48 faculty science other science jobs found in Zürich

The Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) at ETH and the Federal Institute of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss jointly run the weather and climate model ICON and analyse the resulting data. We are seeking a Scientific Collaborator to improve the forecasts based on the ICON model at very high resolution (80-100%). Job description As a scientific collaborator, you contribute to the improvement of the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) forecasts based on ICON. Your main responsibility will be the improvement of the existing forecasting system at 1000 m grid spacing for operational weather forecasting as well as of the experimental forecasts at 500 m grid spacing. Additionally, you will also work on case studies related to Intensive Observation Periods of the international research collaboration TEAMx. Your tasks: Tackle model-related tasks in the framework of the MeteoSwiss project ICON-22, which aims to have a pre-operational ICON-systems running in...

The Center for Climate Systems Modeling (C2SM) at ETH and the Federal Institute of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss jointly develop and deploy the weather and climate model ICON. The resulting model data is analysed to address research questions in the weather and climate domain. We are seeking a Scientific Collaborator to improve the data assimilation system of the ICON model at very high resolution (80-100%). Job description As a scientific collaborator, you contribute to the improvement of the Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) forecasts based on ICON, particularly its ensemble data assimilation system (KENDA). Your main responsibility will be the improvement of the existing data assimilation system at 1000 m grid spacing for operational weather forecasting. Additionally, you will contribute to the preparation and support of the data assimilation system at 500 m grid spacing for two international research collaborations: the GLORI-A Digital Twin project as...

The Optical Nanomaterial Laboratory  at the Physics Department of ETH Zurich is looking for a PhD candidate in integrated photonics for light source development in collaboration with industry. The preferred starting date is between March and June 2023. Project background Coherent and tunable light sources are needed for a wide variety of applications such as optical communications, ranging and sensing to name a few. Though, the integration of broadband laser is still a challenge. The recent progress in integrated optics and new material platforms open new possibilities for the development of for chip-scale narrow linewidth and widely tunable light source. Job description This PhD project aims to  realize miniature optoelectronic devices from a newly developed thin film platform with more functionalities than typical semiconductors. Most current integrated photonic structures are passive, here the goal is to create multifunctional active devices that can be...

The Ethics, Technology and Society research group in the department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (D-GESS), led by Prof. Dr Margarita Boenig-Liptsin, is inviting applications for a  Post-doctoral researcher in Science, Technology and Society . The position is initially limited to two years, with a possibility for extension, 100% time. You will start on April 1, 2023, or by arrangement, but no later than July 1, 2023.Research in the Ethics, Technology and Society group is on the mutual interplay of science, technology and society using frameworks and methods from Science, Technology & Society (STS), history, philosophy, anthropology, critical theory, and the arts. We privilege interpretive, qualitative methods that combine situated ethnographic detail with deep knowledge of cultural contexts and histories, ideally in a cross-national comparative perspective. Project background You are expected to develop your own research project...

The Functional Genomics Center Zürich (FGCZ) is a joint state-of-the-art research and training facility of the ETH Zürich and the University of Zürich. We support life science research with state-of-the-art technologies for genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics, as well as by high-end bioinformatics analysis. The FGCZ is offering a position for a laboratory assistant to support our proteomics team.The position is initially offered with a limited-term contract, with the possibility of a later long-term contract. The preferred starting date is as soon as possible, ideally April 2023. The working place is the Functional Genomics Center in Zurich, Switzerland. Job description You will be part of an international team of specialists working in the FGCZ proteomics core facility. You will be primarily supporting the team during the sample preparation and the acquisition of the data for protein analysis and proteomics workflows. Examples of...

The Numerical Fluid and Morphodyamics group at the Laboratory for Hydraulic Engineering, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) at ETH Zurich develops and uses numerical models to simulate complex flow processes in watercourses and hydropower plants. The starting date is February 1, 2023 or by arrangement. Job Description In the field of hydraulic engineering, you are interested in  the numerical modeling of flows and morphodynamics in watercourses  and in working on research projects. You enjoy working in a group and with partners from research and industry. You enjoy the use of numerical models, but also the programming of small tools, the optimization of the simulation workflow and the evaluation and visualization of results.  your profile You have a university degree in the field of civil or environmental engineering or computational sciences and have experience in numerical modeling and have programming skills. You enjoy...

  The Chair of Hydrology and Water Resources Management is inviting you to join us in exploring how to improve predictions of sediment pathways and budgets in river basins. We have two PhD openings in Zurich on data-driven geomorphology and hydrology-sediment modelling.   Project background   Sediment performs several critical functions for river, coastal and marine ecosystems, it generates natural hazards like erosion, debris flows and landslides, and forms floodplains with unique functions for humans and ecosystems. However, much remains unknown about the details of where are the sediment sources and sinks in the landscape, the pathways that connect them, and when and how they are activated – especially insofar as quantitative predictions of sediment fluxes at the river basin scale are concerned. We are an interdisciplinary team consisting of a hydrology-sediment modelling group (Molnar, ETH Zurich) and a geology-geomorphology group...

The Chair of Alpine Mass Movements is part of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG) at ETH Zurich and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF which is part of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL and thus of the ETH Domain. In our group, we develop numerical models and experimental facilities to better understand the initiation and dynamics of alpine mass movements such as snow avalanches, debris flows and rockfalls. Our research contributes to improve risk assessment and management procedures related to gravitational mass movements in alpine regions and mitigate their impacts. Project background Erosion and entrainment strongly affect the dynamics of alpine mass movements such as rock, ice or snow avalanches and debris flows. In rock avalanches, entrainment of saturated sediments during fast and undrained loading can lead to liquefaction thus enhancing flow mobility and possibly favoring...

The Chair of Alpine Mass Movements is part of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering (D-BAUG) at ETH Zurich and the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF which is part of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL and thus of the ETH Domain. In our group, we develop numerical models and experimental facilities to better understand the initiation and dynamics of alpine mass movements such as snow avalanches, debris flows and rockfalls. Our research contributes to improve risk assessment and management procedures related to gravitational mass movements in alpine regions and mitigate their impacts. Project background Instabilities in glaciers and rock walls can trigger complex process chains involving rock, ice and snow avalanches and outburst floods. Global warming could contribute to an increase in the frequency and magnitude of such catastrophic events. Their anticipation is thus of utmost importance to...

You are invited for a PhD position in the Air Quality and Particle Technology group (Dr. J. Wang). You will matriculate in ETH Zürich and will also work at Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research.Position starting from May 2023 or upon agreement. Project background The research is related to the development of aerosol technologies for bioaerosol sampling, detection and risk management. Bioaerosols, including airborne bacteria, viruses, fungi, and fragments of these organisms pose risks to humans. Even minute amounts of inhaled bioaerosols may cause adverse health impacts such as infectious diseases, allergic diseases, and reactions to toxins or irritants. Emerging hazardous components such as antibiotic resistance genes and metal resistance genes highlight the evolving risks due to bioaerosols. Our group is engaged in the development of various sensors targeting biological pollutants, which have strong synergy with aerosol...

ETH Zurich is one of the world’s leading universities specializing in science and technology. At the Institute of Agricultural Science, the  Animal Physiology Group  addresses challenges in the study of embryomaternal communication and the application of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in livestock and wildlife. Project background Assisted reproductive technologies usage in pigs is still underdeveloped due to the challenging female anatomy of the reproductive tract and compromised embryo survival rates. The current practices are lacking practical and non-laborious methods for producing piglets using ART. This project aims to develop a feasible embryo production (EP) scheme in pigs that allow the use of sows of high genetic merit. Job description The study  partially funded by Federal Agency for Agriculture (Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft, BLW) comprises a cooperation approach between ETH Zurich, SUISAG...

ETH Zurich is one of the world’s leading universities specializing in science and technology. At the Institute of Agricultural Science, the  Animal Physiology Group  addresses reproductive challenges in humans, livestock, and wildlife. We have strong expertise in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in livestock and wildlife species and in the analytics of steroids using both immunoassay – und mass spectrometry (MS) based techniques. Project background In vitro fertilization (IVF)  is routinely applied in fertility clinics across the world for couples facing fertility problems. Although IVF success rates have considerably improved in the last decade, there is still an urgent need to further improve hormonal stimulation protocols. Ovarian follicle stimulation is an important step within the IFV procedure and aims to harvest mature eggs for in vitro fertilisation. There is a wide range of individual responses to the...

Inspire is a publicly funded technology competence centre of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) in collaboration with the Swiss MEM industry. Inspire supports the Swiss industry in researching and developing cutting-edge technologies, processes and methods. The inspire Product Development Group Zurich (ipdz) focuses on the industrialization of Additive Manufacturing to strengthen the Swiss industry's competitiveness. Project background Additive Manufacturing (AM) enables the transformation of products and services through a digital value chain and is a key driver for innovations. Additive Manufacturing offers a huge innovation potential for a wide range of applications, but it is still poorly understood how these new products, value chains, and business models look in detail. We have dedicated our research to understanding additive manufacturing in the context of the value creation of specific applications. Our work ranges from designing new parts and...

The Global Health Engineering (GHE) group is based within the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich. Our group does not have any mechanical engineers but is composed of environmental engineers, economists and social scientists. Our work is transdisciplinary and all research focuses on resource-constrained countries.The Global Health Engineering group of Prof. Elizabeth Tilley is seeking a Scientific Assistant in Data Science. Job description As part of our Open Science team, you will support us in developing efficient data cleaning processes, comprehensible visualisations, and online teaching events that provide an inclusive and safe learning environment. Your efforts will primarily focus on our openwashdata project funded by the ETH ORD Scheme by the ETH Board. Details of the call and the funded proposal can be found on openwashdata.org. Your profile This job is for you, if you care about data and code being easily reusable...

The  Chair of Sustainable Construction  at ETH Zurich intends to ground sustainability in the disciplines of the built environment. We develop new materials and processes for climate neutral and circular construction. To support the development of alternative building materials,We are targeting 01 March 2021 as starting date (or upon agreement) with a workload of 60-80%. Project background Context:  The climate crisis is urging us to act fast. Buildings are a key leverage point to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the embodied emissions related to their construction and renovation remain often the hidden challenge of any ambitious policy. In the group, we develop materials, mainly based on earth and clay which are renewable, recyclable, zero carbon and healthy for users. We develop these materials in the laboratory, sometimes in collaboration with industry partners or architecture offices. We also conduct workshops for students and professionals to raise...

City growth is something that happens in high-rise as much as horizontally. Measuring the housing stock in block-wise or building-wise detail is one way of mapping out city growth by metrics that go far beyond macro descriptions such as city-wide population growth or changes of administrative borders. However, in most regions and countries the detail for mapping out city changes in terms of housing stock in 3D is lacking from administrative data. Satellite images and remote-sensing data are an option to fill this void. However, as satellite data provide 2D images only, machines need to be trained to map these images into 3D, possibly through a compilation of google-earth-type street-view data and satellite images. Doing so can provide details on cities that permit studying changes at a level that lie beyond the opportunities of administrative city data. Job description The first task is, you will support the project team in data collection, preprocessing and...

The Ultrafast Dynamics Group (Prof. Steven Johnson) in the Department of Physics of ETH Zürich has an open PhD position. Project background The ultrafast dynamics group studies the electronic and structural dynamics of solid-state materials on time scales ranging from femtoseconds to picoseconds.  By understanding and to some extent controlling these dynamics, we investigate new ways to control such materials on time scales well beyond state-of-the-art methods for materials modification.  We also gain unique insights into the mechanisms that lead to the functionality of many modern materials. Job description We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to investigate the optical properties of materials which are undergoing periodic modulations of atomic and/or magnetic structure.  The goal is to study several regimes of light-phonon and light-magnon interaction and their potential applications for photonic...

The  Research Center for Energy Networks  (Forschungsstelle Energienetze –  FEN ) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETHZ) acts as a bridge between academic research, industrial needs and social issues related to energy policy, shaping the transition to a more sustainable, reliable and cost-effective future energy system, by providing utilities, grid operators, industrial associations, and federal institutions with a technology-neutral and independent   quantitative analysis. The  EEH - Power Systems Laboratory  (PSL) is part of the Energy Transmission and High Voltage Laboratory (EEH) of the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (D-​ITET) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETHZ). The scientific field of the Power Systems Laboratory comprises the analysis and design of electric and integrated energy systems including their planning,...

The Collegium Helveticum is committed to facilitating unconditional intellectual exchange and the freedom to think and ask critical questions. Since 2022, it is a member of the international Scholars at Risk network. Its member institutions are devoted to “protecting scholars and the freedom to think, question, and share ideas.” Do you need to be acknowledged as a scholar at risk? The New York office of the international scholars at risk network assesses your situation and provides documentation that acknowledges you as a scholar at risk. With the financial support of the OPO Foundation and the SHG Foundation, starting in 2023, the Collegium will be able to host three fully funded scholars at risk as fellows for up to six months. If you are a scholar at risk looking to connect with colleagues in Zurich and are interested in interdisciplinary exchange, feel free to contact Mario Wimmer at wimmer@collegium.ethz.ch....

The  Transdisciplinarity Lab (TdLab)  develops and implements transdisciplinary teaching and research to support the sustainable development of society. Transdisciplinarity means focusing on societal problems and collaborating across disciplinary boundaries and between sciences and society. TdLab is part of ETH Zurich’s  Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS) . Project background The Engage project, led by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), aims to create a dialogue platform for a science-based discussion of complex trade-offs related to pressing societal problems amongst relevant stakeholders. Over the period of 2023 to 2025, a consortium of Swiss research institutes will develop different tools and structures to facilitate this dialogue.  Job description The two main tasks of this 80% position are to take care of the diverse stakeholder interactions of Engage and to help establish...