Postdoc: Optical & Microwave Sensing for Forest Water

Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL; Birmensdorf (ZH); On-site; CHF 80,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, part of the ETH Domain, invites applications for a PostDoc in Optical and Microwave Remote Sensing of Forest Water Dynamics.

From February 2027 for two years (with possible extension), you will develop and evaluate retrieval methods for vegetation water content using SWIR spectroscopy, multi-frequency radiometry, and GNSS-T, at Pfynwald site, in collaboration with EPFL.

Qualifications

• PhD in a quantitative discipline with remote sensing expertise.
• Strong programming skills in Python or MATLAB.
• Experience with multi-sensor data fusion and field campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate approaches for retrieving vegetation water content from optical and microwave data.
• Process, analyze, and integrate multi-sensor observations.
• Publish results in international journals and present at conferences.
• Collaborate with EPFL PERL Lab and field campaigns.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

Scientific programming

Remote sensing

Education

PhD in remote sensing / geophysics / electrical engineering / environmental physics

Tools

GNSS-T receivers

Ground-based microwave radiometers

Terrestrial laser scanning

Job description

The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, part of the ETH Domain, invites applications for a PostDoc in Optical and Microwave Remote Sensing of Forest Water Dynamics.

From February 2027 for two years (with possible extension), you will develop and evaluate retrieval methods for vegetation water content using SWIR spectroscopy, multi-frequency radiometry, and GNSS-T, at Pfynwald site, in collaboration with EPFL.