PhD Opportunities in Petroleum Engineering in Switzerland

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 opportunity in Mountain Tourism and Politics at the Institute of Geography and Sustainability (IGD), University of Lausanne . The position is based at the University of Lausanne’s campus in Sion (Bramois), Switzerland , in the Swiss Alps, and is offered as a Graduate Assistant / PhD Candidate (80%) . The project focuses on contemporary challenges in mountain tourism and is a strong fit for candidates interested in geography , tourism studies , sociology , political science , environmental sc...

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...

PhD opportunity at the Centre for Space and Habitability and the Division for Space Research and Planetary Sciences , University of Bern, within the new NCCR Genesis research infrastructure. The project sits at the intersection of physics , chemistry , biology , earth science , and astronomy , with a strong focus on astrobiology , biosignatures , and life detection . The PhD research will combine remote sensing via circular spectro-polarimetry with in situ laser-based mass spectrometry to detect...

PhD position at the Centre for Space and Habitability, University of Bern within the new NCCR Genesis research infrastructure. The project focuses on remote sensing of microorganisms and the detectability of biosignatures in extreme environments , especially icy-moon conditions relevant to future life-detection missions such as ESA’s planned L4 mission to Enceladus. Research topics include spectro-polarimetry, optics, vacuum and low-temperature experiments, radiation exposure, bacterial samples ...

Doctoral Student in Environmental Bioengineering at ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland). The Environmental Microfluidics Group of Prof. Roman Stocker in the Institute of Environmental Engineering is recruiting a PhD student for a project on bacterial chemotaxis , plasmid transfer , and the spread of antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments. The project is a joint effort with Prof. Jonasz Slomka at the University of Warsaw and is funded by a recently awarded SNSF grant . This is a highly experi...

Two Doctoral Positions in Tropical Forest Ecology, Animal-Plant Interactions and Forest Restoration at ETH Zürich in the Species Interactions and Ecosystem Health group . The project, AniCaRes – Animating Carbon Restoration , is an SNSF Starting Grant project examining how animals shape tropical forest regeneration and carbon recovery. The research combines tropical ecology , animal-plant interactions , forest restoration , seed dispersal , molecular ecology , DNA metabarcoding/eDNA , animal mon...

ETH Zurich is advertising multiple newly opened PhD scholarships/doctoral positions in Quantum Engineering and Sustainable Architecture . The post highlights research spanning computational design , geophysics , and fluid dynamics , making this a strong fit for applicants with interdisciplinary interests across engineering, architecture, and computational science. Funding: The positions are described as fully funded and paid according to the standard Swiss PhD salary scale . Location: ETH Zurich...

A PhD opening is available in Urban Provisioning Systems, Sufficiency Behaviour, and Well-Being at EPFL , in collaboration with the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . The project examines how urban planning interventions and changes in provisioning systems influence citizens’ perceptions, behavioral choices, and subjective well-being, and how these changes affect resource demand and urban socio-metabolic profiles. The research is interdisciplinary and combines spatial/quantitative analysis wit...