Postdoc Opportunities in Environmental Science in Switzerland

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 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...

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 ...

Eawag’s Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to investigate fish migration and life history variation in anadromous Arctic charr. The project examines how glacial inputs shape fjord environments and how these environmental differences influence the ecology, movement patterns, foraging, phenotypic divergence, and local distinctiveness of Arctic charr populations. The research will compare populations using glacial-fed and tundra streams, fjords influenced ...

The Laboratory of Visual Intelligence for Transportation (VITA) at EPFL is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to develop new methods for remote sensing within a broader research agenda spanning Generative AI, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Human-Robot Interaction. The position sits in a dynamic, interdisciplinary research group that aims to redefine how machines interpret human actions, anticipate intentions, and interact seamlessly with people across different settings. The advertised pr...

The Structural Xploration Lab at EPFL is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join its work on building technology, with a strong focus on the characterization and circular performance assessment of building envelopes in Europe. The project spans multiple scales, from construction details and building archetypes to the large-scale inference of building stocks. It is embedded in a EU-Horizon project and carried out in collaboration with foreign industrial and research partners. The successful can...