Postdoc Opportunities in Civil Engineering in Switzerland

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to advance sustainable structural systems for hybrid steel–timber buildings. The project combines structural dynamics, mechanical metamaterials, numerical simulation and experimental testing to improve vibration performance, occupant comfort and resource-efficient construction. The researcher will lead the design and optimisation of metamaterial resonators targeting frequencies from 1–20 Hz for human-induced vibratio...

The Adolphe Merkle Institute’s BioNanomaterials group at the University of Fribourg is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for an interdisciplinary project focused on lung tissue engineering and the hazard assessment of exhaust emissions . The research aims to develop a toxicity screening approach to identify highly toxic pollutants from different emission sources and to support the ranking of fuel and engine technologies according to their hazard potential. This project is part of the Horizon ...

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for the HydraSense project within its Remote Sensing group and Land Change Science Research Unit. The project addresses how climate-induced drought affects forest ecosystems and how remote sensing can identify changes in tree water status and thresholds associated with drought-induced mortality. The postdoctoral researcher will develop and evaluate methods for retrieving vegetation water ...

Eawag – the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology – is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for a two-year interdisciplinary study on the environmental analysis and fate of synthetic oligonucleotide therapeutics in aquatic environments. Synthetic oligonucleotides are an expanding class of nucleic-acid-based therapeutics. Chemical modifications that protect these compounds from enzymatic degradation in the human body may also influence their persistence, transformation, and bi...

The Micromechanical and Horological Design Laboratory (INSTANT-LAB) at EPFL is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to advance the design of flexure-based mechanisms. These compliant mechanisms rely on elastic deformation rather than conventional joints, enabling precise motion in demanding environments where frictionless operation, repeatability, reduced maintenance, and monolithic construction are especially valuable. The project focuses on developing a new design and modelling framework for f...

The Policy & Sustainability (PASU) lab at EPFL invites applications for a postdoctoral fellow to join a new SNSF-funded project on managing a just transition to net zero. The project combines applied and theoretical research on the economics and politics of sustainable development, with a strong focus on how decarbonization policies affect workers, regions, and public preferences. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to three main strands of work: measuring economic and job vulnerabilitie...

EPFL’s Micromechanical and Horological Design Laboratory (INSTANT-LAB) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to advance the design and modelling of flexure-based mechanisms. These compliant mechanisms generate motion through the elastic deformation of slender structural elements instead of conventional sliding or rolling joints. The research addresses the performance trade-offs that limit high-performance flexure mechanisms, including motion range, load-carrying capability, stiffness and sensitiv...

The postdoctoral researcher will join the Photovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratory (PV-Lab) at EPFL in Neuchâtel to develop and scale up innovative recycling approaches for silicon photovoltaic modules. The project sits at the interface of sustainable photovoltaic technologies, materials recovery and circularity. The successful researcher will work on mechanical, thermo-mechanical, delamination and advanced separation routes for conventional and emerging PV modules, with attention to r...

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the NOVA-City research program, which examines how medium-sized Swiss cities can build long-term resilience, environmental sustainability, and quality of life amid changing climatic, ecological, and societal conditions. The postdoctoral project, WaterScarCity: Water Scarcity Forecasting for Swiss Cities , will develop approaches to help cities prepare for increasingly frequent and ...