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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 Electrochemical Degradation of Water Pollutants

For the Electrocatalysis and Interface group in the Electrochemistry Laboratory, we are looking for a PhD student. This project aims to understand the mechanisms of electrochemical oxidation processes for the removal of emerging contaminants in water and to develop next-generation electrocatalysts for water purification.

  • Your work will focus on investigating the mechanisms of electrochemical oxidation process (EOP) for the removal of emerging contaminants in water via the generation of hydroxyl radicals 
  • Reaction intermediates and products will be analysed using a range of analytical chemistry techniques
  • Advanced characterization methods, including synchrotron-based techniques, will be used to investigate materials under operating conditions and establish design principles for next-generation EOP electrocatalysts 
  • During your PhD, you will interact closely with colleagues within the electrochemistry department, the Swiss Light Source, and international collaborators

Deadline : 18 April 2026

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(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in aerosol science

  • Scientific research on the spatial distribution air pollutants in Romania using a mobile laboratory 
  • Perform measurements within the Romanian-Swiss collaboration ACTRIS 
  • Operate AMS, VOCUS-PTR-MS and other instruments 
  • Conduct source apportionment analyses of data 
  • Support of other PhD students in the project and in the lab 
  • Write peer-reviewed publications and project related reports 
  • Finalize the PhD thesis at ETH

Deadline : 31 March 2026

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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student for MiningBrines DC13: Modelling the evolution of geothermal waters during multi-resource extraction

The project “Modeling workflow development and application for fluid chemistry evolution from extraction to re-injection.” aims to advance the understanding and prediction of fluid behavior in complex geo energy systems from extraction to re-injection. A central objective is to quantify how geological, geochemical, and engineering factors jointly influence fluid composition and, ultimately, the efficiency of geothermal energy production together with extraction of critical minerals. 

To achieve this, a batch type geochemical modelling workflow will be developed using open source tools (e.g. marimo, jupyter) that allows to calculate chemical processes (e.g. precipitation/dissolution of minerals) during transport and processing of geothermal fluids with the PSI GEMS thermodynamic solver. More complex coupled reactive transport processes, for example scaling of pipes, shall be imported from separate sub-models or as surrogate models. The workflow will enable robust modeling of reactive fluids, phase behavior, and coupled process interactions upon heat extraction in combination with microbial, physical, or chemical extraction of critical materials like lithium. Once established, the workflow will be tested and refined through case studies provided by industrial partners, ensuring direct relevance to real world challenges and facilitating technology transfer. 

Deadline : April 30th, 2026

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(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student for MiningBrines DC16: Pore-scale reactive transport modelling for utilization of geothermal reservoirs

The project “Reactive transport modeling (Hydraulic Chemical) at the pore scale and upscaling to reservoir scale” develops advanced pore scale reactive transport modeling capabilities by extending an in house lattice Boltzmann based transport solver to explicitly resolve microstructural evolution in reservoir rocks driven by mineral dissolution and precipitation. These simulations quantify how coupled flow, transport and chemistry processes cause dynamic changes in pore geometry, in transport properties, and reactive surface area under geothermal conditions. 

Building on these high resolution models, the project establishes robust upscaling strategies to transfer pore scale process understanding to geothermal reservoir scale reactive transport formulations, while preserving key mechanistic controls. 

To improve computational performance and multiphysics couplings, the work integrates AI/ML methods (e.g. neural networks, neural operators) to accelerate both pore scale simulations and the associated upscaling workflows, enabling realistic simulations, efficient parameter exploration and reduced order model generation. 

Deadline : April 30th, 2026

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(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student on Life Cycle Assessment of Space Launches and Re-Entries

Current LCA methods are not tailored to space activities and exhibit major methodological gaps in modelling the environmental impacts of rocket and satellite launch or re-entry emissions. Time- and location-dependent Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methods are either missing or incomplete, and a holistic framework for transparent and reproducible LCA studies in the space sector is lacking. 
You will develop a novel scientific LCA framework to quantify environmental impacts and trade-offs of rocket launches, artificial re-entries, and the broader space sector. Your main focus will be on contributions to LCIA method development in close collaboration with aerospace engineers, atmospheric and climate scientists working on atmospheric emissions related to launch and re-entry activities, as well as dynamic/prospective LCA. Additional aspects include uncertainty assessment, robustness evaluation or system design optimization. 
You will be enrolled in the ETHZ (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) doctoral school, and receive your PhD title from ETHZ. This position is part of the Marie Sklodowska Curie Action (MSCA) Doctoral Network (DN) “SLICE” (Space Launch Impact on Climate and Environment). You will have the status as a “SERI-funded MSCA DN Grantee”. As part of the MSCA DN, you will visit the Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium in Davos (PMOD, Davos, Switzerland) and Deimos Engineering and Systems SLU (DES, Puerollano, Spain) for ca. 3 months each. You will collaborate closely with the other SLICE research projects and participate in network training and workshops.

Deadline : 31 March 2026

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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: Two PhD Students-Doctoral Candidates (2 positions) MSCA Doctoral Network RAPTORplus – Right-time Adaptive Proton Therapy Focus areas: paediatric benefit of OAPT & health-economic optimisation of OAPT

  • Conduct independent and collaborative research within the RAPTORplus framework
  • Interact closely with radiation oncologists, medical physicists, radiotherapy technologists and industry partners
  • Present your work at RAPTORplus training events, international conferences and in peer-reviewed journals
  • Participate in network-wide training camps, online courses and secondments
  • Perform retrospective dose-reconstruction and NTCP analyses for paediatric patients treated with proton therapy and/or OAPT at PSI and partner centres
  • Simulate and compare different adaptation and imaging schedules (e.g. daily CT, weekly OAPT, triggered adaptation) for various paediatric tumour sites
  • Quantify the benefit–risk balance of OAPT in terms of target coverage, OAR sparing, late toxicity and secondary cancer risk
  • Develop and validate a model-based selection tool using AI-assisted tools to support clinical decisions on when to use OAPT in paediatric patients

Deadline : Open until filled

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(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: Two PhD Students-Doctoral Candidates (2 positions) MSCA Doctoral Network RAPTORplus – Right-time Adaptive Proton Therapy Focus areas: paediatric benefit of OAPT & health-economic optimisation of OAPT

  • Conduct independent and collaborative research within the RAPTORplus framework
  • Interact closely with radiation oncologists, medical physicists, radiotherapy technologists and industry partners
  • Present your work at RAPTORplus training events, international conferences and in peer-reviewed journals
  • Participate in network-wide training camps, online courses and secondments
  • Map current and future OAPT workflows at PSI, Erasmus MC and HollandPTC (process-mapping, time-stamping, resource use)
  • Design and implement semi-automated and automated modules (e.g. scripts, software tools) to streamline daily image processing, contouring, plan adaptation and approval
  • Evaluate plan-quality vs efficiency trade-offs for strategies such as hypofractionation, reduced beams/spots and mixed photon–proton courses
  • Develop and apply costing and cost-effectiveness models for OAPT vs conventional PT, including scenario analyses for different tumour sites and indication–strategy pairs
  • Work with health-economists, insurers and patient organisations to incorporate preferences and acceptable incremental costs into a multi-criteria decision-support framework

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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