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PhD Student

'What I particularly love about my job are the super-exciting projects. I'm right at the heart of them and lead them from initialization to implementation.' Priscilla Caliandro

PhD Student

full time
Limited until 4 Years
Zollikofen
Start 01.10.2025
Homeoffice possible
To start with, here are some of our strong points
  • Great freedom in work organisation with lots of leeway for your ideas, your creativity and decisiveness.
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  • Curiosity is what we want, oodles of it. Plus, lots of independence and autonomy.
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  • Focus on research that is geared towards practical orientation and the education of committed people rather than mere profit maximisation.
And here are even more good reasons to opt for BFH
What you'll be doing here
  • Collaboration in an international, interdisclipinary SNSF founded research project on advanced separation technologies for the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass
  • Practical laboratory work including steam-pretreatment of beech wood, qualitative and quantitative analysis of solubilized molecules in pretreatment liquors, enzymatic hydrolysis, 5-HMF production
  • Dissimination of results at conferences and in peer-reviewed publications
  • Supervision of semester and bachelor thesis
What you'll bring with you
  • MSc in chemical / process engineering or a related disclipine
  • Enthusiasm for green chemistry and climate change mitigation
  • Enjoyment and first experience in chemical laboratory work
  • Flair for technical and mechanical work
  • Quick comprehension; meticulous and reliable way of working
  • Good communication skills; team player
  • Excellent spoken and written English
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School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences

At HAFL, a department of BFH, we're all about connecting humans, nature and technology towards sustainable development. As a ground-breaking, pioneering think tank, we are engaged in the creation and teaching of knowledge for the world of today and of tomorrow – bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, resilient and always solidly grounded at the same time.

Doing something meaningful in a fascinating environment and with an outlook to the future: a job at Bern University of Applied Sciencesmakes perfect sense.

Place of work
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Franziska Uhlmann-Röösli
P +41 31 910 21 82
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Prof. Dr. Michael Studer
Prof. Agrar-, Forst- und Energietechnik
P +41 31 910 29 36
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