chemistry
What happens when something keeps getting smaller and smaller? This is the type of question Empa researcher Johann Michler and his team are investigating.
EPFL scientists have developed a machine-learning approach that can be combined with experiments to determine, in record time, the location of atoms in powdered solids.
Selected Jobs
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter REACH und Risikomanagement Bundesamt für Gesundheit BAG, 3097 Liebefeld
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program FP-RESOMUS NCCR MUST / Cluster of Excellence RESOLV, Various cities in Switzerland and Germany
Postdoc oder Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeitende/r Mess- und Sensortechnik (80 %) ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Wädenswil
PhD Candidate (100%) starting April 1, 2019, for studying chemical reactions in the presence of lipid vesicles Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ
PhD position on Role of bromide during ozonation: Formation of bromine-containing oxidation by-products EAWAG, Dübendorf
PhD position in Environmental Chemistry / Biogeochemistry Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ
MAS ETH in Architecture and Digital Fabrication (MAS ETH DFAB) Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ
MAS ETH in Architecture, Real Estate, Construction (MAS ETH ARC) Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ
MAS ETH in Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit (MAS ETH EZ) Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ
MAS ETH in Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur (MAS ETH GTA) Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zürich, ETHZ
Chemistry is one of Switzerland’s model industries. The excellent education and the high level of cooperation between the private sector, academic institutions, investors and authorities attracts researchers and companies from all over the world.
Web Portals in Chemistry
- Swiss Portal to organic chemistry:Find everything about organic chemistry at organische-chemie.ch
- The Organic Chemistry Portal offers an overview of recent topics, interesting reactions, and information on the most important chemicals.
- Find information about organic synthesis on the german webpage internetchemie (also in english).
Societies and Organisations
- The Swiss Chemical Society represents chemistry in the broadest sense in Switzerland and in international organizations.
- SGCI Chemie Pharma Schweiz is the umbrella organisation of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry across the whole of Switzerland. Its 180 member companies are active mainly in the research, development, production or sale of pharmaceutical specialities, vitamins, industrial speciality chemicals, plant protection products as well as aromas and fragrances.
Conferences and News
- Find worldwide conferences, exhibitions and trade fairs about chemistry at Chemistry-Conference.
- The online magazine Analytic News provides news and information for analytic laboratories.
2011: International Year of Chemistry
The International Year of Chemistry 2011 ( IYC 2011) was a worldwide celebration of the achievements of chemistry and its contributions to the well-being of humankind. It is an initiative of IUPAC , the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, and of UNESCO , the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. It involves chemical societies, academies, and institutions worldwide, and relies on individual initiatives to organize local and regional activities. Switzerland’s labs were participating offering a range of interactive, entertaining, and educational activities for all ages.
Last job offers
- Electroengineering - 14.12
Passive Microwave and Radio Occultation Competence Area Manager (VN18 71) - Health - 14.12
PROFESSEUR-E ORDINAIRE ou ASSOCIE-E en santé publique et action humanitaire - Computer Science/Telecom - 14.12
2 research assistants at the Hilti Chair for Data and Application Security - Chemistry - 12.12
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter REACH und Risikomanagement