ETH Zurich, Switzerland invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoc, PhD, or Software Engineer in XR applications for assembly (dis- and re-assembly) of net-zero carbon infrastructure
The project will be carried out by an XR Team: a postdoc, a doctoral student and an XR technical expert over four years. The XR Team is responsible for conducting cutting-edge research and developing methods and tools with the goal of delivering a flexible plug-and-play toolbox that can be applied in three exemplary projects for inspection, assembly (including dis- and re-assembly), and operations. The toolbox should be developed as an extensible XR platform such that other researchers within the AEC and ETH community can adapt it to create their own XR pipelines. The aim is not only to push the research in XR technology but also to lower the barrier of entry, democratizing the use of XR in AEC and further extending the impact of this lighthouse project. Being domain- and material-agnostic, the XR team will provide unique leverage to the large body of ongoing research in sustainable construction, across disciplines, specializations, materials, and structural systems.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(02) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral Position in Computer Vision for Circular Construction
The Chair of Circular Engineering for Architecture (CEA) at ETH Zurich is seeking a highly motivated and qualified individual to fill a postdoctoral position in the field of computer vision for circularity in the construction sector. The successful candidate will join a dynamic research team working on innovative approaches to advance circular construction practices through digital technologies. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of tools and strategies that promote the reuse of building materials and projects, enabling a more sustainable and regenerative built environment.
Deadline : 30.10.2023
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(03) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral position in life cycle assessment and digitalisation towards smart circular cities
The Chair of Circular Engineering for Architecture (CEA) develops research on matching reused architectural materials & projects through digitalization for circularity. Building design projects are often complex, multi-variant problems addressed by numerous parties working in separate silos. The construction industry can learn from other sectors about adopting digital technologies and circular strategies. Automating the reuse of materials in architecture can fill this gap by connecting actors across the value chain.
Deadline : 30.10.2023
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(04) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Post-Doctoral position in Neural Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication
We are looking for an exceptional postdoctoral researcher to perform innovative, translational research in the area of Tissue Engineering for Nerve Regeneration. You will be part of a recently funded Bridge Discovery grant and part of a team including bioengineers, clinicians and biologists.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(05) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Engineering Postdoc Opening for Development of a High-density CMOS Microelectrode Array Setup for Use with Retinal Preparations and Optogenetics
Therefore, on the technology side, it will be necessary to develop technologies and methods to minimize or avoid light-induced artifacts on the HD-MEAs, to establish and program a setup and software for high-throughput retinal recordings, as well as to establish the data-evaluation and signal-analysis pipeline. The work will be performed in close collaboration with electrical engineers and neurobiologists. A state-of-the art microtechnological cleanroom, a broad spectrum of engineering and testing equipment, software and computers, as well as cell-culture and biological facilities are available in the group.
Deadline :September 30th 2023
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(06) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Post-Doctoral Researcher in Rehabilitation Sciences and Digital Health Technologies H1033
As a Post-Doctoral Researcher in this Module, you will manage and conduct clinical trials, coordinate resources and generally supervise research staff. In addition, you will be responsible to support the overall coordination of Module 3. This work will be performed in collaboration with our research partners at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), industrial partners at ARTICARES, and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) in Singapore.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(07) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral position to characterize how fibroblasts interact with complex extracellular matrices
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is a complex three-dimensional network of fibrillar proteins, water, and proteoglycans and is critical for cell fate and function regulation in tissues. Cells sense the biochemical composition and the biophysical properties, such as the architecture and stiffness, of the ECM to regulate a wide variety of cellular functions including adhesion, migration, differentiation, metabolism, mechanics, and growth. In this highly challenging and interdisciplinary project we aim to decipher how cells sense the complexity of the ECM, structurally and biochemically relay the ECM properties into the cell and use this information to establish adhesion. To address this challenge, we will engineer biomimetic fibrillar, multicomponent ECM matrices, apply ultrasensitive atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based single-cell force spectroscopy (SCFS), and engineer cell lines to elucidate the dynamics of cell adhesion initiation and strengthening. To elucidate the molecular pathways regulating adhesion initiation and strengthening, we will use gene editing (CRISPR/Cas), RNAi silencing and chemical inhibitors. We aim to unravel at molecular detail the decisional processes of how cells establish adhesion to complex ECM compositions and architectures. By MINFLUX nanoscopy, which reaches an optical resolution of ~ 1 nm, we aim to determine how ECM properties determine the molecular architecture of cellular adhesomes and their functional implications for signaling. Therewith, we will focus on changes in the molecular adhesome architecture during adhesion maturation, how tension is distributed in the adhesome and on protein dynamics within adhesomes.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(08) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Post-Doc Position in Plant Biochemistry
The successful applicant, who will work in the team led by Prof. Samuel C. Zeeman, will be involved in research to understand how plants are able to make the carbohydrate polymers that comprise starch and how they are able to adopt a complex, semi-crystalline state. This research will require a combination of complementary tools: molecular genetics in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, advanced microscopic and cell biological methods, and in-vitro/in-vivo biochemistry. The successful applicant will be embedded within an interactive institute located in the city-center Campus of ETH Zurich, a world-leading institution in basic and applied research. We provide access to state-of-the-art facilities for microscopy (ScopeM), proteomics and nucleotide sequence analysis (FGCZ, GDC) in-house metabolomics, and plant growth.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(09) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Post-Doc / Project Scientist from March 2024
The rural-urban nexus: establishing a nutrient loop to improve city region food system resilience” is a science-based development project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). Its aim is to address two critical development challenges facing rapidly urbanising countries across sub-Saharan Africa: the sustainable and equitable production of food, and the provision of dignified and sustainable basic sanitation. Currently, both the agricultural and sanitation sectors are dominated by linear solutions which heavily depend on resource-intensive inputs. These approaches have led to nutrient imbalances within rural-urban interfaces across the world. In rural areas, long-term nutrient mining has created a downward trend of agricultural productivity, which harms livelihoods and exacerbates food insecurity. Simultaneously, rapidly growing urban areas in lower income countries suffer from an accumulation of organic waste (wasted nutrients) caused by insufficient collection and disposal of green, food and human waste, which harm environmental and human health. Most research and development approaches view these problems as disconnected. In contrast, RUNRES adopts a circular model of resource use predicated on the capture, treatment and reuse of food processing and urban organic waste streams as a viable alternative to linear systems. Thus, by reimagining the rural-urban relationship, the project seeks to create a transformed local economy, one that supports circular flows of resources within the following African city regions: Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); Arba Minch, Ethiopia; Kamonyi, Rwanda; and Msunduzi, South Africa. The circular model in these city regions will be hinged on important food commodity value chains: coffee in Bukavu, bananas in Arba Minch, cassava in Kamonyi and vegetables in Msunduzi.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(10) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoc Position: Animal Models for Cell-Based Therapies
We invite applications from enthusiastic candidates eager to be at the forefront of cell therapy and bioengineering research. The successful applicant will be instrumental in conducting mouse experiments to test novel genetic circuits, writing and maintaining animal licenses in collaboration with group members and serving as responsible for directing animal experiments (study director), and overseeing the lab’s mouse colony in collaboration with animal facility staff.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(11) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Microscale Robots
You will be responsible for creating novel microscale robots incorporating nanomagnets that can be actuated in a magnetic field. The microscale robots will be fabricated using cleanroom processes and their behaviour will be tracked with a dedicated optical microscope. Furthermore, you will develop new methods to control the motion of the robots in different environments and demonstrate different applications.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(12) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoc in bacteria-based materials
The Laboratory for Soft Materials and Interfaces of Prof. Lucio Isa in the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich is looking for a talented postdoctoral researcher to work on an exciting project focusing on the directed assembly of biological microscale objects for the controlled fabrication of biomaterials. The project will also be carried out in collaboration with the group of Dr. Eleonora Secchi at ETH Zurich.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(13) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral or Researcher Position in the field of Environmental Chemistry for the mapping of contaminated sites
The position is part of the Horizon Europe project ARAGORN – Achieving Remediation And GOverning Restoration of contaminated soils Now , which will be carried out together with 16 partners (universities and laboratories) in Europe. In the project, a new framework for assessing contaminated sites will be developed and implemented. Starting from the identification of contaminated sites, the framework will present a decision-making tree to identify remediation and restoration strategies and to potentially use selected contaminated sites as Lighthouses or Living Labs. The selected candidate will be involved in two main activities of the project. One is the generation of maps of potentially contaminated sites of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), organochlorines and -bromines (OCBs), petroleum and coal (PETCO) compounds, and metals. The maps will be developed based on existing data in national inventories of known or suspected hazardous sites, extensive reviews of the scientific literature, reports by national authorities, and other literature. In the second activity, the selected candidate will be involved in the identification of sites across Europe for which remediation actions have occurred, are ongoing, or planned. If available, information will be gathered on the type of remediation action, risk reduction and restoration goals and the potential budget allocated to remediation action.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(14) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral Research Position in the Materials Theory Group
The specific research project aims to i) identify order parameters for chirality, ii) explore the relationship between chiral order parameters and physical properties in chiral systems, and iii) design new chiral materials with optimized behaviors. Our main methodology will be first-principles calculations based on density functional theory, which we will use to map the evolution between achiral and ferrochiral phases, to analyze the corresponding changes in electronic structure, and to quantify chiral order and properties. The project is part of the ERC Synergy program “Hidden, entangled and resonating order”, in collaboration with the groups of Gabriel Aeppli (PSI), Henrik Ronnow (EPFL) and Sasha Balatsky (Nordita), and will involve close interaction with experimental teams specializing in materials characterization and synthesis.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(15) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral researcher on strategic management and organizational learning from product failure in the pharmaceutical/medical industry
As a postdoctoral scholar you will conduct research at the interface between Strategic Management and Organization Theory. Employing cutting-edge quantitative methodologies, your role will involve examining the influence of product failures on diverse stakeholders. In your role as a postdoctoral researcher, a primary expectation is that your academic efforts will be devoted to this project. Moreover, you are strongly encouraged to contribute your unique research ideas, provided they align with the overarching research trajectory of the project.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(16) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: PostDoctoral Position in Human-Centered Security & Privacy Research
The Security, Privacy and Society Group led by Prof. Verena Zimmermann is inviting applications for a PostDoctoral Researcher in the area of Human-Centered Security. The Security. Privacy and Society Group is an interdisciplinary research group in the Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (D-GESS) at ETH Zürich. We perform research at the intersection of humans and technology, especially focusing on human-computer interaction and the human aspects of IT security and privacy. The group aims to develop human-centered security and privacy solutions that consider humans as active contributors to security. Exemplary research areas comprise usable authentication and communication, designing privacy-friendly smart home applications, or addressing security challenges in smart cities.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(17) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral researcher in prediction and optimization of railway operations
The focus of this project is to understand how to find and generate solutions better and faster for the problem of temporal planning of railways. This challenge involves timetabling and rescheduling problems, potentially also considering the rerouting of trains on the network. For those problems, standard mathematical models exist, which combine optimization, with prediction of future operations. The research needs to 1) extend the understanding of the domain-related objectives, to grasp the complexity of the real-life decisions by human controllers, which consider future operations in their choices; 2) improve the solution of large-scale scheduling and routing problems by novel algorithmic, pre-computation, and/or machine learning approaches, which are used in decision support systems. 3) to quantitatively understand the usefulness of the suggested decision compared to the actions actually implemented in real life, to tune and improve the solution process. The ultimate objective is to have a better, faster decision; and precisely understand what “better” means and how it can be mathematically modelled.
Deadline :10.10.2023.
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(18) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral Position in Computational Astrophysics (Planet Formation)
You will be responsible for carrying out the research project, participating in teaching, student supervision, and in the group’s activities. You will carry out 3D (radiative) thermo-hydrodynamical simulations with dust+gas with an existing code (written in C language), and further develop that code to add additional relevant physics, e.g. self-gravity. The salary will be in accordance with the regulations of ETH Zurich with an increase every year. The salary scale is fixed, and non-negotiable.
Deadline : Sep 30, 2023.
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(19) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience
The Neural Control of Movement Lab and the Social Brain in Action Lab are currently seeking a suitably qualified Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on a research project directed toward understanding cognitive and brain mechanisms that support social perception and interaction.
Deadline : October 16th 2023.
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(20) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral position in Environmental Chemistry of Biodegradable Polymers
You will conduct research on the biodegradation of the novel polyesters, with a focus on agricultural soils but, in collaboration with colleagues, also in compost and lake sediments. The goal is to obtain a fundamental, mechanistic understanding of the biodegradation process and to identify critical system variables (e.g., polymer structure, soil temperature, pH, and microbial community composition) that control biodegradation rates and extents. You will publish your results in peer-reviewed scientific journals and prepare reports for consortia meetings.
Deadline : Oct 1st 2023
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(21) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral Position in Medicinal Chemistry
In this role, you will function within an interdisciplinary setting bridging the realms of chemistry and computer science. Your primary responsibility will involve the synthesis and analytical characterization of novel compounds generated through computer algorithms. You will focus on optimizing these compounds to achieve drug-like properties and desired biological effects. The project necessitates close collaboration with all ongoing research endeavors within the group, as well as with external researchers from various institutions. A strong team-oriented approach is essential, and actively supporting the objectives of fellow team members is a requisite part of the role. We are seeking candidates who are self-motivated, creative, well-organized, and maintain a clean and efficient work environment. Proficiency in the English language is expected to be excellent.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(22) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoc Position in Metagenomics & Computational Biology
We are looking for a Postdoc to spearhead metagenomics and computational biology in the Environmental Microbiology group. The candidate will:
Identify extrachromosomal elements in metagenomic datasets an analyze them in silico
Establish a metagenomic and computational software infrastructure
Communicate findings at conferences and through high-quality publications
Mentor and train graduate, master, and bachelor students
Deadline : 30 September 2023.
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(23) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoc position in Rewilding of Forest Ecosystems
One part of your job will deal with the re-wilding of forests, based on the data from the EuFoRIa network and in close collaboration with the PhD student working in the same project. While the PhD student will likely focus on models of forest dynamics, your emphasis will be on the potential of using Artificial Intelligence for predicting forest dynamics based on the existing inventory data that are covering more than 300 reserves, more than 6000 plots, and more than one million tree measurements dating back to 1936 CE. Another part of your job will deal with the re-wilding of agricultural land, including the application of the model refined by the PhD student as well as extending the AI methods to the early successional stages, for which less comprehensive data are available. Furthermore, you can profit from an extensive network of WILDCARD partners to develop ties to biodiversity research (both above- and belowground) as well as carbon-focused research elsewhere in the project. The supervision of the PhD student is part of your responsibilities. This is a 3-year postdoc position within the context of WILDCARD. Extension by another year may be possible depending on the availability of additional funding.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(24) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Post-doctoral Researcher – Sea-City Interface Research Project (C3183)
You will be the project coordinator and daily supervising a research team of at least two PhD Researchers and one Researcher. You will contribute your own research to the project relating to scenario development, simulation, analysis, and/or assessment to mitigate climate change on the sea-city fringes in rapidly urbanizing cities in tropical Asia, with a focus on Singapore.
Deadline : Open Until Filled
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(25) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoctoral position in Systems or Hardware Security
We are looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our group. You will collaborate closely with the PhD students while establishing a new line of research in the group. You are further expected to contribute to the teaching and supervision activities of the group. The position is ideal for someone who wants to strengthen their CV with additional projects and gain leadership experience in preparation for a top faculty or industry position. We aim to increase the number of women in systems security. Eligible candidates are therefore encouraged to apply.
Deadline : Open Until Filled
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(26) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position
Postdoc summary/title: Postdoc in ecological visualization of river restoration
The postdoc will develop and test ecologically-based visualization tools for river restoration outcomes using methods from computer vision (ML techniques e.g., stable diffusion), urban and landscape design, and ecological engineering. The tools should be designed to guide and inform stakeholder engagement processes around river restoration interventions and expected outcomes. The project will therefore include interdisciplinary scientific input across domains of hydrology, ecology, and spatial planning, as well as engagement with NGOs, governmental agencies and local stakeholders. The position will also require co-supervision of BSc and MSc student research within the frame of the project. It is important to note that the position is based in Switzerland, but will also require extended periods of time in Scotland for field work.
Deadline : 31 October 2023
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About ETH Zurich, Switzerland- Official Website
ETH Zürich is a public research university in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. Founded by the Swiss Federal Government in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the school focuses exclusively on science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Like its sister institution EPFL, it is part of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain, part of the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.
In the 2021 edition of QS World University Rankings, ETH Zurich was ranked 6th in the world, placing it as the second-best European university after the University of Oxford. In the 2020 QS World University Rankings by subject, it ranked 4th in the world for engineering and technology (2nd in Europe) and 1st for earth & marine science. Also, ETH was rated 8th in the world in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2020.
The university is an attractive destination for international students thanks to low tuition fees of 809 CHF per semester, PhD and graduate salaries that are amongst the world’s highest, and a world-class reputation in academia and industry. There are currently 22,200 students from over 120 countries, of which 4,180 are pursuing doctoral degrees.
As of November 2019, 21 Nobel laureates, 2 Fields Medalists, 2 Pritzker Prize winners, and 1 Turing Award winner have been affiliated with the Institute, including Albert Einstein. Other notable alumni include John von Neumann and Santiago Calatrava. It is a founding member of the IDEA League and the International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) and a member of the CESAER network.
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