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.
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(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Two PhD candidates in integrated photonics with disordered materials for classical and quantum devices
These two PhD projects aim to realize bottom-up polycrystalline nonlinear assemblies of metal-oxides for PICs, which in fabrication complexity and functionalities will outperform devices constructed from bulk crystals or top-down thin films. Different kinds of bottom-up wet chemistry of metal-oxide nanocrystals will be explored starting from barium titanate and lithium niobate materials that are transparent from ultraviolet to mid-infrared, strongly nonlinear and electro-optic.
Deadline : Open until filled
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Accelerating the roll-out of resilient net zero pathways for the Swiss and European energy system
There is an urgent need to create a sustainable and resilient energy system to support the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and comply with the climate targets established by the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal. As climate change might pose various threats to a clean, affordable, and reliable energy transition, there is a need to combine energy and climate models within the analysis of the energy transition.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in breath metabolomics for enhancing dairy cattle welfare and health
The Group of Animal Nutrition, together with the Group of Analytical Chemistry, is seeking a motivated, team-oriented person with a strong interest in the interface of basic and applied research in agricultural and nutrition sciences to develop a non-invasive method as a tool for assessing rumen fermentation and microbial functions, and metabolic health in dairy cows, in order to improve the animal welfare.
Deadline : Open until filled
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral thesis on the freezing of soft materials
This thesis topic is about understanding how damage occurs when soft, wet materials are frozen. Despite this being a very common problem, it is still surprisingly poorly understood. Most people think that freezing causes damage because water expands as it freezes. However, this effect plays a very minor role: if we replace water with a liquid that shrinks as it freezes, it still causes damage. This is a problem ranging from frost heave damage to infrastructure, to storing food in freezers, to cryopreservation, and to life at low temperatures.
Deadline : Open until filled
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Rock Mechanics
You will develop a new methodology for constructing analogue models of engineering geology systems. Furthermore, you will achieve this using a combination of laboratory and numerical analysis to develop, validate and test the new methodology. In addition, you will then perform scaled experiments of engineering geology systems to make fundamental insights into processes such as rock slope failure and rock fracture propagation in jointed rock.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in science and technology studies (STS)
We seek a doctoral researcher to join our team for the project «Investigating interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity: intersections of practices, culture(s) and policy in collaborative knowledge production» (INTERSECTIONS), funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The Cultural Studies of Science Group (CSTS), in which this position is embedded, is a dynamic team studying and applying inter- and transdisciplinary methods and theories.
Deadline : June 9, 2023
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Wireless System Design
The Integrated Information Processing (IIP) Group is part of the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at ETH Zurich. We carry out research in next-generation wireless communication systems, real-time signal processing applications, embedded machine learning, and very large-scale integration (VLSI) circuit and system design. What sets us apart from other research groups is that we jointly consider theory, algorithm development, architecture design, and hardware implementation aspects, which enables us to develop far more efficient solutions than conventional, atomistic design approaches that consider these aspects separately.
Deadline : Open until filled
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position: 3D cell-based tissue simulation framework
We are looking for a PhD student with a strong background in computational science, computational biology or applied mathematics to extend a recently developed C++- based cell-based tissue simulation framework to represent further biophysical features, and to include a numerical solver for reaction-diffusion equations. You will integrate available image processing and meshing algorithms to create an integrated framework that simulates imaged tissues at cellular resolution. The framework will be applied to morphogenetic problems in developmental biology using imaging data. The simulations will be performed by the student on the cluster computing infrastructure of ETH. Your tasks will also include model calibration, extensive validation and testing, parameter screening and optimization, simulation post-processing, quantitative comparison between numerical results and imaged tissues, and data visualization.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Positions in Rock Slope Analysis
This is an SNSF-funded project that aims to improve our understanding of the failure and runout of rock slopes. The project combines field data collection with numerical modelling to better understand the preparatory, triggering and runout phases of rock slope failure. One of the PhD projects will focus on rock slope damage accumulation, while the other will focus on rock avalanche runout. The results from these two projects will then be combined to infer information regarding the catastrophic failure of rock slopes.
Deadline : Open until filled
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in Alpine Mass Movements and Machine Learning
You will work in close cooperation with several researchers at ETH Zurich, SLF Davos, CNR Italy, and the Swiss Data Science Center to identify, develop, and apply machine learning strategies to detect and classify active mass movements based on satellite-based synthetic aperture radar imagery. The project relies on a large dataset acquired and analyzed in the past 20 years by the Federal Office for Environment (FOEN) over the Swiss Alps.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in planetary magnetism
The goal of this project is to produce a global state-of-the-art model of the crustal magnetic field at Mars using the open-source Python-driven toolbox SimPEG. The final high-resolution model will allow us to study processes that lead to magnetization, and better constrain dynamo timing. Future missions providing aerial coverage, e.g., from a helicopter, rely on crustal field maps for context and landing site selection and you will be involved in active planning efforts as they unfold.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Student (PhD) fellowships in studying the dynamics of transcrustal magmatic systems
The PhD projects, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, will be integrated in the group of Prof. Olivier Bachmann, in collaboration with colleagues around the world, but in particular in Switzerland, USA, Japan, South America, Greece and Island.
The projects will include a combination of fieldwork, geochemical/petrological analyses on natural (and possibly experimental) samples, and numerical modelling to decipher dominant processes occurring in volcanic provinces.
Deadline : Open until filled
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in emerging black soldier fly biowaste processing
You are expected to explore heterogeneous and dynamic rearing conditions resulting in the optimization of higher-value products, for example, melanin, chitin or lauric acid. The objective is to develop a dynamic growth model that predicts rearing conditions for optimal waste treatment and production of high-value products. Ultimately, the findings are expected to increase the understanding of this novel process and aid the development of practical tools. The research will be completed within the collaboration on black soldier fly research by ETH Zurich, Eawag and the Singapore-ETH Centre. The project background should be seen as a broad framework that can be detailed and altered based on the applicant’s background and interest.
Deadline : Open until filled
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position on solid-state chemistry of Li-ion solid-state conductors
Materials with superior Li-ion conductivity are required to advance electrochemical energy storage technologies such as those used for portable and mobility applications. Among the plethora of solid lithium electrolyte materials investigated, engineering fast lithium superionic conductors with a high electrochemical stability voltage window remains a formidable challenge. Recently, lithium solid electrolytes of the garnet family, such as Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) have gained attention in research community, exhibiting a substantial electrochemical operation window of 0 to 6 V vs. Li+/Li at high Li-ion conductivity of up to 1 mS cm−1 at RT. This PhD project is an exciting opportunity for the exploration of new LLZO Li-ion conducting inorganic ceramics, understanding of Li diffusion pathways, and the in-depth characterization of their chemical and electrochemical compatibility with metallic lithium. The project will focus on the understanding of the charge transport mechanisms in relation to structural aspects of novel LLZO chemistries and the development of new chemical approaches to the synthesis of LLZO. The project is intrinsically multi-disciplinary, bridging the gap between solid-state chemistry, chemistry of nanomaterials, and electrochemical energy storage and thus foster a highly stimulating research environment.
Deadline : Open until filled
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Systems and Hardware Security
We are interested in a variety of hot topics in the area of systems security with a special focus on hardware. The aim of the group is improving the security of modern computer systems. To do that, we often build novel analysis techniques to uncover previously-unknown attack surfaces and when appropriate we design and implement new systems to protect against various classes of attacks. This means that the group does heavy technical work, from building low-level systems to analyzing hardware components. Examples of our research topics include hardware design security, microarchitectural security, and operating system security to name a few.
Deadline : Open until filled
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position at the intersection of social, cognitive, and organizational psychology
You will be involved in our larger research program on self-regulation, meta-motivational beliefs, and goal pursuit processes. Self-regulation refers to the process of monitoring and modulating one’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to reach desired end states, which is essential in many private and professional contexts. While we have expanded our knowledge about what promotes vs. impairs self-regulation, less is known about what people believe and understand about motivation. Our project investigates how differences in meta-motivational knowledge influence goal pursuit and leadership and whether an intervention that aims to train people’s meta-motivational knowledge can enhance leadership abilities (e.g., the quality of their recommendations and mentoring).
Deadline : Open until filled
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(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD in field observations of ice nucleation in the North-Western Himalaya Region
In the troposphere, aerosol act as ice nucleating particles (INPs) and cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) playing an important role in determining cloud formation, precipitation initiation, cloud properties, radiative transfer, tropospheric composition and chemical budgets. The North-Western Himalayas (NWH) has a unique climate and geographical setting with rich biodiversity and other natural resources. Despite the enormous significance, our understanding of key physical and chemical properties of aerosol particles over NWH is limited, limiting the accuracy of climate predictions in this region. ICE-CRUNCH will conduct a series of campaigns to measure key aerosol particle properties at Patnitop, a high-altitude location (33°5’N, 75°20’E, 2024 m asl) in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, NWH, India. The first phase of the project will include laboratory preparation for field measurements in India. The project’s objectives are: (i) To quantify the CCN and INP concentrations and physicochemical properties of aerosol particles at Patnitop in the NWH. (ii) To delineate the contributions of natural and anthropogenic aerosols to cloud formation at Patnitop in the NWH.
Deadline : Open until filled
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Interdisciplinary PhD position in iPSC modelling of human hyperkinetic disorders
Dystonias encompass a heterogenous group of rare hyperkinetic movement disorders. Leveraging the advance in genetic technology, researchers have been able to elucidate the genetic cause of various monogenic forms of dystonia, revealing different pathogenic mechanisms. However, in most cases the genetic diagnosis fails, hindering the understanding of the pathogenesis, and, thereby, obviating accurate prognosis and the development of targeted therapeutic approaches. In this project, we aim to increase the diagnostic yield in dystonias and to study some variants in 3-D human iPSC-derived cellular models. We will employ clinical cohorts, large collections of samples, and patient-derived organoid models to probe dystonia features at the molecular level and to identify prognostic markers for a better treatment of these disorders.
Deadline : Open until filled
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position: SNSF Sinergia Research Projekt «Family Custody Arrangements and Child Well-Being in Switzerland» – Sub-project Housing, Architecture, and Mobility
The overall project focuses on post-separation custody arrangements and their impact on children and will contribute to the identification of risk and resilience factors for child well-being after parental union dissolution in Switzerland. Building on the insights of social demography, psychology, architecture and housing studies, and law, this interdisciplinary project investigates the interdependent effects of four key dimensions on child well-being: socio-structural (social inequalities within and between families), relational (interpersonal relationships between family members), spatial (housing-mobility arrangements), and legal (legal regulations and court decisions).
Deadline : Open until filled
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(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position – Electric discharge drilling and electrochemical machining
As a Research Assistant, you will be responsible for formalizing the electrical diagram, writing documentation, assembling, and wiring the machine while ensuring electrical safety standards are met. You will work closely with the project team to ensure the project is completed on time and within budget. In addition, you will have the opportunity to work on related projects and develop new skills and expertise.
Deadline : Open until filled
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD for proxy development – lipid biomarkers
Currently, soils store a large fraction of the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere. However, whether they will continue to do so in the future is unclear, as soil fertility potentially limits the amount of primary production (carbon fixation) and belowground carbon storage. Current experimental approaches reveal a complex interaction between the above- and belowground ecosystem, and its chemical environment. A historical perspective, i.e. looking at past changes in soil fertility and carbon storage, can elucidate these processes on timescales that exceed experimental approaches (decades to millennia). While changes in atmospheric CO2 and climate are well constrained using a combination of direct measurements and estimates based on proxies, we currently have no methods to reconstruct soil fertility through time. In this project, you will develop biomarker lipid proxies that allow quantifying soil mineral fertility, building on current research that highlights the dependency of GDGT lipids on major soil exchangeable cations: free hydrogen, exchangeable calcium and exchangeable iron.
Deadline : Open until filled
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position: Development of low-temperature CO2 sorbents for direct air capture
You will work closely with other PhD students, postdocs and collaborators of the Laboratory of Energy Science and Engineering. The work will focus on the development of low-temperature CO2 sorbents for direct air capture.
Deadline : Open until filled
(23) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position: Ovarian Follicle Growth Dynamics: 3D Colored Power Doppler Imaging in Heifers (PROSPECT-study)
The interdisciplinary PROSPECT-study funded by PHRT (Personalized Health and Related Technologies) comprises the characterisation of ovarian follicle growth dynamics in heifers. The study will include a new improved and automatized computational image analysis of 3D sonographic scans produced over the course of natural and stimulated cycles for mathematical modelling purposes.
Deadline : Open until filled
(24) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Optical Spectroscopy of Quantum Nanomaterials at the Single Photon/Phonon Level
The research activities involve comprehensive characterization of new perovskite-based nanomaterials, in the form of single quantum dots or superlattices, their optoelectronic properties and the development of a new generation of nanomaterial-based nanophotonic devices that operate down to the single-photon level.
Deadline : Open until filled
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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