The University of Lausanne (UNIL) is offering a 5-year PhD position in the Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics (IDYST), focusing on soil biogeochemistry in proglacial margins. The successful candidate will join the pedology group and work on quantifying chemical weathering fluxes in environments exposed by glacier retreat. This research is crucial for understanding the carbon cycle and feedbacks between glacier retreat and atmospheric CO2, as newly exposed sediments undergo active pedogenesis an...

The University of Geneva, Switzerland, is offering PhD, Postdoctoral, or Senior Researcher positions in the field of long-term national energy scenarios within the Renewable Energy Systems group, led by Prof. Evelina Trutnevyte. The group is part of the Faculty of Science and the Institute for Environmental Sciences. Research focuses on mathematical modeling and technology assessment tools to support the transition to renewable energy systems at various scales, from neighborhoods to continents. ...

The Idiap Research Institute in Martigny, Switzerland, is seeking to hire two Research Scientists (Group Leaders) in the fields of Foundational Machine Learning and AI for Sustainability. These permanent, full-time positions offer the opportunity to lead independent research groups and contribute to Idiap’s core research programs, including Human-AI Teaming, AI for Life, Sustainable and Resilient Societies, and AI for Everyone. The Foundational Machine Learning position focuses on advancing core...

This fully-funded PhD position in Evolutionary Biology at the University of Bern, Switzerland, focuses on understanding how social plasticity drives adaptation in threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) following their colonization of Greenland's freshwater lakes. The project is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and offers a unique combination of fieldwork in Greenland and laboratory research in Switzerland, in collaboration with leading researchers at the University of ...

ETH Zurich, one of the world’s leading universities in science and technology, is offering multiple fully funded PhD positions in the field of sustainable food systems. These positions are available within member groups of the World Food System Center and span a range of research areas including sustainability assessment, food processing, isotope hydrology, and food waste supply chains. The projects are hosted in the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS) and the Department of Heal...

The High-Resolution Weather and Climate Modeling Group at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Sciences (IAC), ETH Zurich, is offering a fully funded PhD position as part of an SNSF Ambizione grant. The research focuses on the combined effects of mountains and climate change on severe thunderstorms, with a particular emphasis on idealized numerical modeling using the ICON model. The project aims to identify physical drivers behind enhanced climate trends over mountainous regions, leveraging...

The Sustainable Food Processing Lab at ETH Zurich, led by Professor Alexander Mathys, is seeking a highly motivated doctoral researcher to join a collaborative project focused on food processing for planetary and human health. The research aims to understand and improve how food processing affects both nutritional quality and environmental impact, with a vision to develop strategies that enhance nutritional value and sustainability as assessed by nutritional life cycle assessment (nLCA). The pro...

The University of Geneva's Analytical Chemistry group, led by Professor Eric Bakker, is seeking two fully funded PhD students in the fields of bio- and environmental analytical chemistry and electrochemistry. The group is part of the Section of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, and focuses on the development and application of chemical sensing principles for a wide range of applications. Research is highly interdisciplinary, combining fundamental and applied work, and includes the ...

The Sustainable Food Processing Lab at ETH Zurich, led by Professor Alexander Mathys, is offering a fully funded PhD position focused on sustainability assessment for evaluating future global food systems. The research aims to develop and apply advanced sustainability assessment methods to support transformative changes in food systems worldwide. By integrating future projections, the project will identify improvement potentials in key value chains across diverse geographical contexts, consideri...