Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, 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 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: SB – PhD in Pressure tuning and symmetry breaking in frustrated quantum magnets (LQM)
When magnetic interactions in a material are competing, it is termed “frustrated” and many exotic quantum properties may occur. This PhD project is focused on investigating and tuning of phases of such frustrated quantum magnets by using extreme conditions of low temperatures and high pressures. The candidate will perform inelastic neutron scattering experiments on cold and thermal neutron spectrometers at the ILL as well as use supporting techniques such as synchrotron X-ray diffraction and specific heat measurements at the LQM.
We offer a challenging and exciting project in the field of experimental quantum magnetism under the supervision of Prof. Henrik M. Rønnow (EPFL) and instrument scientist Dr. Ursula B. Hansen (ILL). The project is based at the ILL for the first 2 years followed by 2 years at the EPFL. The candidate will benefit from the full integration in these dynamic and international research communities.
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a master in physics or related fields. The successful candidate has a strong command of solid-state physics and quantum mechanics, good communication skills in English (spoken and written) and a willingness to learn and engage in challenging research. Programming skill in Python or MATLAB as well as prior experience with neutron or X-ray scattering is a plus but not mandatory.
Deadline : June 1st, 2024
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: ENAC – PhD position in ecohydrological modeling for climate-smart agriculture (CHANGE)
The Catchment Hydrology and Geomorphology Lab (CHANGE) led by Prof. Sara Bonetti at EPFL in Sion is looking for a PhD student to work on the SNSF-funded project SMART-AGRI (A global spatially-explicit quantification of the benefits of climate-smart agricultural practices under future climates).
Sustainable food production requires finding the right balance between food and nutritional security while protecting the environment and addressing climate issues. Climate‐smart agriculture has been promoted as a systematic approach for developing agricultural strategies that ensure food security in the context of climate change. However, a detailed quantification of the effects of such practices across different environmental settings and under future climates is currently missing, making it difficult to assess their actual potential. The SMART-AGRI project aims to quantify the benefits of different climate-smart practices across global cropland areas, and identify the combinations of practices that concurrently optimize multiple objectives (from crop production to climate change mitigation and preservation of environmental resources). As a PhD student, you will have the opportunity to further current understanding in this field through a combination of data analysis, numerical model development, and global-scale simulations of coupled water, energy, carbon, and nutrient dynamics under current and future climates.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: CDM-PhD position at PASU lab
The Policy & Sustainability (PASU) lab at EPFL is looking for two PhD students to join our team to work on a new SNSF-funded project on Managing a Just Transition to Net Zero. This project’s overall ambition is to measure economic and labor market threats caused by the transition to net zero, as well as to identify effective policies to address these risks. Questions include: How vulnerable are workers and regional labor markets to decarbonization? What occupations may be particularly exposed? How difficult is it for at-risk workers for find new jobs? How effective are ‘just transition’ policies? How should policies be designed to reduce hostility to net zero targets?
The PASU lab, led by Professor Michaël Aklin and based at EPFL conducts applied and theoretical research on the economics and politics of sustainable development, as well as the policies to achieve it. More information at: https://www.epfl.ch/labs/pasu/.
Deadline : Open until filled
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: ENAC-PhD student in environmental geomicrobiology (EML)
The Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (EML) studies microbial processes in the subsurface with a focus on contaminant transformations and the nitrogen cycle. The research performed at EML aims at understanding fundamental microbial and abiotic processes and at providing science-based solutions to environmental challenges including aquifer contamination, nuclear waste disposal, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Deadline : Open until filled
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: ENAC-PhD student in soil and environmental microbiology (EML)
The Environmental Microbiology Laboratory (EML) studies microbial processes in the subsurface with a focus on contaminant transformations and the nitrogen cycle. The research performed at EML aims at understanding fundamental microbial and abiotic processes and at providing science-based solutions to environmental challenges including aquifer contamination, nuclear waste disposal, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: STI-PhD position in Phase Change Heat and Mass Transfer (ETA-LAB)
A PhD position is available in Prof. Zhengmao Lu’s Energy Transport Advances Laboratory (ETA-LAB) in the Institute of Mechanical Engineering at EPFL, Switzerland. At the ETA-LAB (etalab.epfl.ch), we strive to obtain a deeper understanding of liquid-gas interfacial heat and mass transfer and create high-performance, low-carbon-emission energy and water technologies.
Deadline : Open until filled
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: STI – 2 PhD positions in Interfacial Imaging of Water: New Light on Cellular Hydration (LBP)
Nonlinear optical imaging and new ultrafast spectroscopic techniques have recently been developed in the Roke lab and used to image in real time interfacial water and electrostatic potentials on membrane interfaces of model membranes and in living cells.
In the current project: two new microscopes are to be constructed that will allow us to (1) image interfacial water in real time as well as the electrostatic field lines on the interface, and (2) image in real time membrane tension in vitro and in living systems. We will also provide a molecular ruler that links molecular conformation of lipids to mechanical forces. The new technology will first be applied in a controlled manner to in-vitro assays, after which measurements on living cells will be performed.
Deadline : Open until filled
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: CDM – PhD Position in Operations, Economics and Strategy (OES)
A PhD student position is available at the chair of Operations, Economics and Strategy (OES) headed by Prof. Thomas A. Weber at the Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship Institute (MTEI) in the College of Management of Technology at the EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland).
The application deadline for early decisions is January 15th, 2024.
It is recommended that full dossiers are submitted as soon as possible for an early review.
Successful applicants will be highly motivated, excellent students with a background in engineering, applied mathematics, or economics. They should be familiar with optimization and analysis of mathematical models. Information about the type of research pursued is available on the OES website. Proficiency in English is required and applicants must have obtained the equivalent of at least one master’s degree at a first-rate institution. Additional work experience in industry is a plus. Information about the doctoral program (EDMT) at the EPFL College of Management of Technology is available at http://phd.epfl.ch/edmt
Deadline : April 15th 2024
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: CDM – PhD Position in Operations, Economics and Strategy (OES)
A PhD student position is available at the chair of Operations, Economics and Strategy (OES) headed by Prof. Thomas A. Weber at the Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship Institute (MTEI) at the College of Management of Technology at the EPFL (Lausanne, Switzerland).
Successful applicants will be highly motivated, excellent students with a background in engineering, applied mathematics, or economics. They should be familiar with optimization and analysis of mathematical models. Information about the type of research pursued is available on the OES website. Proficiency in English is required and applicants must have obtained the equivalent of at least one master’s degree at a first-rate institution. Additional work experience in industry is a plus. Information about the doctoral program (EDMT) at the EPFL College of Management of Technology is available at http://phd.epfl.ch/edmt
Deadline : April 15th 2024
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: CDM – PhD position in Technology & Operations Management (TOM)
We are offering a position as a full-time PhD Student at the College of Management of Technology at EPFL, Lausanne.
Our institute, the Technology & Operations Management (TOM) Chair, focuses on issues which arise in technology-based enterprise such as forecasting the demand for newly launched products, modeling challenges in operations and supply chain management such as optimizing product assortments in an omni-channel environment, or improving supply chain resilience. We are also interested in boosting sustainability and technology adoption within entire supply networks. We base our work on stylized quantitative models that capture essential tradeoffs and offer managerial insights. We encourage industry collaboration to help bridge between theory and practice.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: STI – Two PhD student positions in Interfacial Imaging of Water: New Light on Cellular Hydration (LBP)
Water is the liquid of life. It is intimately linked to our well-being. Without water, cell membranes cannot function. Charges and charged groups cannot be dissolved, self-assembly cannot occur, and proteins cannot fold. That water is intimately linked with life, we experience time and again when we quench our thirst, but how does this link work?
Osmosis is the flow of water across a (cell) membrane that separates two aqueous solutions with different concentrations of a solutes. Regulating osmotic pressure is a key survival strategy of cells and plays an important role in the functioning of every organism. How osmotic pressure and cell membrane tension are regulated on the molecular level is not known. It is the aim of the ERC Synergy Grant R2-Tension, a collaboration between EPFL (Prof. S. Roke) and the University of Geneva (Prof. A. Roux) to work this out. To do so, we will
Deadline : Open until filled
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: STI – Two PhD Positions – Polymer Synthesis (LP)
The Polymers Laboratory at EPFL (lp.epfl.ch) has two open PhD positions for a project that focuses on the design and synthesis of block copolymers that will mimic the structure and properties of mussel-derived proteins.
The two positions are part of a larger, multidisciplinary project that involves other partners in Switzerland and in Canada and that seeks to integrate expertise from biology, materials science and polymer chemistry to produce strong and tough synthetic polymer materials using design and processing principles inspired by nature. We are looking for candidates with a strong background in polymer synthesis, and in particular with controlled polymerization techniques, and an interest to work on an interdisciplinary project at the interface of biology and materials science.
Deadline : Open until filled
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: STI – PhD student position available at the Laboratory for fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP)
We plan for a small team consisting of a Post-Doc and several PhD students to use and develop various novel experimental nonlinear optical scattering and imaging methods to achieve this. These methods will be applied to (1) simple 3D electrolyte in water solutions, (2) 2D electrolyte in water solutions and (3) water-ion-macromolecule systems. Linking all datasets will allow us to map both short – and long-range interactions and collective effects pertaining to all molecular actors. This allows to solve the puzzle surrounding concentrated electrolyte solutions and how they interact with macromolecules. These findings will shed new light on a variety of biological and technological processes.
Deadline : Open until filled
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: ENAC – PhD Positions in Earthquake Engineering / Structural Engineering (EESD)
We are looking for PhD Candidates to work on topics related to testing and numerical modelling of stone masonry structures.
You have a Master’s degree in structural/civil engineering and a strong background in structural mechanics and finite element simulations. Knowledge of masonry mechanics is of advantage. Good programming skills are required. You are proficient in spoken and written English.
Deadline : Open until filled
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: STI – PhD. Student position in Terahertz integrated photonic circuits: fundamentals and systems (HYLAB)
The Hybrid Photonics Laboratory at EPFL is seeking for talented and motivated candidates to work in the field of integrated photonics for the terahertz, with an emphasis on researching first the fundamentals and then building larger systems from them. If interested, check the paper below.
Deadline : Open until filled
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: ENAC-PhD position in Urban Sociology Laboratory (LASUR)
The successful applicant will be part of the SNSF project “the Responsible City” and based at the Social and Cultural Geography research group. This is a 48-months long collaborative project with researchers at UZH, EPFL, UniNE and ETH, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF and starting Mai 2024. By placing the concept of responsibility at the centre of the investigation, the project aims to understand how urban actors respond to and advance competing moral claims in socio-ecological controversies around housing and residential development in Zurich and Geneva.
We are looking for candidates with a research profile that aligns with the above research themes.
Deadline : 01 February 2024
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: ENAC – PhD position in microbial one-carbon metabolisms and biotechnology (MICROBE)
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join our team at the Institute of Environmental Engineering at EPFL (the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne). The selected candidate will engage in cutting-edge research in applied environmental microbiology. The research will focus on the physiology of microorganisms with one-carbon metabolisms, such as CO2 reduction and aerobic methane oxidation, and their biotechnological applications. The project is funded by the Swiss Science Foundation. The candidate will work as part of an interdisciplinary team.
The PhD position will be held in the Microbial Physiology and Resource Biorecovery laboratory (MICROBE) led by Dr. Wenyu Gu at EPFL (microbe.epfl.ch). EPFL is a public research university specializing in engineering and natural sciences and is part of the ETH Domain (Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology).
Deadline : Open until filled
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: SB – Two Ph.D. positions in Photonic Integrated Technologies at EPFL (LPQM)
The Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM) is developing next generation integrated photonics circuits for future energy-efficient communications, which can be used in datacenters or for AI accelerators, as well as for sensing, metrology and LiDAR. The laboratory models, designs and manufactures photonic integrated circuits using world-class microfabrication tools, and performs testing and advanced optoelectronic measurements using state-of-the-art instrumentation. The laboratory is also involved in fundamental research into the Physics of light in such photonic integrated circuits, with the aim of enhancing the non-linear interactions of light.
Within the framework of the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Doctoral Network “MicroCombSys: Photonic-System Engineering with Microcombs”, two Ph.D. positions are available within the research group of Prof. Tobias J. Kippenberg (http://k-lab.epfl.ch) to work on next generation microcomb technologies, with a view of advancing their capabilities towards technological applications on the one hand, and the understanding of novel fundamental nonlinear dynamics on the other.
Deadline : Open until filled
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: SB – STI – PhD Student position in Nanoscale Quantum Photonics (HYLAB)
The Hybrid Photonics Laboratory at EPFL is seeking for talented and motivated candidates to work in the field of Integrated Quantum Photonics at cryogenic temperatures in integrated circuits for metrology, quantum sensing, and quantum transduction.
As a successful candidate of a young team, you will shape the future of photonics-based quantum science and technology in our young and dynamic lab. You will develop first-of-their kind hybrid platforms that enable complex metrology functions, quantum sensing or quantum spectroscopy.
Deadline : Open until filled
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(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: STI – PhD Position – Mid-IR Nanophotonics for Biosensing (BIOS)
BIONanophotonic Systems (BIOS) laboratory at EPFL Switzerland (headed by Prof. Hatice Altug) is looking for a talented & motivated PhD student to work on the development of cutting-edge Mid-IR nanophotonic biosensors and bioimaging devices for applications such as diagnostics, pharmaceutics and safety.
In a well-established laboratory, the PhD student will explore next-generation bioanalytical devices operating within the infrared band of the electromagnetic spectrum for chemical specific & conformational sensitive detection of biomolecules, biological and chemical samples. PhD work will exploit novel concepts including surface enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRA) enabled by nanophotonic metasurfaces, hyperspectral imaging, state-of-the-art infrared equipment such as quantum cascade lasers and focal-plane array detectors as well as AI-based data science techniques. We expect that newly developed sensors will find numerous applications such as for the study and diagnosis of diseases triggered by protein misfolding as in neurodegenerative disorders, drug discovery and safety. Anticipated tasks include preparing a research plan, numerical design and fabrication of nanophotonic chips, reconfiguring optical set-ups through incorporation of novel imaging and spectroscopy techniques, microfluidics integration, optimizing bioassays and surface chemistry, handling biological samples, performing optical/biological experiments, data analysis, reporting and disseminating research outcome.
Deadline : Open until filled
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: STI – PhD position in the Dynamic Quantum Materials Laboratory (DQML)
The PhD position, supervised by Professor Gregor Jotzu, aims at exploring the light-induced control of quantum magnets and their phase transitions, ultrafast dynamics of superconductors, and unconventional non-equilibrium topological phases. Experimental tasks encompass generating strong mid-infrared and THz laser pulses, as well as establishing detection techniques including ultrafast optical spectroscopy and novel magnetometry in a cryogenic environment.
Candidates should be highly motivated for cutting-edge experimental research, demonstrating both teamwork and independent initiative. A solid background in physics or materials, especially optics, quantum and solid state physics, is important. Lab experience would be advantageous, particularly in areas like laser optics, cryogenics, material characterization, data acquisition or experiment control. Effective communication in English and programming skills are also beneficial. However, the key requirement is a willingness to learn and engage in challenging research.
Deadline : Open until filled
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: ENAC – Ph.D. Position in Modeling Human Thermoregulation (ICE)
The Laboratory of Integrated Comfort Engineering (ICE) at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is seeking a highly motivated and talented Ph.D. candidate to contribute to cutting-edge research in the field of personalized human thermoregulation modeling. The primary objective of this Ph.D. position is to advance the field of human thermoregulation modeling through the lens of personalization. The project will specifically concentrate on enhancing existing common thermoregulation models (e.g., JOS-3) by integrating a robust data-driven approach. By tailoring these models to individual physiological responses, we aim to achieve a nuanced understanding of how unique factors influence human thermoregulation in various environments. The position is fully funded for 4 years.
Deadline : April 15 20214
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The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL; English: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne; German: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Lausanne) is a public research university in Lausanne, Switzerland. Established in 1969, EPFL has placed itself as a public research university specializing in engineering and natural sciences.
EPFL is part of the ETH Domain, which is directly dependent on the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.
Inspired by French engineering school École Centrale Paris, EPFL was established to “train talented engineers in Switzerland”. The school has an urban campus that extends alongside Lake Geneva, and includes the EPFL Innovation Park as well as university research centers and affiliated laboratories.
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