PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Molecular Biology in Switzerland

PhD opportunity at the University of Geneva, Switzerland in the Gabelica Group , Biophysical and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Section of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The project is focused on structural mass spectrometry of oligonucleotides and their therapeutic applications , with strong relevance to biophysical chemistry, bioanalytical mass spectrometry, molecular structure, and molecular folding. This is a research-intensive PhD position suited to candidates interested in biomolecu...

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...

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in freshwater ecology , evolutionary dynamics , biodiversity , and ecosystem functioning focused on subarctic lakes in Greenland. The project is hosted by the Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution (FishEc) and contributes to a newly funded Swiss National Science Foundation project on eco-evolutionary community assembly in subarctic lake ecosystems. The research context is especially exc...

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, is offering a Master’s thesis project in freshwater biodiversity , community ecology , macroinvertebrates , and lake ecology within the Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution (FishEc), in collaboration with the Aquatic Ecology department. The thesis contributes to the Swiss National Assessment of Lake Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (SNALBES), a project focused on improving the assessment of Swiss lake biodiversity and s...

Doctoral Position in Environmental Microbiology at ETH Zurich The Environmental Microbiology group led by Prof. Marie Schölmerich in the Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich is recruiting for a fully funded 4-year PhD position . The project is embedded in the interdisciplinary NCCR Genesis network, which connects microbiology with geochemistry, planetary science, physics, chemistry, and origin-of-life research. This doctoral project focuses on the physiology and bioenergetics ...

PhD position in Clinical Veterinary Medicine at the University of Bern The Clinical Radiology Department of the Vetsuisse Faculty at the University of Bern is offering a 100% PhD position limited to 24 months , starting 1 April 2027 (or earlier by arrangement). The role combines clinical work and scientific research in MRI and/or CT diagnostics , with a dissertation as the main research output. You will be fully integrated into the department’s daily clinical workflow and will take responsibilit...

EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland is offering a full-time PhD position within the Plant Ecology Research Laboratory (PERL) focused on forest ecophysiology , remote sensing , forest ecology , and plant responses to drought . The project will study how forest canopy temperature and spectral properties reflect tree physiological responses to increasing atmospheric drought and soil water limitation. The research combines field ecophysiology, forest drought experiments, thermal and spectral remote sensin...

Postdoctoral positions in NLP, Human-Centered AI, and Conversational AI are available at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland through the SNSF-funded interdisciplinary project CREST-AI . The project sits at the intersection of Natural Language Processing , Human-Centered AI , Conversational AI , Large Language Models , philosophy, and law. The research aims to develop interactive language technologies that can detect gaps and misconceptions in user understanding and provide adaptive, ground...

PhD opportunity in Auditory Neuroscience at Inselspital Bern / University of Bern within the SOUND Study. The project focuses on state-of-the-art neuroimaging methods including MRI and fNIRS , together with cochlear implants and machine learning . The research goal is to better understand and predict speech understanding after cochlear implantation . This is a student-oriented research opening for candidates interested in sensory neuroscience, clinical hearing research, brain imaging, and data-d...