Thesis topic	Advisors:	ELE	EM	ERG	GEOL	PAQS	Uni.
3D Characterization of the Subalpine Molasse (Raegeflühli, Lucerne), Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Fritz Schlunegger, Dr. Philippos Garefalakis				x		BE
3D Fault Geometrie and Evolution of the Sax-Schwende fault (E-Switzerland), Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh				x		BE
Adapting and extending the ICP-Base software for MC-ICP-MS data processing, with applications to non-traditional stable isotope systematics in georeference materials, Details	Prof. Suzette Timmerman, PD Dr. Martin Wille		x		x		BE
Alteration of the upper mantle – insights from 1.2 km of mantle rock recovered during IODP Exp. 399 from the Atlantis Massif, Details	Prof. Esther Schwarzenbach		x	x	x		FR
Assessing Mantle Metasomatism and Eruption Mechanisms with Phenocrysts and Melt Inclusions – Insights from Volatiles in SiO2‑Undersaturated Volcanic Rocks, Details	Dr. Thomas Binder, Dr. Nils Benjamin Gies	x	x		x		BE
Dating an Ancient Headscarp in the Brienz/Brinzauls Landslide Complex (GR), Details	Prof. Naki Akçar				x	x	BE
Exploring paleoenvironments at the extremes: An example from the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto paleolake, Argentina, Details	Dr. Alicia Fantasia	x			x		FR
Fault gouges in the Clavaniev Zone: Microstructures and the relations to earthquakes, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Alfons Berger				x	x	BE
Fe isotope systematics of the Premier kimberlite: tracing sources and melt evolution, Details	Prof. Suzette Timmerman, Prof. Jörg Hermann	x	x		x		BE
Filling the gaps in the Jurassic paleoclimate and paleoenvironmental records to better understand Earth’s climate sensitivity, Details	Dr. Alicia Fantasia	x			x		FR
Formation temperatures and ages of igneous, pegmatitic and migmatitic garnets from the Central Alps, Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Daniela Rubatto		x		x		BE
Frozen in a Flash: Pseudotachylites as Records of Cyclic Seismic Slip, Details	Dr. Ismay Vénice Akker, Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. em. Mark Handy				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 paleoclimatology, paleoenvironments and sedimentary geochemistry. To be presented and discussed in an informal meeting upon interest, Details	Dr. Alicia Fantasia	x			x		FR
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, PD Dr. Malte Junge		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
How and how fast deforms the granitoid middle crust?, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Prof. Alfons Berger				x		BE
Isotope geochemistry projects in planetary sciences, Details	Prof. Suzette Timmerman, Prof. em. Klaus Mezger	x	x		x		BE
Metasomatic processes in the mantle beneath Karowe, Botswana, Details	Prof. Suzette Timmerman, Prof. Daniela Rubatto	x	x		x		BE
Mineralogy and geochemistry of hydrothermal deposits from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Details	Prof. Esther Schwarzenbach		x	x	x		FR
Mobilization of toxic elements as novel proxy for tracking permafrost degradation, Details	PD Dr. Christoph Wanner, Dr. David Mair			x	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		x		BE
New projects in Carbonate Sedimentology, Details	Prof. Anneleen Foubert	x			x	x	FR
Paleoenvironmental conditions in the aftermath of past hyperthermal events (e.g., Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event), Details	Dr. Alicia Fantasia	x			x		FR
Silent Shakers: Uncovering the Mechanics Behind Slow Earthquakes, Details	Dr. Ismay Vénice Akker, Prof. Marco Herwegh				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 Glarus Thrust: an Example of Confined Upflow of Late Hydrothermal Fluids?, Details	Prof. Marco Herwegh, Dr. Ismay Vénice Akker				x		BE
The subduction plate interface: Geodynamics, chemical cycling and more, Details	Prof. Thomas Pettke			x	x		BE
Ti-Clinohumite and Chondrodite dikes in Zermatt: Metasomatism of Ti-rich basalts , Details	Prof. Jörg Hermann, Prof. Daniela Rubatto, Dr. Francesca Piccoli		x		x		BE
Unveiling the Onset and Long-Term Evolution of Rock Glaciers in Macun, Val Zeznina (GR), Details	Prof. Naki Akçar				x	x	BE
Xenolith and xenocryst chemistry as potential proxy for diamond grade at the Karowe mine, Botswana, Details	Prof. Suzette Timmerman	x	x		x		BE