The Chair of Applied Economics part of the Department of Management, Technology and Economics (MTEC) at ETH Zurich is associated to the KOF Swiss Economic Institute (www.kof.ethz.ch) and its members work in close collaboration with the Center for Economic Research (www.cer.ethz.ch). Successful candidates are expected to conduct applied econometric research in the field of public economics.
The successful candidate will contribute to a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) research project on labour taxation, executive pay and the investment and location decision of firms. This project aims at constructing a large panel data-set on effective labour taxes and estimate the consequences of labour and profit taxation for the migration of high-skilled people, the incidence of taxes on firms and high-income workers, and the investment and location decisions of firms with reduced-form as well as structural models.
The I-Lab (
www.i-lab.ch is a joint initiative of the University of St. Gallen (Institute for Technology Management and Institute of Insurance Economics) and the ETH Zurich (Institute for Information Management and Institute for Pervasive Computing) and embedded in the international research network of the Auto-ID Labs. Research topics at the I-Lab are located within the triangle of “technology – innovation – insurance” and investigated in close cooperation with industrial partners. Thereby our main focus is the relationship between customer and insurance.
Research objectives are to better understand why cross-feeding sometimes occurs within microbial communities and how cross-feeding can promote diversity within these communities. Denitrification of nitrate to nitrogen gas is used as a model cross-feeding pathway, which has important implications for water quality, air quality, and global warming. The research projects are expected to improve our mechanistic understanding of how microbial communities assemble together.
This position is part of the SNSF-funded project Attosecond imaging of chemical dynamics. You will develop new experimental methods to measure the dynamics of molecules on the shortest currently accessible time scales (1 attosecond=10-18s) using state-of-the-art ultrafast laser systems. The projects include the measurement of the evolving electronic structure of a molecule undergoing a chemical reaction, the observation of electron circulation in molecular systems and the imaging of attosecond electronic wave packets in molecules.
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Mechanical loading is perhaps the most important physiologic factor regulating bone mass and shape. Age related bone loss and consequent osteoporosis have been attributed, at least in part, to the decrease in mechanical usage of the skeleton. Conversely it has been demonstrated that mechanical overloading results in enhanced bone formation, thus a detailed understanding of the biochemical processes governing load regulated bone formation could lead to the identification of molecular targets for the prevention and treatment of diseases such as osteoporosis.
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A Programme of proven Excellence
- A two-year fulltime (120 ECTS) European Master Programme for degree-holders in Environmental Studies and related areas.
- A Joint program of four top nocth European Universities: Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Universidade de Aveiro (UA), Aalborg Universitet (AAU).
- Different scientific orientations, with a strong intercultural component.
- ERASMUS MUNDUS scholarships from the European Union
- Well organised staff and student mobility.
- A unique social and learning experience with an inherent change of perspective that will give you the leading edge in the employment Market.
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A postdoctoral position for an outstanding and highly motivated candidate with experience in Drosophila genetics and microscopic methods is available in the Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Our laboratory focuses on molecular aspects of how cells polarize with respect to the epithelial plane (http://jennylab.aecom.yu.edu/). Planar cell polarity (PCP) is a feature of a wide variety of epithelia, including the arrangement of feathers on birds, hair on mammalian skin or such elaborate structures as the cilia on inner ear sensory cells essential for hearing. PCP signaling is crucial for the development of many organs and conserved from Drosophila to ascidians and humans. Aberrant PCP signaling can lead to left/right asymmetry inversions, heart and neural tube defects and cystic kidneys. Using the genetic and biochemical tools available with Drosophila as a model system, we study how a directional signal is transmitted and interpreted by individual or groups of cells.
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We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to work on stochastic modelling of contaminant transport in heterogeneous aquifers. The main objective of the thesis will be to investigate transport upscaling methods. The focus will be put on their parameterization. The tasks include geostatistical modelling, groundwater flow and transport modelling, as well as mathematical modelling. A close collaboration with Dr. Marco Dentz from the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC) in Barcelona is envisioned.
