International Scholarships

The Laboratory of Nanostrucrures and Novel Electronic Materials at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL) invites applications for a Ph.D. position in experimental solid state physics. The successful candidate will use electrical transport measurements (resistivity, Hall-effect and thermopower) under high pressure to study novel electronic materials like … [More Info]

The Theoretical Physical Chemistry Group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL) invites applications for a Ph.D. position in theoretical chemistry and chemical physics. The preferred start date is between January and August 2008. The successful candidate will use quantum-mechanical and semiclassical methods to explain physicochemical properties … [More Info]

The Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT) is intensifying its experimental and theoretical research in the fields of cloud physics and the interactions between aerosol and clouds. In this context we are looking for a PhD student. The position is located at the Leipzig Aerosol and Cloud Interaction Simulator (LACIS) and limited to three years. … [More Info]

A position of a Research Assistant leading to a PhD degree will be available in the area of soft condensed matter and biophysics. We shall study structural and dynamic properties of concentrated protein solutions and mixtures as well as their dominating interaction forces, aggregation phenomena and phase transitions such as liquid-liquid phase separation and crystal … [More Info]

Deadline : 31 Octobre 2006 The Department of Nuclear and Particle Physics and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, are opening a Ph. D student position related to a European project in the field of the history of Astroparticle physics. The candidate is expected to collect and … [More Info]

PhD studentships in Geophysics, Earth and Planetary Magnetism group Institute for Geophysics The Earth and Planetary Magnetism group within the Institute for Geophysics is seeking 3 post-graduate students to undertake research leading to the award of PhD. The EPM group has broad interests spanning all aspects of magnetism in the Earth and planets, from a … [More Info]

The Paul Scherrer Institut is a centre for multi-disciplinary research and one of the world’s leading user laboratories. With its 1200 employees it belongs as an autonomous institution to the Swiss ETH domain and concentrates its activities on solid-state research and material sciences, elementary particle and astrophysics, energy and environmental research as well as on … [More Info]