Doctoral Position in Earth Observation and Remote Sensing — ETH Zürich
NewCHF 73'500 - 111'500
ETH Zürich · Zurich (ZH)
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- fixed-term
- Posted
- 2 days ago
SalaryCHF 73'500 - 111'500
Role overview
Doctoral Position in Earth Observation and Remote Sensing 100%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken A PhD student is sought from autumn/winter 2026 for a research project at the Chair of Earth Observation and Remote Sensing, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
ETH Zurich, on Multi-modal SAR for large scale rapid change observations in permafrost regions. Job description
The research focuses on investigating/developing generic methods and algorithms in the context of multi-modal synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for the estimation of environmental parameter over arctic regions
- Doctoral Position in Earth Observation and Remote Sensing 100%, Zurich, fixed-term print Drucken A PhD student is sought from autumn/winter 2026 for a research project at the Chair of Earth Observation and Remote Sensing, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
- ETH Zurich, on Multi-modal SAR for large scale rapid change observations in permafrost regions. Job description
- We are looking for a highly motivated candidate holding a master’s degree or a diploma in electrical engineering, geomatics engineering, geophysics, physics or a related field with a background in digital signal processing and/or image processing
Key requirements
- We are looking for a highly motivated candidate holding a master’s degree or a diploma in electrical engineering, geomatics engineering, geophysics, physics or a related field with a background in digital signal processing and/or image processing
Application process
- SAR is an active remote sensing technique for estimating a variety of surface features, as e.g. topographic heights, displacements, quantitative bio-physical parameters and has found applications in several domains of the artic region, as e.g. the monitoring of infrastructure and permafrost-related subsidence’s
- Among the most rapid and dramatic changes in the artic regions are retrogressive thaw slumps (RTS)
- These slumps have major impacts by changing ecosystem and hydrological equilibria and furthermore impact the earth system on a global scale by reinforcing climate change with the additional mobilization of organic carbon that was previously stored in the frozen soil
- Due to the remote landscape, only space-born approaches are feasible to monitor them.
- In recent years several new methods based on optical and radar satellite systems have been developed to detect and monitor thaw slumps on regional scales
- For this doctoral research we are suggesting to investigate TanDEM-X difference digital elevation models to detect RTS on a pan-Arctic, watershed and local scale
- The main data source is coming from TanDEM-X, the German Satellite mission that has acquired a huge amount of data over several years in order to get some insight of the surface processes ongoing and are waiting for their evaluation Profile
- Some experience in SAR data processing or another field of array signal processing is an asset
Additional details
- ETH Zurich, on Multi-modal SAR for large scale rapid change observations in permafrost regions.
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- A cover letter that describes the candidate’s motivation and research experience
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