Doctoral position in plant metabolism and stable isotope biology (H-Shifts) 100%

The position is part of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) project H-Shifts: The ²H fingerprint of plant metabolites to trace carbon metabolic shifts. The project combines isotope biogeochemistry, plant physiology, and crop science to develop a novel tool for tracking metabolic fluxes in plants.

You will join a dynamic and interdisciplinary research team working at the interface of plant metabolism, stable isotope analysis, and crop improvement. The position sits within the Grassland Science group in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences at the Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich, in close collaboration with the Physiological Plant Ecology group at the University of Basel where much of the work will be conducted.

Project background

Understanding how plant metabolism drives growth and yield remains a major challenge. While current approaches capture metabolite concentrations, they do not resolve metabolic fluxes – the dyna...