PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Earth Science in Austria

The University of Vienna is recruiting a postdoctoral University Assistant for the Department of Geology within the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy. The position focuses on the Late Paleozoic Glacial Period in southern Africa and combines paleoglaciology, geomorphology, field geology, GIS, photogrammetry and quantitative analysis. The researcher will investigate glacial landscapes and geological datasets through paleoglaciological field studies, photogrammetry, digital mapping...

The University of Vienna is seeking a predoctoral researcher in geoecology to investigate the ecological functioning of wetlands. The doctoral project focuses on greenhouse gas exchange in the reed belt of Lake Neusiedl and the Pürgschachen Moor . The research will make use of the geoecology group’s existing eddy covariance infrastructure , including towers equipped with sensors for carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane. The successful researcher will contribute to field-based environmental r...

The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is accepting applications to its 2027 interdisciplinary PhD program. The program welcomes highly qualified applicants interested in graduate-level scientific research across biology, chemistry, neuroscience, mathematics, computer science, physics, data science and scientific computing, astronomy, earth science, and related areas. Students join an international research environment built around ISTA’s research groups. During the first year of...

The Soil Mechanics Innsbruck (SMI) team at the University of Innsbruck is seeking a doctoral researcher for a PhD project in soil mechanics, numerical modelling and gravitational mass movements. The position focuses on challenging research questions connected with geotechnical processes and natural hazards in mountain regions. The successful researcher will join a collaborative and supportive environment within a team working on computational and experimental soil mechanics. The research is embe...

The Atomic and Plasma Physics Group at the Institute of Applied Physics at TU Wien is offering a fully funded PhD project in experimental ion-surface physics. The research investigates how singly and multiply charged solar-wind ions modify and sputter silicate and oxide mineral surfaces. These ion–surface interactions are central to understanding space weathering, the process through which exposed rocky surfaces are altered by the space environment. The PhD student will combine controlled ion-ir...

PhD project in agricultural polymer degradation and microplastics Environmental Geosciences (EDGE) at the University of Vienna is seeking a PhD researcher to investigate how agricultural polymers fragment into microplastics and nanoplastics in soil. The project addresses an important challenge in developing environmentally safe agricultural materials: although biodegradable polymers are designed to break down fully in the field, their degradation may pass through a temporary stage in which micro...

Montanuniversität Leoben’s Department of Geoenergy is seeking a University Assistant to join the Chair of Reservoir Engineering in Leoben, Austria, with the opportunity to pursue a PhD. The research focuses on geological carbon dioxide and hydrogen storage, investigating reactive fluid transport through porous media. The project combines experimental and numerical approaches to understand transport processes relevant to subsurface energy storage and reservoir engineering. Potential research acti...

The University of Vienna is offering a PhD position in Arctic energy budget diagnostics within the Climate Diagnostics research group at the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics. The group is led by Prof. Leopold Haimberger and Dr. Michael Mayer and works on coupled atmosphere–ocean–cryosphere energy-budget diagnostics and the quality and homogeneity of datasets used in climate reanalyses. The doctoral project will investigate detailed energy and moisture budgets to trace the sources of majo...

The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is offering fully funded PhD positions within a broad, interdisciplinary doctoral program spanning astronomy, biology, computer science, chemistry and materials, data science and scientific computing, earth science, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics. The opportunity is based at ISTA, a world-class research environment on the outskirts of Vienna. The posting is aimed at highly qualified candidates interested in joining the institute’s Ph...