Thesis topic	Advisors:	ELE	EM	ERG	GEOL	PAQS	Uni.
3D Fault Geometrie and Evolution of the Sax-Schwende fault (E-Switzerland), Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh				x		BE
Applied Topics in Environmental Mineralogy & Geochemistry, Details	Dr. Mirjam Wolffers, Dr. Gisela Weibel		x	x			BE
Atomistic Simulations of ions adsorption and transport in clays, Details	Prof. Sergey Churakov		x	x			BE
Chasing the Early Pleistocene glaciations, Details	Dr. Catharina Dieleman, Prof. Naki Akçar					x	BE
Experimental investigations of element and isotope fractionation in carbonate minerals to develop proxies for paleoenvironments, Details	PD Dr. Vasileios Mavromatis, Prof. Anna Harrison		x	x			BE
Exploring the genomic diversity of the Dead Sea shores : metabolic potential and biotechnology applications, Details	Dr. Camille Thomas, Prof. Hendrik Vogel	x				x	BE
Exploring the phases of gravel accumulation in the Aare valley, Details	Prof. Naki Akçar, Dr. Catharina Dieleman, Prof. Fritz Schlunegger					x	BE
Fate of hazardous and/or valuable trace metals during mineral phase transformations, Details	PD Dr. Vasileios Mavromatis, Prof. Anna Harrison		x	x			BE
Fault gouges in the Clavaniev Zone: Microstructures and the relations to earthquakes, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Alfons Berger				x	x	BE
General topics in lacustrine paleoseismology, other natural hazards, Details	Prof. Katrina Kremer				x	x	BE
General topics in paleoclimatology, paleoenvironments and sedimentary geochemistry, Details	Prof. Hendrik Vogel			x	x	x	BE
General topics in Quaternary Geology and Paleoclimatology, Details	Prof. Flavio Anselmetti					x	BE
Geochemical investigation of water-rock interaction at the ocean floor, Details	Prof. Daniela Rubatto, Prof. Thomas Pettke		x		x		BE
Geochemistry of gold-ore forming fluids in the Monte Rosa Gold District, NW Italian Alps, Details	Prof. Thomas Pettke		x		x		BE
Geological Characterization of the City of Lucerne in light of Underground Heat Storage, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Dr. Timothy Schmid, Prof. Alfons Berger				x		BE
Geology, geomorphology, weathering and sediment transport in an Alpine drainage basin, Details	Prof. Fritz Schlunegger, Prof. Naki Akçar				x	x	BE
Geometries of 3D Flow paths in fault-related hydrothermal systems, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Alfons Berger, Dr. Timothy Schmid			x	x		BE
Geophysical monitoring of permafrost in high mountains, Details	Prof. Christian Hauck					x	FR
Geotechnical safety sustainability analysis in aggregate mining, Details	Prof. Naki Akçar, Prof. Martin Stolz, Prof. Fritz Schlunegger					x	BE
Ground ice content quantification using petrophysical models of electrical and seismic data, Details	Prof. Christian Hauck				x	x	FR
Himalaya gabbros: magmatic history and polymetamorphic evolution, Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Daniela Rubatto, Prof. Pierre Lanari		x		x		BE
Holocene rock avalanches and evolution of the polygenic cones in the Mont Blanc Massif, Details	Prof. Naki Akçar					x	BE
Infrared spectroscopy of coloured gemstones, Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann		x		x		BE
Investigating changes in terrestrial ecosystems over glacial-interglacial transitions using cave speleothems, Details	Dr. Franziska Anna Lechleitner, Prof. Flavio Anselmetti			x		x	BE
Investigation of lower crustal rocks in the Ivrea-Verbano zone: International Continental Scientific drilling program , Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Daniela Rubatto				x		BE
Lake Van seismites documenting 600'000 years of tectonic activity in Eastern Anatolia, Details	Prof. Flavio Anselmetti					x	BE
Leaching of contaminants from incineration bottom ashes: Experiments and models, Details	PD Dr. Georg Kosakowski, Dr. Gisela Weibel, Prof. Sergey Churakov		x	x			BE
Machine learning-driven drill-core analysis on sediments from a glacial overdeepening (BASA), Details	Dr. David Mair, Prof. Flavio Anselmetti				x	x	BE
Mechanisms of age resetting in accessory minerals, Details	Dr. Guillaume Olivier Adrien Bonnet, Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Daniela Rubatto		x		x		BE
Mg and Si isotope fractionation during mineral-fluid interactions, Details	Prof. Anna Harrison, PD Dr. Vasileios Mavromatis		x	x			BE
Multiscale 3D Fault Patterns and their Role for Seismic Activity in Switzerland, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh			x	x		BE
New project in Isotope Geology, Details	Prof. Suzette Timmerman	x	x				BE
New projects in Carbonate Sedimentology, Details	Prof. Anneleen Foubert	x			x	x	FR
New projects in Macropaleontology, Details	Prof. Walter Joyce	x				x	FR
New projects in Micropaleontology, Details	Prof. Walter Joyce	x				x	FR
Petrology and geochemistry of ancient oceanic crust: a mafic -ultramafic lense in the Serie dei Laghi (Ticino), Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Daniela Rubatto, Dr. Francesca Piccoli				x		BE
Porosity estimates of near surface rocks using complementary geophysical data sets, Details	Prof. Christian Hauck				x	x	FR
Pressure dependence for the compositions of accessory phases in the Bergell tonalite?, Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Daniela Rubatto, Prof. Alfons Berger		x		x		BE
Projects in sedimentology and facies reconstructions, Details	Prof. Fritz Schlunegger				x		BE
Research topics in Aqueous Geochemistry, Details	Prof. Anna Harrison, PD Dr. Vasileios Mavromatis		x	x			BE
Research Topics in Environmental Geochemistry, Details	Prof. Anna Harrison			x			BE
Serpentinisation of an Archean komatiite lava flow, Details	Dr. Renée Jade Tamblyn, Prof. Jörg Hermann		x		x		BE
Storm deposits recorded by Molasse sequences, Details	Prof. Fritz Schlunegger				x		BE
Subduction zone history of an oceanic slab unit in the tectonic accretionary channel of the Alps, Details	Prof. Thomas Pettke, Prof. Jörg Hermann		x		x		BE
The dynamics of conglomerate deposition in the Molasse Basin, Details	Prof. Fritz Schlunegger				x		BE
The geochemical cycling of trace elements and stable isotopes across oxic-anoxic interfaces, Details	PD Dr. Martin Wille		x				BE
The peridotites and serpentinites of Antrona, Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Daniela Rubatto		x		x		BE
The reaction between tonalite and serpentinite in the Bergell contact aureole, Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Thomas Pettke, Prof. Daniela Rubatto		x		x		BE
The subduction plate interface: Geodynamics, chemical cycling and more, Details	Prof. Thomas Pettke			x	x		BE
Trace element incorporation in calcites from seismic faults, Details	Dr. Berit Schwichtenberg, Prof. Alfons Berger, Prof. Marco Herwegh					x	BE
Using cosmogenic nuclides to determine landscape change: amplitude, timing and frequency , Details	Prof. Naki Akçar, Prof. Fritz Schlunegger					x	BE
Xenocrystic zircons from the Jwaneng kimberlite: a window into Archean mantle?, Details	Prof. Suzette Timmerman, Prof. Daniela Rubatto	x	x				BE