Eawag Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Eawag postdoctoral fellowship position aims at offering outstanding young scientists with exciting research ideas the possibility for a two year research position at Eawag to strengthen their research career towards becoming independent scientists. Anyone who would like to apply is requested to submit a proposal submission, which includes a research plan, reference letters and a recommendation letter by one of the research department heads at Eawag.

Research focus

Highly qualified individuals are invited to apply for the fellowship to conduct research in any field in the area of aquatic science and technology. Eawag focuses on cutting-edge research that is driven by the needs of society and leads to significant advances in the aquatic sciences. Innovative approaches and technologies for the sustainable management and use of water are developed through collaborations among natural and social scientists and engineers. The postdoctoral fellow will be hosted within one of Eawag’s 12 Research Departments.

Selection criteria

Selection of the postdoctoral fellow will be based on his or her academic record and his or her description of a research project to be conducted at Eawag.

Qualifications

This fellowship is limited to candidates who have no prior collaboration with Eawag and who have been granted a doctoral degree not more than two years before the application deadline.

Application

The candidate’s application must include:

  • a brief letter of application that includes the title of the proposed postdoctoral project
  • a brief abstract (not to exceed 250 words) written for a reader who is not an expert in the topic. The letter should also identify the Research Department that the candidate would be an appropriate host for the project.
  • a curriculum vitae including a list of publications
  • a description of a research project to be conducted at Eawag (3 pages, including references)
  • names and contact information for two academic references

Current Post-doc

The current Postdoc scholarship holders research at Eawag for two years.

2021

Dr. Marco E. Franco
Postdoctoral Researcher
Eawag
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2021

Dr. Francine van den Brandeler
Scientific Researcher
Eawag
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Former Eawag post docs

Eawag introduced this initiative in 2010. Since then several outstanding young scientists have carried out research as Eawag post docs. The former Eawag post docs are

2020

Sital Uprety
Consultant

2019

Dr. Johanna Ten Brink
Assistant Professor
University of Amsterdam
E-Mail

2018

Dr. Lauren Marie Cook
Groupleader (Tenure Track)
Eawag
E-Mail

2018

Dr. Tarek Manasfi
Scientist and project manager
Solvias Kaiseraugst
E-Mail

2017

Dr. Luis Gilarranz
Scientific Researcher
Eawag
E-Mail

2017

Dr. Erfan Haghighi
Head of Research and Product Development
Oxygen at work
E-Mail

2016

Dr. Sara Beck
Assistant Professor
University of British Columbia
E-Mail

2015

Dr. Alice Hélène Léa Aubert
Scientific Researcher
ZHAW
E-Mail

2015

Dr. Miguel Leal
Founder
Science Crunchers
E-Mail

2014

Dr. Anita Narwani
Groupleader
Eawag
E-Mail

2013

Dr. Emanuel Alexis Fronhofer
CNRS research faculty
CNRS and University of Montpellier
E-Mail

2012

Dr. Mira Jakoby-Kattwinkel
Research Associate Environmental Planning, Baader Konzept GmbH
E-Mail

2011

Dr. George Fraser Wells
Associate Professor
Northwestern University
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