Multiple Positions – 07 PhD Degree-Fully Funded at EMPA, Zurich, Switzerland

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Dr AF Saeed
23rd August 2025
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EMPA, Zurich, Switzerland invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at EMPA, Zurich, Switzerland.

Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.

(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD position on optimizing cooling processes and supply chains of heat-sensitive biological products by digital twins

Materials science and technology are our passion. With our cutting-edge research, Empa’s around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well-being of society for a future worth living. Empa is a research institution of the ETH Domain.

Empa’s Laboratory of Biomimetic Membranes and Textiles is a pioneer in physics-based modeling at multiple scales. We bridge the virtual to the real world by multi-parameter sensing and creating digital twins of heat-sensitive biological systems (food, humans) that can live together with their real-world counterparts. This project aims to better identify how perishable biological products react inside cold chain unit operations and to pinpoint why some products decay faster. For that purpose, we develop digital twins of the cargo, based on measured air temperature and humidity data in cold chains by commercial sensors, and deploy them in end-to-end virtual supply chains.

This project also aims to better understand the tradeoffs related to cooling technology for several use cases, for example, with smallholder farmers in the Global South. For that, detailed supply chain assessments will be performed. The work will enable us to identify better how individual perishable products react inside a cargo of millions in cold chain unit operations and to pinpoint why some products decay faster than others. This information will be used to quantify the environmental and economic impact of optimized cooling solutions and refrigerated supply chain solutions.

Deadline : Open until filled

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(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in the field of Hybrid Metamaterials for Bone Replacement

Though rooted in medical applications, this challenge is largely a materials challenge. Existing medical implants are dominated by rigid structures that often lack the adaptability and sophistication required for dynamic biological environments. Despite the promising potential of soft hydrogels in combination with in situ mineralization that could offer greater flexibility and biocompatibility, research in this area remains limited, with numerous fabrication challenges yet to be addressed.

This collaborative project in close collaborration with partners at ETHZ and TU Delft aims to bridge the gap in current medical implant technology by designing, fabricating, and testing biomimetic, compliant metastructures made of hydrogel-ceramic nanocomposites capable of mechano-directed bone formation and designed to closely match the chemical, mechanical, and morphological properties of native bone. The role of the PhD student at Empa will be the development of synthesis processes using light-based 3D printing of hydrogel-ceramic composites in close collaboration with a PhD student at the Biomaterials Engineering Group at ETHZ and the identification of process-structure-property relationships enabling the efficient design and synthesis of complex metastructures for bone replacement.

Deadline : Open until filled

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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD in the Design of Integrated District Heating and Cooling Systems

You are a highly motivated and dedicated candidate with a Master’s degree in Engineering or a related field. You bring interdisciplinary expertise in energy transitions, with a solid understanding of district heating and cooling, renewable energy integration, multi-energy systems, and energy conversion and storage technologies. You have strong skills in programming, modelling, and data analysis. Experience in formulating and solving mathematical optimization problems is an asset. Proficiency in English is required; good comprehension and oral communication skills in German are desirable.

Deadline : Open until filled

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(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Position in Advanced Characterization of Soft and Hybrid Nanoparticles: Combining small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS)

At Empa’s Centre for X-ray Analytics, we investigate bio-nano assemblies from lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to polymer-based nanosystems using powerful analytical tools such as small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy (FCCS). Our goal is to bring quantitative insights into how soft-matter systems self-assemble and function, with a particular emphasis on DNA/RNA-LNPs for next-generation gene therapeutics.

Deadline : Open until filled

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(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD Student in Chemical Analysis of Environmental Pollutants

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are a complex class of thousands of chemicals. They are of increasing concern due to their persistence, potential toxicity and ubiquitous abundance in the environment. Understanding and evaluating their emission pathways is essential to plan and implement effective measures to reduce emission of PFASs. In this project, funded by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), the occurrence of PFASs in ambient air will be investigated. Sampling a broad range of PFASs simultaneously is challenging, as is their subsequent simultaneous analysis. This project aims at overcoming these challenges to reliably measure atmospheric levels of PFASs and model their respective emission strengths in Switzerland. The results are directly relevant to the FOEN and will support regulatory decisions regarding PFASs.

Deadline : Open until filled

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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD in Energy System Modelling with Emphasis on Social Dimensions

You are a highly motivated and dedicated candidate with a Master’s degree in Engineering or a related field. You bring interdisciplinary expertise on energy transitions, with a solid understanding of renewable energy integration, multi-energy systems, and energy conversion and storage technologies. You have strong programming, modelling, and data analysis skills. Experience with formulating and solving mathematical optimization problems is an asset. Proficiency in English is required; good comprehension and oral skills in German are desirable.

Deadline : Open until filled

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(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded

PhD position summary/title: PhD student position in “Flash-lamp annealing of Li-containing oxides”

We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate, who is eager to pursue hands-on, exploratory PhD research. This includes deposition of the precursor layers, thorough FLA processing, and extensive materials characteri-zation using XRD, electron microscopies, TOF-SIMS, electrochemical methods, etc. Modeling and simulations should help us to explain experimental findings and to identify the optimum FLA parameters for a given material with minimum iterations. The promising materials will be integrated into thin-film battery devices.

Deadline : Open until filled

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About Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Zurich, Switzerland – Official Website

The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology is an interdisciplinary Swiss research institute for applied materials sciences and technology. As part of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain, it is an institution of the Swiss federation. For most of the period since its foundation in 1880, it concentrated

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