PhD Studentship in Environmental Chemistry, Eawag Aquatic Research Institute, Switzerland

PhD Studentship in Environmental Chemistry, Eawag Aquatic Research Institute, Switzerland

2011 Doctorate Studentship in the field of Environmental Chemistry at Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland

Study Subject(s): Environmental Chemistry
Course Level: PhD
Scholarship Provider: Eawag Aquatic Research Institute
Scholarship can be taken at: Switzerland

Eligibility: The ideal candidate holds a master or diploma in chemistry, geo-ecology or environmental sciences. Please send your application through this website, including a CV and copies of your master degree and grade transcript.

The aim of this PhD research project is to systematically assess possible reaction pathways and to develop a web-based model for the prediction of transformation products that can form from micropollutants during ozonation of drinking water or wastewater. The UM-PPS model which is currently applied in the prediction of biotransformation products of micropollutants will be used as a basis to set-up a chemical model. Known reaction mechanisms will be compiled, and then coupled with kinetic parameters. To assess unknown reaction mechanisms, laboratory-based experiments will be carried out, possibly in combination with quantum mechanical calculations. The web-based model will be developed for use in science and water treatment practice to predict transformation products of emerging organic micropollutants during oxidative water treatment.

How to Apply: Online

Scholarship Application Deadline: 15 June 2011

Scholarship Application Deadline: 17 June 2011
For further information, go to: http://infoscholarship.net

Visiting Fellows at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland

Visiting Fellows at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland

Visiting Fellows at Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies for Short Term

Study Subject: Any

Employer: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Level: PhD, Postdoctoral

The Institute hosts university professors, lecturers and researchers with independent funding keen to carry out research and take advantage of the resources and services the Institute has to offer (library, interaction with faculty members and students) as well as its unique location at the heart of international Geneva.

Visiting Fellow positions are granted depending on available space , the number of professors, PhD candidates and post-doctorates who wish to spend from two months to a year at the Institute carrying out research.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 June 2011 (1 July-31 December); 1 December 2011 (1 January-30 June)

For further information, go to: http://infoscholarship.net

Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme, Switzerland

Global South Scholar-In-Residence Programme for Academics from Africa, Asia and Latin America for a Period of One Semester

Study Subject: International affairs, development studies, international economics, international relations, international law, international history and politics

Employer: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Level: Research, Teaching

The Institute is pleased to welcome academics from Africa, Asia and Latin America for a period of one semester.

Candidates are invited to apply to the programme. Successful applicants will be able to take advantage of their period in residence to update their teaching curricula, participate in teaching courses, further their research projects and contribute to enriching the intellectual life of the Institute.

Priority will be given to university teachers – with a preference for women and junior academics – who will seek to apply the benefits of their stay at the Institute upon returning to their own institutions.

Thanks to the generous support of a Swiss foundation that wishes to remain anonymous, the Institute will welcome three participants each semester who will spend between three and five months at the Institute.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 March 2011 for the autumn semester; 1 October 2011 for the spring semester

For further information, go to: http://infoscholarship.net