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Postdoc and PhD positions in the Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry at PSI

5 January 2022

The Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry at PSI currently offers multiple open positions on experimental aerosol research.

They are:

PhD position on aviation emissions at airports (https://www.psi.ch/en/pa/job-opportunities/49270-phd-student):

  • Perform experimental campaigns at Zurich airport using a wide range of aerosol instrumentation (Neutral cluster and Air Ion Spectrometer, particle size spectrometers and chemical mass spectrometers)
  • Statistical analysis and interpretation of complex and large data sets resulting from these measurement campaigns
  • Collaboration with internal and external project team members
  • Write and contribute to high quality peer-reviewed publications on gaseous and particulate air pollution from aviation
  • PhD thesis at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

PhD position on in-situ aerosol polarimetry (https://www.psi.ch/en/pa/job-opportunities/48823-phd-student):

  • Perform laboratory and field experiments to determine phase functions and aerosol physical properties of well constrained and more complex atmospheric aerosols
  • Adapt existing inversion codes to retrieve aerosol microphysical properties
  • Compare retrieval results against independent measurements to identify capabilities and limitations of different data inversion approaches
  • Collaborate with internal and external project team members for closure studies based on parallel in situ and remote sensing observations
  • Write and contribute to high quality peer-reviewed publications on aerosol polarimetry
  • The PhD degree will be received from ETH Zurich

Postdoc position on in-situ aerosol polarimetry (https://www.psi.ch/en/pa/job-opportunities/48832-postdoctoral-fellow):

  •     Support technical upgrade of polar nephelometer and validation in laboratory experiments
  •     Coordinate and perform laboratory and field experiments to determine phase functions and aerosol physical properties of well constrained and more complex atmospheric aerosols
  •     Collaborate with data scientist on development, assessment and application of machine learning based methods for solving the inverse problem posed by polarimetry
  •     Collaborate with internal and external project team members for closure studies based on parallel in situ and remote sensing observations
  •     Write and contribute to high quality peer-reviewed publications on aerosol polarimetry

Further open positions within the LAC at PSI: