PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in materials science in Switzerland

ETH Zurich is offering a doctoral position in the Optical Materials Engineering Laboratory led by Prof. David J. Norris in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT). The project focuses on the experimental characterization of semiconductor nanocrystals, combining optical spectroscopy, microscopy, electron microscopy, and structural analysis to understand how size, shape, composition, surface chemistry, and atomic-scale structure govern optical behavior. The research is center...

ETH Zurich’s Neurotechnology Group of Prof. Mehmet Fatih Yanik is recruiting PhD students and postdoctoral researchers for a newly funded LOOP Zurich Flagship Project on focused ultrasound-mediated brain drug delivery . The project aims to advance a precision therapeutic platform that combines drug carrier formulation , chemical engineering , ultrasound-responsive nanoparticles/microbubbles/liposomes , medical imaging, and closed-loop control to deliver therapeutics to specific brain regions wit...

Empa in St. Gallen, Switzerland is advertising a postdoctoral research position in Chemistry within the Laboratory for Advanced Fibers . The project is highly interdisciplinary and focuses on developing a new class of melt-spun liquid/gel-core fibers for selective ion scavenging in lithium-ion batteries . The research aims to capture transition-metal ions and other harmful degradation products, linking polymer science , materials science , fiber technology , and energy-storage research . The tea...

PhD opportunity at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland for a project on proton transport in clays , physical chemistry , materials science , and related environmental chemistry topics. The project is part of a multidisciplinary collaboration between the Laboratory for Waste Management (LES), the Laboratory for Neutron Scattering and Imaging (LNS), and the Water Electrodynamics Group at TU-Hamburg. The PhD student will investigate proton diffusion in bulk and confined water, including vehi...

Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland is advertising a PhD Student in Condensed Matter Physics for the PEARL beamline at the Swiss Light Source. The project focuses on the atomic and electronic structure of altermagnetic materials using experimental methods such as photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS, ARPES) and scanning probe microscopy (STM, AFM) . The role also includes maintaining and developing instrumentation and data analysis tools, collaborating with experimental and theoretical partn...

EPFL is offering Master Excellence Fellowships in Switzerland for outstanding students pursuing a master’s degree at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) . The fellowship is described as fully funded and provides CHF 10,000 per semester plus student housing assistance . It is open to all nationalities and supports study for up to 4 semesters . Relevant fields mentioned in the post include engineering , computer science , AI , data science , biotech , robotics , physics , architect...

PhD opportunity at ETH Zurich in 3D printed stone for heritage buildings. The Chair for Digital Building Technologies invites applications for a doctoral position focused on the restoration of historic stone structures through advanced digital fabrication. The project is part of the collaborative ETH Grant Spatially graded 3D printing to elucidate contour scaling of building stones and will be carried out in close exchange with a second doctoral researcher at the Chair for Physical Chemistry of ...

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland, is advertising a PhD Student in Condensed Matter Physics position at the PEARL beamline of the Swiss Light Source. This doctoral project focuses on the atomic and electronic structure of altermagnetic materials , combining experimental techniques such as photoelectron spectroscopy ( XPS , ARPES ) and scanning probe microscopy ( STM , AFM ). The work is strongly experimental, with activity at PSI and other synchrotron light sources, and ...

Doctoral position on molecular engineering of dynamic covalent hydrogels at ETH Zurich, within the Macromolecular Engineering Laboratory led by Prof. Mark W. Tibbitt in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT). The project focuses on understanding how molecular-scale features control the mechanics and flow of dynamic covalent hydrogels , a class of viscoelastic soft materials based on reversible covalent cross-links such as boronate esters, hydrazones, imines, and disulfides...