Postdoctoral Position in Biogeography of Sociality and Ant Macroecology University of Lausanne in Switzerland

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is advertising 3 PhD positions in Evolutionary Ecology , Evolutionary Genomics , and Ecosystem Science within the Department of Fish Ecology & Evolution (FishEc). The project is part of a recently funded Swiss National Science Foundation grant and will investigate how biotic and abiotic selection pressures shape species interactions, community assembly, and ecosystem functioning in lakes of Southern Greenland . The research fo...

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Ecological Stability at the University of Zurich , Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies. This is a postdoctoral opportunity for an early-career researcher to develop and lead an original research programme on ecological stability, including the development and application of concepts and tools such as response diversity . The group led by Owen Petchey studies the determinants of ecological stability in temporal and spatial dimensions, u...

Agroscope is advertising a postdoctoral researcher position in metabolites of pesticides in groundwater at its Wädenswil workplace in Switzerland . The project focuses on processing monitoring data on pesticide metabolites in groundwater, combining these data with approved application rates and sales figures for the relevant active ingredients, and compiling Predicted Environmental Concentrations (PEC) for metabolites detected in monitoring. The role also includes characterizing land use in grou...

PhD Opportunity | InvAdapt Lab, University of Barcelona The InvAdapt Lab is seeking a candidate to join a predoctoral fellowship application and carry out a PhD thesis on potentially invasive terrestrial flatworms , including Obama nungara , Caenoplana coerulea , and Caenoplana variegata . The project uses an integrated approach spanning biology , ecology , and genomic analysis to understand what enables these species to establish and spread into new territories. This is a strong fit for applica...

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in chironomid biodiversity across Swiss lakes. The project is linked to the Swiss National Assessment of Lake Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SNALBES) , an initiative focused on building a stronger scientific basis for monitoring biodiversity in Swiss lakes and connecting research with conservation and management needs. The student will work with chironomids collected during the plann...