Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the EPFL, Vaud, Switzerland. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in effect of air composition on the respiratory virus transmission chain (AirTRAC)
Summary of PhD Program:
The objective of this PhD project is to determine how different air compositions affect the physical-chemical microenvironment in aerosol particles and droplets, and how this microenvironment in turn affects the stability of a suite of respiratory viruses. The work involves kinetic experiments in drops and in aerosol particles, as well as molecular virology experiments to determine inactivation mechanisms.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physics-Informed Machine Learning For Mechanics of Material Failure (LMD)
Summary of PhD Program:
The Data-Driven Mechanics Laboratory is seeking a highly motivated doctoral student to study physics- and thermodynamics-informed machine learning (ML) for the mechanics of material failure. The project focuses on learning the effective behavior of materials of civil engineering interest (granular geomaterials, structural materials) arising from complex microstructural mechanisms involving inelasticity and friction, as well as potential multiphysics couplings. It promises to push the boundaries of constitutive and multiscale modeling for these materials.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Pressure tuning and symmetry breaking in frustrated quantum magnets (LQM)
Summary of PhD Program:
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.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in ecohydrological modeling for climate-smart agriculture (CHANGE)
Summary of PhD Program:
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).
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Personal Comfort Systems and Building Energy (ICE)
Summary of PhD Program:
The Laboratory of Integrated Comfort Engineering (ICE) at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is seeking an exceptionally driven and skilled Ph.D. candidate to contribute to cutting-edge research on personalized thermal comfort systems and their contribution to energy reduction in buildings. This position is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation and involves collaboration with Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology).
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Managing a Just Transition to Net Zero
Summary of PhD Program:
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?
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in environmental geomicrobiology (EML)
Summary of PhD Program:
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.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in soil and environmental microbiology (EML)
Summary of PhD Program:
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.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Phase Change Heat and Mass Transfer (ETA-LAB)
Summary of PhD Program:
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.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
