29 PhD Position – Fully Funded at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
ETH Zurich, Switzerland invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Position at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Position available at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position on Spatio-Temporal Statistical Analysis of Air Temperature in Complex Terrain.
This PhD project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and it will be conducted in the climate section of MeteoSwiss (Zurich Airport). The supervision of the project is shared between Dr. Christoph Frei (MeteoSwiss, topical supervision) and Prof. Heini Wernli (ETH Zürich, main PhD supervisor). The ideal starting date is October/November 2021 or soon thereafter.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(02) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral candidate position in Durable Thin-Ply Thermoplastic Polymer Composites for Shape Adaptable Structures.
The research related to this doctorate position will deal with experimental features, in other words processing aspects and mechanical characterization, mechanical and damage modeling activity, as well as structural design. For the experimental activity, standardized methods may be implemented while novel, tailored and focused experimental campaigns that will be developed in the course of this project are not excluded. The mechanical modeling will involve, but not be restricted at computational FE-based stress analysis and damage mechanics. The final target of this project is to create optimized materials architectures and microstructures and evaluate their potential in selected high-end applications.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(03) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Theoretical Condensed matter theory: Quantum magnetism out of equilibrium.
This project explores quantum magnets out of equilibrium. The thesis will be carried out in close collaboration with several experimental groups at PSI who work driven and off-equilibrium quantum magnets. You will be co-supervised by Dr. Markus Müller and Prof. Gabriel Aeppli (PSI/ETHZ/EPFL). You will be part of the PSI Quantum technology collaboration.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
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(04) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD and Postdoc positions in ERC project ‘Bordering Europe’.
The positions are part of the ERC-funded research project on ‘Bordering Europe: Boundary Formation in European integration (EUROBORD)’ directed by Prof. Frank Schimmelfennig. The project analyses the historical development of the EU’s external borders, the effects of boundary configurations and transactions on the political performance of the EU and its member states, the domestic politicization of external boundaries, and negotiations and decision-making on border policies. It combines macroquantitative analysis, natural-language processing and case studies of border policy in a variety of issue areas.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(05) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Transformative Knowledge Creation for Energy Citizenship.
We are offering a PhD position at the interface of science, civil society and policy. You will be working at the TdLab, a research and teaching group at ETH Zurich with supportive group of dedicated scholars with a great team spirit. You will become part of an international team of researchers and practitioners that form the consortium of ENCLUDE, collaborating across 13 institutions within the EU and beyond (including Greece, The Netherlands, Romania, Belgium, Macedonia, among other countries).
Deadline of PhD Position: June 10, 2021
(06) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Ph.D. student in Analytical Chemistry.
A combination of mass spectrometric methods and optical spectroscopy (laser-induced fluorescence, FRET) will be employed to assess the dynamics of the desolvation and structural changes. Motivation to work with sophisticated instrumentation (some custom-designed / home-huilt), laser spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry will be important.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(07) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position – Multiphysics Modeling of Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing Processes with Particle Methods.
The main objective of this research project lies in developing high-fidelity computational models of Powder Bed Fusion (PBF) AM to generate insight into a fundamental understanding of the physics of the process. To that end, we seek a motivated a PhD candidate who can support further developments of our in-house software tool for multiphysics modeling of PBF AM processes. More specifically, you will be working on our existing C++ code, which employs state-of-the-art meshfree methods for the simulation of melt-pool dynamics, heat transfer, fluid-solid interactions, as well as microstructure evolution and residual stresses.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(08) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position – Numerical Modeling of the Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) of Multi-Material 3D Structures.
Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), also referred to as Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST), is sintering process that uses Joule heating and pressure. In our lab, we focus on sintering of multi-material parts. Modeling and simulation of this process is a complex task for which a coupled electric-thermal-mechanical field problem needs to be solved. Within the numerical simulation framework of SPS, one of the main complexities stems from the electrical, thermal, and mechanical behavior of the materials and interfaces at different time-length scales that significantly influences the choice of constitutive modeling approaches. The ultimate goal of this project is to address these issues and provide a new mechanism for the design and optimization of SPS/FAST processes. To accomplish this challenging task, we seek a highly motivated PhD candidate who will support us in developing new and extending available models to simulate the multi-material SPS process.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
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(09) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral position: FishPath – Turbulent eddies to create paths for safe downstream migration for salmonids and eel past hydropower intakes.
The FishPath project aims at developing cost-effective measures for safe downstream passage for important fish species at hydropower structures. The novel idea is that knowledge on fish behavioural responses to turbulent eddies can be used to develop guidance systems that create alternative migration pathways for fish around hydropower plants and other water intakes. To this end, the project investigates interactions between fish and turbulent eddies created by innovative elements at small-to-large scales, develops turbulent Eddies-based behavioural fish Guidance Systems (EGS) based on a combination of such elements and finally provides a manual for cost-effective design, implementation and maintenance of EGS for safe downstream fish passage at intakes. The target fish species are Atlantic salmon, trout and European eel.
Deadline of PhD Position: 30th June 2021
(10) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Student: Reform Implementation in International Education Systems.
We offer an exciting research environment that evolves around current policy topics. You will work closely with an interdisciplinary research team that consists of economists and sociologists. The position offers attractive salary conditions in accordance with ETH standards and an office located in downtown Zurich
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(11) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position: Embryonic Diapause – pluripotent stem cells placed on hold.
This doctoral research study funded by the SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation) comprises a comparative approach and includes bovine and roe deer as model species. We will characterize the molecular patterns during embryo development, translate previously described dormancy markers established in somatic cells to embryonic stem cells as a screening system, and elucidate the impact of dormancy inducing factors on cell cycle progression. We will then introduce CRISPRi in ESCs to screen for novel dormancy inducing factors.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(12) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in Deep Learning for Acoustic Monitoring.
The successful applicant will drive the research in the field of deep learning applied to time series data from audio recordings. The position includes following responsibilities:
- Research and development of innovative solutions for sound processing in the context of audio monitoring
- Collaboration with the industry for data collection, data pre-processing, development of the solutions and their knowledge transfer to the application field.
- Supervision of master students
- Limited teaching responsibilities
- Involvement in academic activities (e.g., conference, seminar organisation,…)
Deadline of PhD Position: June 30, 2021
(13) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Experimental Cloud Physics on ice crystal growth induced by seeding.
The PhD project is part of the newly funded ERC project CloudLab that includes three PhDs and 2 PostDocs. Within CloudLab, ice nucleating particles from a drone will be injected into supercooled stratus clouds to investigate microphysical changes, including fundamental aspects of ice formation and growth. The project combines a multi-dimensional approach of targeted cloud seeding with a focus on wintertime stratus clouds in Switzerland. The microphysical changes induced by the seeding will be measured in-situ with a tethered balloon system and using ground-based remote sensing instrumentation. The analysis of the cloud seeding events will be used to validate and improve the cloud microphysics scheme in the Swiss weather forecast model and ultimately precipitation forecasts.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(14) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Physics on targeted seeding with a drone.
The Atmospheric Physics group at the Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC) invites applications for a 3-year to 3.5-year PhD Position in Experimental Aerosol and Cloud Physics on targeted seeding with a drone. Our research focuses on the role of aerosol particles and clouds in the climate system. Our goal is to gain a better understanding of the cloud microphysical processes leading to precipitation in clouds involving ice.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(15) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in Physics-Induced Deep Learning for Complex Industrial Systems.
The main objective of the PhD project is to develop physics-induced deep learning algorithms for optimal operation and maintenance of complex industrial systems. The developed methodology will enable to combine the learning capabilities of machine learning algorithms with the interpretability and extrapolation abilities of physics-based approaches. Limited teaching responsibilities are also included in this position. We expect the candidate to be self-driven with strong problem solving abilities and out-of-the-box thinking.
Deadline of PhD Position: April 30, 2021
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(16) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Two PhD Researchers: Urban BioCycles – Mycelium Digitalisation.
3D printing of self-organising biological material (PhD 1)
Subtractive processes to realise structural components out of Mycelium (PhD 2)
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(17) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD researcher “Digital matching of stakeholders for reused construction materials”
This PhD student will develop a digital matchmaking service for AEC stakeholders, building projects, and materials in order to increase the uptake of circular economy principles in design decisions for the built environment on a large scale, globally. To do so, digital innovations from other sectors will be applied to the AEC sector in order to augment the skills of AEC players, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms and blockchain technologies. The core idea is to connect the end-of-life of buildings with the start-of-life of other buildings by making the reuse of building materials more effective, user-friendly and wide-spread. Disrupting the current state of the construction sector’s value chain, this project will develop a data-driven process towards a digital “de”fabrication design approach.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(18) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD researcher “Intelligent material localisation for circular construction”.
This PhD student will develop a digital inventory-making method for AEC stakeholders in order to scan existing buildings prior to their demolition and identify, locate, and sort building materials. This newly developed method will be used to carefully disassemble the building materials, store them, and reuse them in new construction and foster urban mining. Image-driven data intelligence will be used to inventory materials available for reuse. To do so, sensing and scanning tools (camera-equiped drones, virtural reality equipment, etc.) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) will be used. Disrupting the current state of the construction sector’s material supply, this project will develop a data-driven, intelligent process towards a digital “de”fabrication design approach.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(19) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in electronic correlations at the nanoscale.
The aim of the PhD project is to investigate the physics of multiferroic and/or strongly correlated material systems in the quest for new and existing ordering and coupling phenomena at the nanoscale with the aid of a low-temperature scanning probe microscope (SPM). Domain formation on the sub-micrometer scale and the magnetoelectric coupling between ferroic domains and domain walls are of particular interest. For these investigations the Laboratory owns a working low-temperature SPM (attocube), complemented by a rich infrastructure of room-temperature SPMs, lasers, and thin-film sample-growth facilities.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(20) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position: Risk and reliability assessment of future infrastructures for carbon capture, storage and utilization (CCUS).
Evidence that the anthropogenic alteration of the earth carbon balance is leading to climate change clearly indicates the necessity to find new routes for energy provision to achieve no-carbon emission by 2050 and keep global warming below 1.5 °C. Within this framework, CCUS supply chains are fundamental to achieve net-zero emissions in “hard-to-decarbonize” industrial sectors. However, the potential of CCUS supply chains can be unlocked by designing a cost-competitive and reliable CO2 network that connects the emission sites with the storage and the utilization sites. The design of such infrastructure is a complex problem due to several factors, such as the scale of the system, the technologies involved, and the uncertainty associated with the system’s future evolution
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(21) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position – Improving the Weather Situation Awareness of Pilots
The project “The Expanded Flight Deck – Improving the Weather Situation Awareness of Pilots (EFDISA)” aims at improving contemporary pre-flight and in-flight representations of weather data for pilots. This will allow pilots to better perceive, understand, and anticipate meteorological hazards. The project is funded by the Federal Office of Civil Aviation and will be done in close collaboration with industry partners and professional pilots (Swiss International Air Lines & Lufthansa Systems).
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(22) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD/Doctoral Candidate for research in wearable sensing technology based on functionalized materials for mobile health
You will be completing a PhD at the point where the fields of materials science, biosensors, engineering and health meet, at one of the world’s leading universities focusing on research and technology. ETH Zurich offers outstanding conditions for a doctorate.
Deadline of PhD Position: Open Until Filled
(23) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position – Fermentation with functional co-cultures: A metabolite driven approach to improve cocoa bean quality, safety and sustainability (RESPONSE DP, ESR 27).
We are looking for a doctoral student working on a project related to cocoa bean quality and the utilization of microbial co-cultures in controlled fermentation for the production of improved quality cocoa beans. The aim of the project is to carry out a metabolite-based profiling of selected lactic acid bacteria and yeasts, which improve the cocoa bean quality through the production of desired metabolites, using a rapid fingerprint screening method based on direct mass spectrometry in combination with conventional targeted analyses of the main metabolites.
Deadline of PhD Position: July 1, 2021.
(24) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position – Roles of chemical communication in forming plant-insect networks in a changing world (RESPONSE DP, ESR 25).
We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate working on the innovative project aims to integrate functional traits (plant volatile organic compounds, VOCs) and network ecology to develop novel methods to explore the mechanisms on the formation of plant-insect interactions in ecological communities. The two main components of the project are: (1) Empirical studies where we will conduct fieldwork to build plant-insect interaction networks, and collect and analyse plant scent; and (2) theoretical work where we will build a conceptual framework and test it with field data.
Deadline of PhD Position: July 1, 2021.
(25) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position – Policy Designs for addressing societal acceptance challenges in CCU/CCS demonstration and deployment (RESPONSE DP, ESR 23).
In light of the Paris Agreement of 2015, several countries recently committed to reaching carbon neutrality within a few decades, e.g. by 2050 in the case of Switzerland. In addition to ambitious action for emission reduction, reaching this goal will likely require negative emission technologies, such as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU). However, major hurdles for their deployment remain, and the feasibility of industrial-sized CCS/CCU applications remains contested. From a policy point of view, especially the economic and political feasibility need to be considered, given the immense financing needs and acceptance challenges of CCS/CCU.
Deadline of PhD Position: July 1, 2021.
(26) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position – FINCCS – Effective policy mixes to mobilize finance along the CCS/CCU supply chain (RESPONSE DP, ESR 24)
We are looking for candidates who wants to conduct a PhD (i.e. a cumulative PhD thesis) as part of the Climate Finance and Policy Group, and the Institute for Science, Technology and Policy (ISTP) at ETH Zurich. Relevant educational backgrounds include, but are not limited to: public policy, industrial engineering, business administration, finance, and economics. Candidates with interdisciplinary backgrounds are welcome.
Deadline of PhD Position: July 1, 2021.
(27) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position – Genomic selection 2.0: Developing targeted vs universal machine learning approaches for improving the rate of genetic gain in crop species (RESPONSE DP, ESR 26)
The doctoral candidate will be investigating the power of GS in multiple crops and drive the discovery of trends, statistical models, and machine learning algorithms and their implementation in a plant breeding setting. The species proposed in this study from Puregene and the Molecular Plant Breeding group of ETH Zurich are apple (Malus domestica L. Borkh), common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L), perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), and flower as well as hemp type cannabis (Cannabis sativa L). During the project, the ESR will
Deadline of PhD Position: July 1, 2021.
(28) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Position – Innovation strategies and policy approaches to support the transition to a clean energy system (RESPONSE DP, ESR 28)
We are looking for a PhD student to analyse technological innovation that support the transition to a clean energy system in the context of sector coupling. More specifically, the student will investigate how innovation can support and accelerate a smooth integration of value chains across sectors, and identify technical, economic and social barriers as well as potential business opportunities. The student will apply qualitative and quantitative methods such as interviews, techno-economic modelling, and patent data analysis.
Deadline of PhD Position: July 1, 2021.
(29) PhD Position – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Student Position in Superconducting Quantum Computing.
As a successful candidate, you will perform collaborative research towards the realization of quantum computing technologies in the context of a diverse set of internationally funded projects including, for example, the EU Quantum Technology Flagship (qt.eu) project OpenSuperQ (opensuperq.eu) and the FET-Open project Quromorphic (quromorphic.eu).
Deadline of PhD Position: 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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