ETH Zürich in Switzerland

Agroscope is advertising a postdoctoral researcher position in Wädenswil, Switzerland on the topic of metabolites of pesticides in groundwater . The role sits in the research group Plant Protection Products – Effects and Assessment , which combines expertise in plant protection products, their environmental behavior, and assessment methods. The project focuses on processing monitoring data on pesticide metabolites in groundwater, compiling Predicted Environmental Concentrations (PEC) from the Eu...

PhD opening at ETH Zürich in the area of perceptions of population decline , with a focus on how people perceive the potential opportunities and risks of demographic decline. The project is hosted by the consumer behavior research group at ETH Zürich in Switzerland . The doctoral research will examine public perceptions of population decline, including how these perceptions are shaped and what factors influence them. The topic connects sociology , economics , environmental science , and psycholo...

The University of Basel is offering a PhD position in the Plant Microbe Interactions research group within the Department of Environmental Sciences. The project examines how complex soil microbiomes influence plant growth and defence, with a focus on the genetic and immune mechanisms that allow some plant genotypes to benefit from particular microbiome communities. As part of the Swiss National Science Foundation project “Decoding plant growth in response to complex soil microbiomes” , the docto...

Postdoctoral Research Associate on Field Crops Research at Agroscope in Nyon, Switzerland (with some work from home; 80–90%). This postdoctoral position focuses on field crops research , especially the evaluation of genotype performance across production areas and systems. The research involves collating, organizing, and analyzing datasets, including data from drones and sensors; applying and improving empirical and mechanistic modeling for grain yield, grain protein content, and related traits;...

Postdoc opportunity at Agroscope in Zurich, Switzerland, on microplastics quantification in fruits and vegetables . The project focuses on method development and initial application, including sample preparation workflows for isolating microplastics from fruit and vegetable matrices, transfer of the pipeline into a verified standard operating procedure, and development of risk-based and exposure-based monitoring strategies. The work involves quantification of microplastics, data analysis, evalua...