Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in On-Chip Separation of Proteins for Single-Cell Proteome Profiling
Summary of PhD Program:
The laboratory of Single-Molecule and Single-Cell Biophysics (BMC)is a research group in the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (D-ITET) at ETH Zürich led by Prof. Morteza Aramesh. We work in close collaboration with the Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics (LBB) led by Prof. Janos Vörös.
The focus of BMC group is developing technologies that enable single-cell studies down to single-molecule level. In our research, nanotechnology and biophysics meet to answer important biological questions. We’re curious about things like how cells release proteins and how immune cells in our body fight against disease using their protein repertoire.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in self-emerging architected materials
Summary of PhD Program:
The Chair of Computational Mechanics of Building Materials (CMBM) aims to understand and predict mechanical failure in materials and structures. By combining numerical modeling tools with tailored laboratory experiments and theoretical models, we create a holistic perspective on mechanical failure, bridging the gap between material behavior at the small scale and principles governing catastrophic failure at the system level. CMBM is a highly interdisciplinary and international research team.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in experimental fluid dynamics, shock-wave physics and X-ray imaging for biomedical applications
Summary of PhD Program:
The research in the newly established Multiphase Fluid Dynamics group at ETH Zurich examines both fundamental and applied questions in various small-scale multiphase fluid phenomena, such as bubble and droplet dynamics and the resulting fast flows. One of our key objectives is to control bubble oscillations to exploit their energy-focusing characteristics in biomedical applications. We also develop experimental techniques to observe and characterise high-speed multiphase fluid phenomena optically and acoustically. The group is part of the Institute of Fluid Dynamics, which pursues a broad range of experimental, numerical and theoretical research efforts in a friendly and inclusive environment with state-of-the-art infrastructure.
Application Deadline: 5 July 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in developing physics-based loss models of advanced magnetic devices for future highly efficient drive and converter systems
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for outstanding, highly motivated individuals interested in pursuing a PhD in the multidisciplinary and important research area of modelling and optimisation of magnetic components and electric machines. Highly efficient as well as compact transformers and chokes are critical elements in most power electronic systems, because these components drastically influence the overall efficiency and power density of converters. Similarly, in electric drive systems the overall efficiency and power density are significantly affected by the iron and winding losses in the machine. In order to pace with the rapid development of semiconductors (e.g. wide bandgap SiC MOSFETs/GaN HEMTs), advanced concepts for magnetic devices and in particular comprehensive models of the core losses should be developed by you.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Machine Learning for Sustainable Chemicals and Processes
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, we will, therefore, develop methods to speed up this development by focusing on machine learning techniques to address sustainability challenges in chemistry research. We will explore novel pathways to process design and sustainability assessment by combining our expertise in predictive thermodynamics, efficient unit operation models, systematic conceptual process design, and automated prospective LCA. Thus, we aim to predict the environmental performance of novel chemical synthesis routes and thereby identify the most promising processes for the transition towards a sustainable chemical industry.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Drug resistance evolution and Pharmacodynamic data analysis
Summary of PhD Program:
The project’s main objective is to extract and analyze large amounts of pharmacodynamic data from various sources and design a user-friendly database. Through advanced data mining and machine learning techniques, we will extract valuable data from databases, data repositories and non-strucured data sources (e.g. scientific articles and supplementary materials) across various disciplines, and identify the patterns in trends in these data.
Application Deadline: 1 July 2024
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7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Mathematical modelling of drug resistance evolution
Summary of PhD Program:
The main objective of the project is to develop a polygenic model to investigate the mechanisms underlying drug resistance evolution, focusing in particular on ploidy, reproductive mode and lifestyle. The target organisms will be bacteria, fungi and parasitic worms. While the position is theoretical, the student is encouraged and expected to collaborate with our experimental collaborators.
Application Deadline: 1 July 2024
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in sensitivity of past warm climates to CO2
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project focuses on the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and the surface ocean temperature during key time windows of the Miocene period, in order to better understand the processes contributing to warm climates during periods of higher than preindustrial greenhouse gas conditions. For this project, ETH has partnered with a research group at Purdue University in the USA, where general circulation models of Miocene climate will be run. Together with the Purdue team, our research team will develop new proxy system models and employ them to more robustly compare the geochemical proxy records with climate model simulations. The project is funded by an SNF grant for four years.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Practical Philosophy
Summary of PhD Program:
The ETH Professorship for Practical Philosophy in the department for Humanities, Social and Political sciences offers a PhD positions in practical philosophy (Prof. Dr. Dr. Nadia Mazouz). The position is for up to four years and starting October 1st, 2024 or by arrangement. Research at the professorship centrally addresses today’s challenges to theory building in ethics and political philosophy – specifically epistemic, cultural and ethical pluralism. These are explored theoretically, but also in different fields of applied ethics, i.e. TechEthics and Bioethics.
Application Deadline: July 31, 2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Hybrid Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics with Ge semiconductor QDs and high impedance superconducting resonators
Summary of PhD Program:
We are excited to announce a unique opportunity for a highly motivated PhD candidate to join our ongoing collaborative research effort in the field of experimental quantum information science, focusing on spin qubits and hybrid superconducting-semiconductor quantum devices. This position is offered in a shared initiative between the laboratories of Prof. Wallraff and Prof. Scarlino, respectively in ETH Zurich and EPFL. The research activity closely aligns with and is supported by the NCCR SPIN (a Swiss National Center of Competence in Research) in Switzerland, focusing on hole spin qubits.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
11. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in immersive architectural design and spatialized sound
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims to develop theoretical and experimental research examining the use of immersive audio simulation and modeling techniques in the spatial practices of architecture and sound arts. The team is composed of senior and doctoral researchers at the ETH Zürich and ZHdK, combining expertise in computational design, sound composition, acoustic simulation, virtual reality, psychoacoustics and the history of architecture. The project relies on expertise and cutting edge-infrastructures like the Immersive Design Lab at ETH, and Ambisonic and Wave Field Synthesis arrays at the ICST.
Application Deadline: June the 30th, 2024
12. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Designing intelligence in battery-less micromechanical structures
Summary of PhD Program:
In the same way that automatic Swiss watches power themselves from the motion of the wearer, we will design and make (micro)-mechanical computing elements that use energy from ambient vibrations – without the need for power wires or batteries. These elements will rely on geometric nonlinearities to perform complex tasks. In fact, while nonlinearity is usually avoided in mechanical designs, here we will leverage it to achieve unprecedented computational capabilities: by combining nonlinear elements as ‘lego pieces’ a targeted response will be achieved.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in combustion instabilities of hydrogen flames
Summary of PhD Program:
This research work will combine experiments and modeling. The experimental research will be performed on a lab-scale, high-pressure test facility. Experimental techniques for fluid mechanics, combustion and acoustics will be used, including laser-based optical diagnostics. The modeling work will consist in the development of analytical low-order models of the combustion instabilities, and in large eddy simulations of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations.
Application Deadline: August 12th 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in dynamics of quantum materials under pressure
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of this project is to investigate ultrafast dynamics of quantum materials under pressure. Pressure is a crucial parameter in setting the ground state of the material in thermodynamic equilibrium. Our goal is to investigate the dynamical response of the system once it is brought out of equilibrium following excitation by an ultrashort pulse of light. The knowledge acquired from this study will enable a better control of the properties of quantum materials and will inform theory developments that seek to model ultrafast material responses.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Control for Advanced Manufacturing
Summary of PhD Program:
Advanced manufacturing is central to sustainable automation with high-impact opportunities in both research and society. It involves complex physical and chemical processes that need to be executed with high precision and minimal interruptions throughout a life cycle. Incorporating predictive models and advanced control using data opens up exciting new possibilities in this domain. Our research aims to develop novel methods at the intersection of advanced control, optimization, manufacturing science, and machine learning, to create the next generation of sustainable automation solutions for modern manufacturing systems and supply chains.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Self-assembled Colloidal Micromachines
Summary of PhD Program:
Artificial intelligence enables robotic machines to autonomously adapt to their surroundings and perform complex tasks. Unlike large machines, micro- and nanomachines cannot host bulky computational units to generate intelligence. The intelligence of small-scale machines, including sensing, control and adaptation, can only stem from their physical bodies through various responsive mechanisms. Despite growing efforts in this field, encoding diverse types of intelligence into micromachines is still essentially unexplored.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Labour Economics
Summary of PhD Program:
The labour market division at KOF Swiss Economic Institute is a research division that monitors, analyses, and evaluates the effects of policies, institutions and economic forces on jobs, the workforce, and wages, with the aim of establishing quantitative evidence relevant for policy makers and society at large. Core competencies include the analysis of firms’ demand for workers, wage setting and wage inequality, discrimination, and immigration. The team uses innovative large datasets and applies rigorous empirical methods to estimate causal effects.
Application Deadline: July 31, 2024
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Mechanical Rock Preconditioning
Summary of PhD Program:
You will develop a new methodology for the mechanical preconditioning of rock for underground energy storage and recovery applications. You will be working in the Rock Physics and Mechanics Lab within the Department of Earth Sciences to design and develop a mechanical rock pre-conditioning method. Using the new method, you will conduct laboratory pre-conditioning experiments under in-situ stress and temperature conditions relevant to applications such as Enhanced Geothermal Systems.
Application Deadline: July 31, 2024
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Decision support methods to foster regenerative construction solutions and increase resilience of vulnerable and underserved communities
Summary of PhD Program:
The objective of the PhD is to develop a framework allowing to implement placed based solutions that can improve the resilience of local communities and regenerate both environment and local economy. Such framework serves as base for co-designing solutions with the community, considering on one side local resource availability (material and immaterial), legal and social constraints, natural threats due to climate change and on the other side technical and sustainability performance of various design options. The PhD works more specifically in Colombia, but framework is intended to be transferrable to other contexts.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Identification for Circular Construction
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD Researcher will be an integral part of the research team working on the project “Intelligent Circular Construction” aimed at advancing circular construction practices through digital innovation and AI technologies. The position at the Chair of Circular Engineering for Architecture (CEA) offers a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research in sustainable construction and circular economy.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computer Science for Circular Construction
Summary of PhD Program:
Your responsibilities will include the development of both theoretical concepts and practical tools for the construction sector. Additionally, you are responsible for the development of theoretical concepts, automated workflows and algorithms, together with industry and research consortium partners in Switzerland. The exploration of implementation possibilities, validation and testing of proposed and developed solutions in pilot projects are also part of your expertise. As well as the engagement and collaboration with stakeholders such as construction companies, standardization bodies, consultants, and other industry partners to promote the adoption of the developed tools.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physiological Sensing/BioEng
Summary of PhD Program:
The Sensing, Interaction & Perception Lab is looking for a PhD student in physiological sensing. This job ad is intentionally short and only complete applications will be considered. In short, promising applicants have built their own physiological sensor before (e.g., PPG, ECG) and custom PCB as part of an embedded device.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
23.Fully Funded PhD Position in Machine Learning Seismology
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD student will focus on constructing and training advanced machine learning models tailored to characterize induced earthquakes recorded by various instruments, including distributed acoustic sensing, acoustic emission sensors, and geophones. With these efforts, the PhD candidate will improve the current state-of-the-art of real-time seismic monitoring and induced earthquake forecasting by implementing advanced machine-learning techniques and integrating physical understandings of rupture dynamics. The PhD candidate will apply the developed methodologies and models to various geological test sites to extract high-resolution earthquake catalogs, analyze rock rupture mechanisms, and benchmark different induced earthquake forecasting models.
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
