Department of Chemistry
PhD Student in Environmental Chemistry60 %
The Fenner Group at the University of Zurich and Eawag is inviting applications for a PhD Student in Environmental Chemistry.
The project The recently communicated Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design (SSbD) framework of the European Union aims to develop new chemicals in a way that they are inherently environmentally safe. Implementation of this goal requires appropriate methods for high-throughput assessment of key environmental hazards, including chemicals' persistence in the environment and their potential for causing (eco-)toxicological effects.
Your responsibilitiesOur well-funded research program combines inspiring international research environment with access to state-of-the-art scientific infrastructure. The project will be led by Kathrin Fenner, and will be conducted in close collaboration with Prof. Beate Escher (Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research, UFZ Leipzig). Kathrin Fenner is professor in Environmental Chemistry at the Chemistry Department of the University of Zurich and group leader at the Department of Environmental Chemistry at Eawag. In your PhD project, you will be working across both institutions. Both Eawag and the University of Zurich are located within the Zürich metropolitan area.
As a PhD Student, you will become part of the PhD program offered by the Graduate School of Chemical and Molecular Sciences Zurich. The University of Zurich is a modern employer and offers an excellent working environment where staff can contribute their strengths, experience and ways of thinking. We promote gender equality and are committed to staff diversity and inclusion. The compatibility of career and family is of central importance to us.
Place of workUniversity of Zurich Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zürich, Switzerland
Start of employmentEmployment start date will be mutually agreed upon (preferably as soon as possible). We ask strongly motivated candidates to submit their applications containing a motivation letter, a research summary of past accomplishments (1 page), a CV (resumé), and 1 letter of support (or the names and contact details of 2 referees) in a single pdf file by 1st April 2023.