Postdoc: Exoplanet Interiors & Atmospheres

ETH Zürich; Zürich; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

ETH Zurich in Zürich invites a postdoctoral researcher to study the interiors and long-term evolution of sub-Neptunes, within a cross-disciplinary network spanning planetary physics, geochemistry, chemistry and biology. The two-year position is embedded in the NCCR Genesis and offers access to a broad, Switzerland-wide research community.

We seek candidates to develop atmosphere-interior models, connect internal processes to observable spectra, and implement population analyses to test formation

Qualifications

• PhD completed by the start date.
• Strong programming in Python and use of version control in a collaborative codebase.
• Experience in planetary interiors, atmospheres, or related modelling areas.

Responsibilities

• Improve atmosphere-interior evolution models tailored to sub-Neptunes.
• Investigate how interior mixing imprints on observable atmospheres.
• Link modelling results to spectroscopically observed atmospheres.
• Build frameworks to analyse populations of sub-Neptunes to test formation hypotheses.

Skills

Python programming

Git version control

AI-assisted tools

Education

PhD in astrophysics / planetary science / geophysics / physics

Tools

Fortran

Git

Job description

ETH Zurich in Zürich invites a postdoctoral researcher to study the interiors and long-term evolution of sub-Neptunes, within a cross-disciplinary network spanning planetary physics, geochemistry, chemistry and biology. The two-year position is embedded in the NCCR Genesis and offers access to a broad, Switzerland-wide research community.

We seek candidates to develop atmosphere-interior models, connect internal processes to observable spectra, and implement population analyses to test formation