Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich
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The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich is one of the top Earth Science faculties and offers study programmes in Earth, Climate, and Space Sciences. https://eaps.ethz.ch/
The Earth Surface Geochemistry group at ETH Zurich is looking for a doctoral student to study the formation of authigenic clay minerals in the laboratory and natural environment and explore their impact on the global cycle of silicon and its isotopes. #applynow #phd #jobalert
Doctoral position in isotope geochemistry for marine authigenic clay formation and the silicon cycle
Marine authigenic clay formation, sometimes called "reverse weathering," is being increasingly recognised as an important facet of the series of Earth surface processes that interact to regulate…
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December 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Volcanic eruptions in Iceland, earthquakes near Naples, ancient lava in the Aegean Sea: the @snsf.ch Horizons Magazine take a look at how geologists are investigating Europe’s volcanic systems to help improve their forecasting ability.
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#Volcanoes are being monitored more closely than ever. #News spreads quicker than ever. So people assume that volcanoes are becoming more active. We look at why that’s not the case, and how #researchers are learning more about them👇
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#Volcanoes are being monitored more closely than ever. #News spreads quicker than ever. So people assume that volcanoes are becoming more active. We look at why that’s not the case, and how #researchers are learning more about them👇
@hfilser.bsky.social
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December 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Volcanic eruptions in Iceland, earthquakes near Naples, ancient lava in the Aegean Sea: the @snsf.ch Horizons Magazine take a look at how geologists are investigating Europe’s volcanic systems to help improve their forecasting ability.
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⏳ Abstract submission countdown is already on!
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👇 Your next steps?
✔️Your Copernicus.org login details
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✔️ Your abstract🥳!
Submit here: https://www.egu26.eu/ or email egu26@copernicus.org for help.
📅 Deadline: 15 January 2026, 13.00CET
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👇 Your next steps?
✔️Your Copernicus.org login details
✔️ An EGU membership (https://www.egu.eu/0ZFO4P/)
✔️ Your abstract🥳!
Submit here: https://www.egu26.eu/ or email egu26@copernicus.org for help.
📅 Deadline: 15 January 2026, 13.00CET
December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
⏳ Abstract submission countdown is already on!
-30 DAYS to go!
👇 Your next steps?
✔️Your Copernicus.org login details
✔️ An EGU membership (https://www.egu.eu/0ZFO4P/)
✔️ Your abstract🥳!
Submit here: https://www.egu26.eu/ or email egu26@copernicus.org for help.
📅 Deadline: 15 January 2026, 13.00CET
-30 DAYS to go!
👇 Your next steps?
✔️Your Copernicus.org login details
✔️ An EGU membership (https://www.egu.eu/0ZFO4P/)
✔️ Your abstract🥳!
Submit here: https://www.egu26.eu/ or email egu26@copernicus.org for help.
📅 Deadline: 15 January 2026, 13.00CET
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🚨 First #SEELab @eth-eaps.bsky.social PhD student-led paper is now officially online! We show that sedimentary conditions regulate formation rate and isotope composition of #pyrite, and that this process currently out-paces oxidation on land, leading to O2 accumulation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sedimentary conditions drive modern pyrite burial flux to exceed oxidation - Nature Geoscience
Modern pyrite burial in seafloor sediments exceeds pyrite oxidation on land, indicating that the sulfur cycle is out of balance, and acts to increase atmospheric oxygen levels, according to a diagenet...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🚨 First #SEELab @eth-eaps.bsky.social PhD student-led paper is now officially online! We show that sedimentary conditions regulate formation rate and isotope composition of #pyrite, and that this process currently out-paces oxidation on land, leading to O2 accumulation
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Mathematical Geophysics group at ETH Zurich is offering a doctoral position in Reflection Seismology for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS). CCS technologies are a key component to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Get involved! #phd #jobalert
PhD Position in Reflection Seismology for Carbon Capture and Sequestration
The Institute of Geophysics at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of ETH Zurich invites applications from ambitious and talented candidates for a fully funded 4-year PhD position in…
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December 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It is our sincere pleasure to share some exciting news: Paolo Sossi, currently Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich, has been appointed as Associate Professor of Experimental Planetology in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich. Many congratulations!
At its meeting of 3 and 4 December 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board #Appointed eleven #Professors. In addition, seven adjunct professorships were awarded.
Eleven professors appointed
At its meeting of 3 and 4 December 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eleven professors. In addition, seven adjunct professorships were awarded.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It is our sincere pleasure to share some exciting news: Paolo Sossi, currently Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich, has been appointed as Associate Professor of Experimental Planetology in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich. Many congratulations!
Many congratulations to @timlichtenberg.bsky.social on being awarded the Europlanet Early Career Medal and on securing an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for his MagmaWorlds project. Be sure to follow him for updates about his research and (already advertised) positions within his group.
Exoplanetary and Planetary Sciences, how do these disciplines interacts? An interview to the Europlanet Early Career Medal Winner, @timlichtenberg.bsky.social on our Europlanet Magazine: www.europlanet.org/exoplanets-a...
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Many congratulations to @timlichtenberg.bsky.social on being awarded the Europlanet Early Career Medal and on securing an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for his MagmaWorlds project. Be sure to follow him for updates about his research and (already advertised) positions within his group.
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@kapteynastro.bsky.social of @rug.nl invites applications for in total 7 PhD and 4 ERC-funded postdoc positions in our annual call. ⭐🔭
PhD positions:
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Postdoctoral positions:
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#exoplanet #astronomy #geoscience 🧪🔭⭐
[Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.]
PhD positions:
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Postdoctoral positions:
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#exoplanet #astronomy #geoscience 🧪🔭⭐
[Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.]
October 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
@kapteynastro.bsky.social of @rug.nl invites applications for in total 7 PhD and 4 ERC-funded postdoc positions in our annual call. ⭐🔭
PhD positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
#exoplanet #astronomy #geoscience 🧪🔭⭐
[Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.]
PhD positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
Postdoctoral positions:
aas.org/jobregister/...
#exoplanet #astronomy #geoscience 🧪🔭⭐
[Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.]
The BedrettoLab was designed for experiments in geothermal energy and seismology. But the facility below the Swiss Alps also hosts a project led by Cara Magnabosco, who is studying microorganisms that live deep in the Earth’s subsurface.
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Studying microbes in the Bedretto tunnel – Werner Siemens-Stiftung
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November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The BedrettoLab was designed for experiments in geothermal energy and seismology. But the facility below the Swiss Alps also hosts a project led by Cara Magnabosco, who is studying microorganisms that live deep in the Earth’s subsurface.
www.wernersiemens-stiftung.ch/en/news/deta...
www.wernersiemens-stiftung.ch/en/news/deta...
Congratulations to all PIs and involved researchers!
Martin O. Saar and his D-EAPS research team will be investigating the "Mechanochemical cycling of silica radicals as a pathway to prebiotic energy and early bioenergetics".
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Martin O. Saar and his D-EAPS research team will be investigating the "Mechanochemical cycling of silica radicals as a pathway to prebiotic energy and early bioenergetics".
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October 31, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Congratulations to all PIs and involved researchers!
Martin O. Saar and his D-EAPS research team will be investigating the "Mechanochemical cycling of silica radicals as a pathway to prebiotic energy and early bioenergetics".
copl.ethz.ch/research/res...
Martin O. Saar and his D-EAPS research team will be investigating the "Mechanochemical cycling of silica radicals as a pathway to prebiotic energy and early bioenergetics".
copl.ethz.ch/research/res...
The Geothermal Energy and Geofluids group at ETH Zurich is looking for a Laboratory Technician / Design Engineer with a keen interest in contributing to interdisciplinary research that ranges from fundamental to applied sciences and engineering. #jobalert
www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Geothermal Energy and Geofluids group at ETH Zurich is looking for a Laboratory Technician / Design Engineer with a keen interest in contributing to interdisciplinary research that ranges from fundamental to applied sciences and engineering. #jobalert
www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...
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We welcomed two new NOMIS–ETH Fellows this month!
☀️ Thomas Drant – recreating early Earth’s photochemistry to study how life began. @eth-eaps.bsky.social
🌍 @aaffholder.bsky.social – modelling planetary oxygenation and the emergence of habitable worlds. @usyseth.bsky.social
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☀️ Thomas Drant – recreating early Earth’s photochemistry to study how life began. @eth-eaps.bsky.social
🌍 @aaffholder.bsky.social – modelling planetary oxygenation and the emergence of habitable worlds. @usyseth.bsky.social
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Welcoming the 2025 NOMIS–ETH Fellows
In early October, the Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life at ETH Zurich welcomed the new NOMIS–ETH fellows, Dr. Thomas Drant and Dr. Antonin Affholder, who presented their ongoing research projec...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We welcomed two new NOMIS–ETH Fellows this month!
☀️ Thomas Drant – recreating early Earth’s photochemistry to study how life began. @eth-eaps.bsky.social
🌍 @aaffholder.bsky.social – modelling planetary oxygenation and the emergence of habitable worlds. @usyseth.bsky.social
shorturl.at/RgmNo
☀️ Thomas Drant – recreating early Earth’s photochemistry to study how life began. @eth-eaps.bsky.social
🌍 @aaffholder.bsky.social – modelling planetary oxygenation and the emergence of habitable worlds. @usyseth.bsky.social
shorturl.at/RgmNo
Many congratulations to Professor Cindy De Jonge on receiving the early career scientist Pieter Schenck Award 2025 of the European Association of Organic Geochemists (EAOG) for her major contribution to organic geochemistry.
Pieter Schenck Award
The Pieter Schenck Award, in recognition of the work of Pieter Schenck as founding member and first chairman of the Board of EAOG, is given every second year to an early career scientist who has ma…
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October 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Many congratulations to Professor Cindy De Jonge on receiving the early career scientist Pieter Schenck Award 2025 of the European Association of Organic Geochemists (EAOG) for her major contribution to organic geochemistry.
Der Schweizerische Erdbebendienst der ETH Zürich sucht Unterstützung für die Medien- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit sowie für die interne und externe Kommunikation nationaler und internationaler Forschungsprojekte. Melde dich als Kommunikationsspezialist:in!
Kommunikationsspezialist:in (m/w/d)
Komplexe wissenschaftliche Inhalte so aufzubereiten, dass sie verständlich, attraktiv und zugänglich sind – das ist die Aufgabe des Kommunikationsteams des Schweizerischen Erdbebendienstes (SED) an…
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October 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Der Schweizerische Erdbebendienst der ETH Zürich sucht Unterstützung für die Medien- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit sowie für die interne und externe Kommunikation nationaler und internationaler Forschungsprojekte. Melde dich als Kommunikationsspezialist:in!
We are empowering early career female researcher in Earth and Planetary Sciences: apply now for the ETH Zurich Judith McKenzie fellowships! Be part of a growing network of women shaping the future of science! Application deadline is 31 October 2025.
Funding opportunities
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich awards different fellowships for visiting post-tenure professors or research scientists, PhD students, and Postdocs.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
We are empowering early career female researcher in Earth and Planetary Sciences: apply now for the ETH Zurich Judith McKenzie fellowships! Be part of a growing network of women shaping the future of science! Application deadline is 31 October 2025.
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An upcoming SSA meeting in Colorado will be discussing the latest research into environmental processes and how seismology is used to provide new insights in this evolving field. If you’re attending, be sure to connect with your Seismica people! www.seismosoc.org/environmenta...
October 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
An upcoming SSA meeting in Colorado will be discussing the latest research into environmental processes and how seismology is used to provide new insights in this evolving field. If you’re attending, be sure to connect with your Seismica people! www.seismosoc.org/environmenta...
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Always happy to take the @eth-eaps.bsky.social (and a few @usyseth.bsky.social ) MSc students to Valais for some soil descriptions, pebble counts, and lake coring! Weather was rough yesterday but much perfect today!
September 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Always happy to take the @eth-eaps.bsky.social (and a few @usyseth.bsky.social ) MSc students to Valais for some soil descriptions, pebble counts, and lake coring! Weather was rough yesterday but much perfect today!
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Very grateful to the @snf-fns.ch for funding our continued work in DR Congo on tropical peatland greenhouse gas emissions! With @johansix.bsky.social and @draketw.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Very grateful to the @snf-fns.ch for funding our continued work in DR Congo on tropical peatland greenhouse gas emissions! With @johansix.bsky.social and @draketw.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social
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Very cool write-up by @ethz.ch on our recent paper in @nature.com on reconstructing dissolved organic carbon in the ocean through geologic time! Led by Nir Galili @eth-eaps.bsky.social
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Minute witnesses from the primordial sea
Researchers at ETH Zurich have been able to measure - for the first time - how the amount of dissolved organic carbon in the sea has changed over geological time. The results reveal that our explanati...
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September 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Very cool write-up by @ethz.ch on our recent paper in @nature.com on reconstructing dissolved organic carbon in the ocean through geologic time! Led by Nir Galili @eth-eaps.bsky.social
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Nicole Fernandez, @nicolefernandez.bsky.social, currently Assistant Professor at Cornell University, has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Geomitigation of Greenhouse Gases in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at @ethz.ch. Many congratulations and welcome to the department!
At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor of Practice" once.
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Eight professors appointed
At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of
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September 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Nicole Fernandez, @nicolefernandez.bsky.social, currently Assistant Professor at Cornell University, has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Geomitigation of Greenhouse Gases in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at @ethz.ch. Many congratulations and welcome to the department!
The Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geosciences and Geoenergies (BedrettoLab) at ETH Zurich is looking for a scientist with a strong interest in network seismology and software development to enhance the seismological data processing and earthquake catalogue. #jobalert
Network Seismologist at Bedretto Underground Laboratory
The Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geosciences and Geoenergies (BedrettoLab) at ETH Zurich is at the forefront of experimental geosciences, conducting cutting-edge research in earthquake…
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September 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geosciences and Geoenergies (BedrettoLab) at ETH Zurich is looking for a scientist with a strong interest in network seismology and software development to enhance the seismological data processing and earthquake catalogue. #jobalert
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⚒️ September editorial: Bennu up close and mineralogical - on the samples returned from asteroid Bennu
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Bennu up close and mineralogical - Nature Geoscience
The mineralogy of samples returned from asteroid Bennu yield valuable insights into the physical and chemical processes — on both small and large scales — that shape small bodies in the Solar System.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
⚒️ September editorial: Bennu up close and mineralogical - on the samples returned from asteroid Bennu
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Many congratulations to geophysicist Thomas Hudson on being awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for his research project “Illuminating Ice Dynamics with Emerging Seismic Technology”, combining seismology and glaciology to better understand how quickly glaciers are melting.
Nine of our young researchers have been awarded ERC Starting Grants 2025, securing CHF 13.5 million in EU funding.
From physics and AI to climate policy and environmental sciences – these projects show the breadth and excellence of research at ETH Zurich.
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From physics and AI to climate policy and environmental sciences – these projects show the breadth and excellence of research at ETH Zurich.
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ERC Starting Grants: success for ETH researchers
Nine researchers from ETH Zurich have just been awarded Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). This is a positive signal for Zurich as a research location.
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September 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Many congratulations to geophysicist Thomas Hudson on being awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for his research project “Illuminating Ice Dynamics with Emerging Seismic Technology”, combining seismology and glaciology to better understand how quickly glaciers are melting.
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📣 Open Call – Applications are now open for the 2025 NOMIS–ETH Postdoctoral Fellowships at the @copl-eth.bsky.social. @ethz.ch
A great opportunity for early-career researchers to lead interdisciplinary projects on the origin & prevalence of life.
Learn more and apply: shorturl.at/RfjJJ
A great opportunity for early-career researchers to lead interdisciplinary projects on the origin & prevalence of life.
Learn more and apply: shorturl.at/RfjJJ
Open Call for NOMIS–ETH Postdoctoral Fellowships
The 2025 call for applications for the NOMIS–ETH Fellowship Programme within the Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life is open. Researchers are invited to apply until 7 November 2025, at 17:00 Zuri...
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September 5, 2025 at 10:05 AM
📣 Open Call – Applications are now open for the 2025 NOMIS–ETH Postdoctoral Fellowships at the @copl-eth.bsky.social. @ethz.ch
A great opportunity for early-career researchers to lead interdisciplinary projects on the origin & prevalence of life.
Learn more and apply: shorturl.at/RfjJJ
A great opportunity for early-career researchers to lead interdisciplinary projects on the origin & prevalence of life.
Learn more and apply: shorturl.at/RfjJJ
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In einer eindrücklichen Zeitreise führen die ETH-Bibliothek und die Gletscherforscher:innen der ETH Zürich durch die 150-jährige Geschichte der Glaziologie.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
In einer eindrücklichen Zeitreise führen die ETH-Bibliothek und die Gletscherforscher:innen der ETH Zürich durch die 150-jährige Geschichte der Glaziologie.
Besuchen Sie jetzt die Ausstellung in Zürich!
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