The Life Science Zurich Graduate School consists of nine highly competitive Ph.D. programs, run jointly by the ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. Each program offers research and education opportunities in a stimulating international environment for ambitious students who wish to work towards a Ph.D. degree. Accepted students perform their research project in one of the participating research groups of their favorite program, according to their scientific interest. Advanced teaching and training courses are offered throughout the curriculum. The program language is English throughout. Ph.D. studies usually last 3-4 years.

Education: Applicants must hold or anticipate receiving a Master’s degree or equivalent from a university in a relevant field before starting the Ph.D. program. Applicants accepted for the program will have to register with either the University of Zurich or ETH Zurich, depending on the affiliation of their future research group.

Application: Our web pages provide detailed information for submission of application. Please refer to the guidelines as we only take into consideration applications received in the required format: http://www.lifescience-graduateschool.ch/index.php?id=108

Application deadlines are December 1 2008 and July 1 2009.

Contact details:
Dr. Susanna Bachmann
Life Science Zurich Graduate School
University of Zurich
Institute of Molecular Biology
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8057 Zurich.

Email: gradschool [-a-t-] lifescience.uzh.ch
http://www.lifescience-graduateschool.ch/

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The successful candidate will be integrated in a young, strongly research oriented team. For further information on research activity, please visit the web-site: http://www.istfin.eco.unisi.ch and links therein.

The ideal candidate for this position should have the following qualifications:

• Master in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline, with strong foundation in quantitative methods
• Excellent knowledge in accounting (particularly IFRS and European GAAP)
• Interest in Empirical Accounting & Finance, particularly Event Study Analysis
• Econometric proficiency is a plus, e.g., Time Series Analysis
• Programming and database experience is a plus as well as familiarity and experience in gathering and processing accounting and financial data
• Excellent command of English and either Italian or German

Closing date for applications is October 30, 2008, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

The position starts as soon as possible.

Please submit your application with a complete CV (email preferred) to:
Prof. Dr. Eric Nowak
Chair of Financial Management and Accounting
Swiss Finance Institute
University of Lugano
Via Guiseppe Buffi 13
CH-6904 Lugano
Phone +41-58-666-4637
Fax +41-58-666-4647
email nowake[a-t]lu.unisi.ch

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The Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis group at the University of Zurich invites applications for a doctoral research assistant position in Geographic Information Science/Geovisualization to work on a 3-year project.

The highly motivated, successful applicant will be asked to develop methods for representing geographic relevance, including relevance-based filtering of features in the context of mobile geoservices. The objective is to find appropriate representations and metaphors for the geographic relevance concept and design suitable tests for an evaluation of these developments.

Applicants are required to have successfully completed a Masters degree in a relevant area, e.g., Geography, Geoinformatics /Geographic Information Science, Psychology, Cognitive Science, or Computer Science. You have experience in GIS, spatial data representation and handling as well as quantitative spatio-temporal analysis methodologies. Knowledge of wayfinding, spatial cognition, and decision making would be an asset. You have good programming skills (preferably Java), you are confident in implementing the developed methods in the context of a geoservice framework. You have a proven ability to work independently on guided projects, and are interested in presenting your results orally and in publications for a larger scientific audience. You have a very good standard of written and spoken English and knowledge of German, whilst not required, would be an advantage.

The position, housed in the GIScience Center of the Geography Department, will start in September 2008, or as soon as possible thereafter.

For more background information about the department please visit us on the Web at http://www.geo.uzh.ch/gia/aboutus/ or direct any informal enquiries about the position to the address below.

Send your application (CV, letter of motivation, transcripts, names and email contact of referees) electronically in a single PDF document to: Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher,tumasch.reichenbacher[a-t]geo.uzh.ch (subject: PhD Relevance Representation), ph: +41-44-635-5152, fax: +41-44-635-6848. We will also behappy to answer informal inquiries. Review of applications will begin immediately, and will continue until the position is filled.

Entrance upon September 2008, or as soon as possible thereafter
Duration of appointment 3 years

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The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) at ETH Zurich seeks a PhD Student (60%) interested in writing his/her PhD thesis in the context of a project on water management in the Zambezi river basin.

Research area: Your PhD research will be part of a large interdisciplinary project that studies integrated water resources management in the Zambezi river basin (http://www.zambezi.ethz.ch/twiki/bin/view/Zambezi). It will focus on issues of multi-level governance from a political science and economics viewpoint.

Your background: We are looking for a candidate who holds an MA/MSc in political science and/or economics. Ideally, applicants should have strong methodological skills in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, a keen interest in questions of political economy, good knowledge of political science, economic and political economy theories, and a strong command of English. Willingness and ability to spend several months in southern Africa to collect data and interact with local project partners is essential.

What we offer: We offer the successful candidate an intellectually challenging position in one of the leading political science research centers in Europe, an exciting opportunity to engage in field research in southern Africa, and the prospects of obtaining a PhD degree from ETH Zurich (http://www.ib.ethz.ch/phd/index). The position is funded for three years in the order of CHF 3’000.- / month. The advisors of the PhD thesis will be Prof. Thomas Bernauer (http://www.ib.ethz.ch/) and Prof. Rolf Kappel (http://www.nadel.ethz.ch/).

Your application: We invite you to submit an application letter and CV, two letters of recommendation, and other application materials to ETH Zürich, Ms. Claudia Jenny, ETH Zurich, ETH Zentrum SEI G.1, CH-8092 Zurich (cjenny[a-t]icr.gess.ethz.ch), preferably in electronic form. The deadline is 30 June 2008.

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The Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry (LAC) is engaged in air quality and climate research by field studies, smog chamber experiments and chemical transport models.

We are offering a PhD Student position in the field of Air quality modeling. The chemical composition of particulate matter was recently measured and analyzed in several field campaigns at different locations in unprecedented detail. This provides a unique opportunity to evaluate 3-dimensional photochemical models including emissions, meteorological transport, gasphase and aerosol chemistry.

The challenges are on the one hand to get the boundary layer meteorological processes right on the other hand to get the emissions right. Recent research has shown that one also needs to revisit the assumptions concerning the formation processes leading to secondary organic aerosols.

The project will focus on aerosol formation processes in Switzerland and Europe. An intensive collaboration is planned with another PhD student focusing on meteorology and with a Canadian research group. A competitive Salary will be available.

Your tasks

• Use the meteorological models MM5 and/or the Alpine Model (aLMo) in combination with the chemical transport model CAMx in various configurations
• Improve the gaseous emissions, e.g. concerning biogenic sesqui-terpene emissions
• Improve the primary aerosol emissions (especially from domestic wood burning)
• Use and/or develop new schemes to represent the secondary organic aerosol formation in an appropriate manner (2)
• Test and evaluate the model versus various available and new data sets
• Present the results at workshops, conferences and in peer-reviewed journals

Your profile

You have a master/diploma degree in atmospheric science, meteorology, physics, chemistry or environmental science. Ideally, you already have some experience in meteorological or air quality modeling. Programming and computer skills are crucial. Good communication skills in English are required and in German beneficial.

We are looking forward to your application

Sebnem Andreani and André Prévôt
Paul Scherrer Institut
Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry
CH- 5232 Villigen-PSI
Switzerland

Please send your application to:
sebnem.andreani {a – t } psi.ch

Visit the official website for further information.

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Applicants should be research oriented and have the desire to pursue an academic career or to continue their career doing research in Economics within the public or private sector.

The PhD program of the University of Lugano is structured in two phases: one preparatory year of intensive coursework followed by no less than two years of advanced studies and research. Successful applicants will enjoy superb research facilities. The starting date is upon agreement.

Application
Applicants should send a CV, copies of previous scientific work, such as a master or diploma thesis, and arrange for two letters of recommendation. All documents should be sent directly to andrea.vaona[ at ]lu.unisi.ch

This call has been published also on: http://www.people.lu.unisi.ch/vaonaa.

For further information please contact: Prof. Andrea Vaona (andrea.vaona[ at ]lu.unisi.ch)

Applications should be received no later than the December 2, 2007.

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Requirements:
An M.S. or M.A. in physics is required. Preference will be given to candidates with a strong undergraduate background condensed matter physics and experience in laboratory work. Since the language used at the doctoral school of EPFL is English, applicants whose first language is not English should demonstrate their English proficiency. Working knowledge of French is an advantage.
The appointment is for up to four years during which a Ph.D. thesis must be completed. The Ph.D. stipend is SFr. 50,000 per year. More information about the doctoral program at EPFL can be found at: http://phd.epfl.ch/page55518.html

Application
Interested candidates should submit an application with a curriculum vitae, names and contact information of three references, and a brief description of research interests. The most qualified candidates will be invited for an on-site interview at EPFL. The applications should be sent to:

Prof. László Forró
EPFL SB IPMC
Station 6
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
or
Email: laszlo.forro[ at ]epfl.ch

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