| 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 | ||||
| Alteration progression in mafic-ultramafic associations in the Mirdita ophiolite, Albania., Details | Prof. Esther Schwarzenbach | x | x | x | FR | ||
| 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 | |||
| Experimental study of enhanced weathering of serpentine minerals for carbon dioxide removal, Details | Dr. Jean-Michel Brazier, Dr. Francesca Piccoli, 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 | |||
| Garnet and crustal recycling in the lower crustal section of the Serre Massif, Calabria, Italy, Details | Prof. Daniela Rubatto | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Mineralogy and geochemistry of hydrothermal deposits from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Details | Prof. Esther Schwarzenbach | x | x | x | FR | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Sulfur and carbon signatures in oceanic lithosphere from the Alpine belt, Details | Prof. Esther Schwarzenbach | x | x | x | FR | ||
| 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 |