Postdoc in Land Surface Modelling of Mountain - Birmensdorf, Schweiz - Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL

Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL
Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL
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Birmensdorf, Schweiz

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Lena Schneider

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Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is part of the ETH Domain.

Approximately 600 people work on the sustainable use and protection of the environment and on the handling of natural hazards.


The Research Group High Mountain Glaciers and Hydrology (HIMAL) of Dr Francesca Pellicciotti studies high elevation cryospheric processes and water resources in the mountain regions of the world.

We are looking from early

summer 2023, for a duration of

2 years, for a

PostDoc in Land Surface Modelling of Mountain Systems (f/m/d)


As part of the large ETH Domain SPEED2ZERO project (Sustainable Pathways of Environmental and Energy Development towards Net Zero Switzerland), which aims at providing viable action plans to enable Switzerland sustainable transformation to a net-zero-emission future.

As part of that large effort, this position will generate simulations at the scale of the entire Switzerland of the natural environment responses to the measures adopted for the transition, using a land surface model forced with new climate scenarios produced by the ETH Climate Physics group of Prof.

Dr. Reto Knutti.

The position will focus on mountain systems and the reconstruction of tipping points and threshold effects in the response of the hydrosphere and cryosphere.

At WSL, you will work in close collaboration with Prof. Dr. Niklaus Zimmermann's group to include cryosphere-biosphere interactions in the model simulations.


The SPEED2ZERO project has many partners across the climate, biodiversity and energy sector, and you will be part of a large and dynamic initiative providing frontier science at the service of society.

As a PostDoc, your main place of work will be the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL in Birmensdorf.


You hold a PhD degree with a solid expert knowledge in (geo-) physics, environmental engineering, physical hydrology, environmental sciences, atmospheric sciences, or a related field.

Previous experience in computer modelling and scripting languages (e.g. Python, IDL, Matlab, R) is indispensable. Experience with remote sensing and large datasets is an asset. The capability to develop new ideas independently is necessary, as are very good English skills (both written and oral). You are a curious, self-reliant person who is also an excellent team worker and values cooperation.

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