Open positions
Open positions at the NCCR Microbiomes
If you are interested in working on one of the projects of the NCCR Microbiomes, please email us at contact@nccr-microbiomes.ch with a short description of your background and areas of interest.
PhD position in the ecology & evolution of microbial communities at UNIL
The Department of Fundamental Microbiology at the University of Lausanne offers a doctoral position in the ecology & evolution of microbial communities. The Mitri lab (https://unil.ch/mitrilab/) is interested in understanding, controlling and designing small microbial communities under controlled laboratory conditions. Within these communities, we focus on how microbial species interact and how these interactions shape their ecological and evolutionary dynamics, and their community function. We strongly believe in combining different research methodologies, including mathematical modeling, computer simulations and laboratory experiments.
We are seeking to recruit an experimentalist PhD student interested in one of two projects: (1) controlling species coexistence in microbial communities, and (2) studying division of labour in denitrifying communities. Applicants are also welcome to suggest other topics that are in line with the interests of the lab.
Expected start date : 01.01.2025 (earliest). Application deadline: 31.08.2024. For more information and application, see here.
PhD student positions at the Environmental Microbiology Laboratory at EPFL
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. The lab is advertising two new PhD student positions:
1) PhD student in environmental geomicrobiology
Investigate anaerobic microbial methylation in an environmental isolate.
Applications deadline 1 Sept 2024. All information and application here.
2) PhD student in soil and environmental microbiology
Investigate the role of temperature and precipitation frequency on the soil microbiome and its greenhouse gas emissions.
Applications deadline 1 Sept 2024. All information and application here.