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PhD Degree (07)-Fully Funded at Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland

Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), 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 Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland.

Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.

 

(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in low-energy electron holography

You will participate in developing a novel imaging technique, low-energy electron holography, which will be applied for imaging 2D crystals (graphene, TMDs, etc.) as well as nano-scaled non-crystalline samples, including single proteins and other macromolecules. The project consists of the following tasks:

  • Sample preparation 
  • Recording low-energy electron holograms 
  • Numerical reconstruction of the sample structure from the recorded holograms 
  • Simulation of low-energy electron holograms of various samples 
  • Presenting the results at conferences and writing papers

Deadline : 31 August 2026

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(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student

  • You will prepare and characterize clay samples and oriented clay films using different methods (e.g. XRD, Mössbauer spectroscopy, electron microscopy, electrochemical methods) 
  • You will study proton mobility with quasi-elastic neutron scattering QENS in clays at SINQ / PSI and develop your own data analysis tools 
  • You will develop an experimental setup for radiotracer diffusion in thin clay films and conduct tracer diffusion and electromigration studies 
  • You will communicate your results at conferences and in publications in peer-reviewed journals and write a PhD thesis to complete your studies

Deadline : 31 August 2026

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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in Radiochemistry

  • Develop new radiochemical methods and instrumentation for studies of superheavy elements 
  • Produce radioisotopes of the lighter homologs of superheavy elements using PSI’s large-scale research infrastructure to test and optimize your ideas 
  • Perform innovative chemical experiments on superheavy elements at leading accelerator facilities worldwide as part of international collaborations 
  • Analyze and interpret experimental data to determine thermochemical properties of the heaviest elements 
  • Present your research at international conferences and publish your results in leading peer-reviewed scientific journals

Deadline : 19 September 2026

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(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in Aerosol Chemistry

  • Perform ^14C and aerosol mass spectrometer analyses on filters collected in eastern Europe and Asia 
  • Contributions to developing new workflows for methanol extraction with the aerosol mass spectrometer 
  • Source apportionment of organics and elemental carbon for different regions 
  • Offline measurements both at PSI and University of Bern 
  • Publication in high impact journals 
  • Writing thesis for a PhD degree at ETH Zurich 
  • Support of other projects in the laboratory

Deadline :  5 August 2026

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(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in X-ray scattering and imaging on mineralized tissues

  • Develop Python-based analysis tools to extract nanostructural information from SAXS tensor tomography 
  • Investigate how mineralized biological tissues, including bone, adapt their nanostructure to different mechanical and functional demands 
  • Help to design and conduct correlative multi-scale analysis pipelines integrating SAXS tensor tomography and high-resolution X-ray tomography, and complementary electron microscopy data (in collaboration with microscopy experts) 
  • Publish results in scientific journals and present findings at international conferences

Deadline : 16 August 2026

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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in X-ray imaging: Multi-scale characterization of bone

  • Investigate the structure of long bones of different species using synchrotron X-ray imaging and relate it to the mechanical properties 
  • Develop and apply Python-based X-ray imaging analysis tools in collaboration with the research group 
  • Help to design and conduct X-ray characterization experiments on mineralized biological tissue, in particular small-angle X-ray scattering tensor tomography 
  • Publish results in scientific journals and present findings at international conferences

Deadline : 16 August 2026

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(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in Quantum-Mechanical Simulations of Muons in Materials

This project combines first-principles simulations based on density functional theory DFT with the development of automated and reusable computational workflows for muon studies in materials. 

The goal of the project is to develop and apply advanced first-principles methodologies to determine muon stopping sites and muon-induced effects in materials, explicitly accounting for the quantum nature of the muon. Building on state-of-the-art DFT workflows for such simulations, you will extend existing approaches beyond classical treatments, incorporating quantum effects and modern data-driven techniques. 
Starting with DFT-based calculations of muon stopping sites and migration pathways, including nudged elastic band NEB calculations, you will explore quantum treatments of the muon using approaches such as path-integral molecular dynamics PIMD and/or the stochastic self-consistent harmonic approximation SSCHA. You will further investigate the use of machine-learned interatomic potentials MLIPs to efficiently capture muon–material interactions and enable simulations at an affordable computational cost. Depending on interests and project evolution, you may also explore generative AI approaches to predict favorable muon stopping sites. We do not expect candidates to be experts in all these techniques at the start of the PhD; training and learning will be an integral part of the project. 
A key component of the project is also the translation of these methods into robust, reusable, and user-friendly workflows, enabling their adoption by the broader µSR and materials-science communities. This includes contributing to and extending existing AiiDA-based workflows and graphical interfaces (e.g. AiiDAlab Quantum ESPRESSO applications) for automated muon simulations and analysis.

Deadline : Open until filled

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About The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Switzerland- Official Website

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is a multi-disciplinary research institute for natural and engineering sciences in Switzerland. It is located in the Canton of Aargau in the municipalities Villigen and Würenlingen on either side of the River Aare, and covers an area over 35 hectares in size. Like ETH Zurich and EPFL, PSI belongs to the ETH Domain of the Swiss Confederation. The PSI employs around 3000 people. It conducts basic and applied research in the fields of matter and materials, human health, and energy and the environment. About 37% of PSI’s research activities focus on material sciences, 24% on life sciences, 19% on general energy, 11% on nuclear energy and safety, and 9% on particle physics.

PSI develops, builds and operates large and complex research facilities and makes them available to the national and international scientific communities. In 2017, for example, more than 2,500 researchers from 60 different countries came to PSI to take advantage of the concentration of large-scale research facilities in the same location, which is unique worldwide. About 1,900 experiments are conducted each year at the approximately 40 measuring stations in these facilities.

 

 

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