PhD student position in fluid dynamics and optics for biomedical applications ETH Zürich in Switzerland

Doctoral Student in Environmental Bioengineering at ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland). The Environmental Microfluidics Group of Prof. Roman Stocker in the Institute of Environmental Engineering is recruiting a PhD student for a project on bacterial chemotaxis , plasmid transfer , and the spread of antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments. The project is a joint effort with Prof. Jonasz Slomka at the University of Warsaw and is funded by a recently awarded SNSF grant . This is a highly experi...

ETH Zurich is advertising a Postdoctoral Researcher position in experimental fracture mechanics of soft materials at the Professorship of Solid Mechanics (SMEC) in the Institute for Building Materials. The project sits at the intersection of materials science , mechanics , and physics , with a strong emphasis on understanding how materials deform, degrade, crack, and fail. The successful candidate will join a newly established fracture mechanics imaging and characterization lab and will lead exp...

EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) is advertising a PhD position in Aerodynamic Design of Small-Scale Turbomachinery within the TurboImpact project, funded by Horizon Europe – MSCA Doctoral Network . The position is based at EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland , and focuses on advanced research in turbomachinery aerodynamics , fluid dynamics , computational fluid dynamics (CFD) , finite element analysis (FEA) , and materials/manufacturing-aware design . The doctoral research will investiga...

Fully funded PhD positions are available at the PhD School of Life Sciences , University of Geneva , Switzerland. The school spans the Faculties of Medicine and Science and offers doctoral training across six competitive programs: Molecular Bioscience , Biomedical Sciences , Pharmaceutical Sciences , Ecology and Evolution , Physics of Biology , and Genomics and Digital Health . Students can join one of 199 research groups and benefit from a structured training environment, mentoring and evaluati...

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 ...