Open Position
PostDoc in "efficient firn and glacier modelling at regional scales"
14.01.2026
This 2-year postdoc position (potentially to be extended to three years including fieldwork in Central Asia) is part of the deFIRN project and is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).…
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Open Position
PostDoc in "Improving understanding & model representation of firn hydrology"
13.01.2026
This 3-year postdoc position is part of the deFIRN project and is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The project is a collaboration between University of Fribourg (Martina Barandun…
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Open Position
PhD student in "Observation & model representation of past and current firn changes"
13.01.2026
This 4-year PhD position is part of the deFIRN project and is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The project is a collaboration between University of Fribourg (Martina Barandun and…
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Project
How the Greenland ice sheet responds to shrinking top layer “sponge”
06.11.2025
The ice sheet in Greenland faces many changes and one of them is hiding in plain sight - the snowy layer covering most of its surface. Normally acting as a sponge for refreezing meltwater, this layer is…
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Paleontology
A University of Fribourg student discovers a new species of ichthyosaur
27.10.2025
The doctoral candidate at the University of Fribourg Gaël Spicher has described a new species of ichthyosaur, a marine reptile that lived nearly 180 million years ago. The study has been published in the…
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Conference
Cold altitudes: knowledge, imagination, and experiences of mountain ice
10.10.2025
From glaciological expeditions to snow myths, from avalanche laws to mountain poetics, ice has shaped how humans engage with high-altitude environments. This conference explores how societies have known,…
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Glaciology
Scientific feat at 5800 m above sea level
03.10.2025
An international team that includes scientists from the University of Fribourg has succeeded in drilling and retrieving two ice cores measuring over 100 m from a glacier in Tajikistan. This genuine technical…
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The hidden message of sediments: new depositional model for the Opalinus Clay
28.08.2025
Due to their barrier effect claystones may serve as potential host rocks for final disposal of high-level radioactive waste.
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Open position as a Teaching and Research Associate in Mineralogy-Petrology (80-100%)
23.07.2025
The Department of Geosciences at the University of Fribourg is seeking a lecturer and researcher in the field of mineralogy and petrology. Potential research fields include mineral resources, magmatic…
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