Ecology and management of Philaenus spumarius, the main vector of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe (PDF, 196 kB, 01.10.2024)Starting date: upon agreement
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Working Place: A Ramél 18, 6593 Cadenazzo (TI), Switzerland
Language: Italian / French / English
Contact: Dr. Ramona Maggini (+41 58 463 06 95)
Email: ramona.maggini@agroscope.admin.ch
How the structure of the virome and the genetic diversity of Grapevine fanleaf virus affect the symptoms observed in grapevines in a vineyard (PDF, 162 kB, 23.09.2024)Starting date: upon agreement
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Working Place: 1260 Nyon (Changins) VD - Switzerland
Language: French/english
Contact: Dr. Arnaud Blouin (+41 58 465 71 31) arnaud.blouin@agroscope.admin.ch; Dr. Olivier Schumpp (+41 58 460 43 71) olivier.schumpp@agroscope.admin.ch
NH3-Stripping: A potential strategy to increase NUE in arable farming and to combat N excess (PDF, 178 kB, 20.08.2024)Starting date: January/February 2025 or by appointment
Duration: 3 – 6 months
Working Place: Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich
Language: English or German
Contact: Matthias Diener
Email: Matthias.diener@agroscope.admin.ch
Recycle4Bio: Mineralization/Immobilization dynamics of organic fertilizers (PDF, 227 kB, 20.08.2024)Starting date: October/November 2024 or by appointment
Duration: 3 – 6 months
Working Place: Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich
Language: English or German
Contact: Matthias Diener
Email: Matthias.diener@agroscope.admin.ch
Master: Characterisation of new sources of resistance to crown rust in Italian ryegrass (PDF, 143 kB, 05.08.2024)Starting date: flexible
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Working Place: Agroscope Reckenholz
Language: German or English
Contact: Jenny Kiesbauer
Email: jenny.kiesbauer@agroscope.admin.ch
Master: Analysis of Flavescence Dorée effectors (PDF, 176 kB, 08.07.2024)Starting date: upon agreement
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Working place: 1260 Nyon (Changins) VD - Switzerland
Language: French/English
Contact: Dr. Christophe Debonneville (+41 58 484 95 91) christophe.debonneville@agroscope.admin.ch; Dr. Olivier Schumpp (+41 58 460 43 71) olivier.schumpp@agroscope.admin.ch
Master thesis in computer vision on edge devices (PDF, 135 kB, 11.06.2024)Starting date: as soon as possible
Duration: 6 months minimum (can be increased to 12 months if student is interested)
Working place: Posieux or Tanikon (home office possible)
Language: English
Contact: Hassan-Roland Nasser, Camilo Chiang (roland.nasser@agroscope.admin.ch, camilo.chiang@agroscope.admin.ch)
Master Thesis in Crop Canopy Cover in Canola and Faba beans (PDF, 150 kB, 11.06.2024)Starting date: as soon as possible
Duration: 6 months minimum (can be increased to 12 months if student is interested)
Working place: Posieux or Tanikon (home office possible)
Language: English
Contact: Hassan-Roland Nasser, Laurie Magnin (roland.nasser@agroscope.admin.ch, laurie.magnin@agroscope.admin.ch)
Travail de master Développement d'un concept visant à augmenter la volonté de participation des exploitations agricoles aux études on farm (PDF, 619 kB, 19.04.2024)Date de début: de suite ou à convenir
Durée: 6 à 12 mois
Lieu de travail: Zurich
Langue: Français ou Allemand
Contact: Haab Elizabeth (elizabeth.haab@agroscope.admin.ch)
Master or Bachelor Thesis: Climate smart soil management (PDF, 329 kB, 04.04.2024)Starting date: flexible
Duration: 3+ month
Working place: Zurich
Language: English or German
Contact: Olivier Heller (olivier.heller@agroscope.admin.ch)
Master: Collection and Analysis of Plant Volatile Emission by Metal-oxide Gas Sensors (PDF, 261 kB, 19.03.2024)Starting date: flexible
Duration: 6 month
Working Place: Aadorf/Zürich
Language: English
Contact: Ralph Stoop (ralph.stoop@agroscope.admin.ch)
Stage R & D Viticulture 2024 : Suivi d’un réseau «entretien des sols» chez des producteurs valaisans (PDF, 119 kB, 20.10.2023)Duré du stage : juin à novembre2024 (Bachelor/Master)
Lieu: Agroscope, Pully
Contact: Thibaut Verdenal (thibaut.verdenal@agroscope.admin.ch)
Stage R & D Viticulture 2024 : Optimisation de la fertilisation en vignoble enherbé (PDF, 125 kB, 20.10.2023)Duré du stage : juin à novembre2024 (Bachelor/Master)
Lieu: Agroscope, Pully
Contact: Thibaut Verdenal (thibaut.verdenal@agroscope.admin.ch)
Stage R & D Viticulture 2024 : Influence de la gestion du sol et de l’irrigation sur le comportement physiologique et agronomique de la vigne (PDF, 127 kB, 20.10.2023)Duré du stage : juin à novembre2024 (Bachelor/Master)
Lieu: Agroscope, Pully
Contact: Thibaut Verdenal (thibaut.verdenal@agroscope.admin.ch)
Stage R & D Viticulture 2024 : Maitrise de la nutrition azotée à Lavaux (PDF, 128 kB, 20.10.2023)Duré du stage : juin à novembre2024 (Bachelor/Master)
Lieu: Agroscope, Pully
Contact: Thibaut Verdenal (thibaut.verdenal@agroscope.admin.ch)
Stage R & D Viticulture 2024 : Influence de l’entretien du sol sur le comportement physiologique et agronomique de la vigne (PDF, 151 kB, 20.10.2023)Duré du stage : juin à novembre2024 (Bachelor/Master)
Lieu: Agroscope, Pully
Contact: Thibaut Verdenal (thibaut.verdenal@agroscope.admin.ch)
Insect-plant interactions: Life cycle analysis of the rape stem weevil and its interactions with its host plant leading to oil seed rape yield loss (PDF, 209 kB, 11.10.2023)Starting date: Desired start in March 2024
Duration: 6 to 12 month
Working Place: Nyon
Language: French or English
Contact: Laurie Magnin (laurie.magnin@agroscope.admin.ch)
MSc Thesis in Computational Ecology, Modelling livestock distribution (PDF, 679 kB, 28.09.2023)Starting date: flexible
Working place: Zürich
Contact: Manuel Schneider, (manuel.schneider@agroscope.admin.ch)
MSc Thesis in Ecology, Grasshopper diversity in grasslands and shrubs (PDF, 675 kB, 28.09.2023)Starting date: June 2024
Working place: Zürich
Contact: Caren Pauler, (caren.pauler@agroscope.admin.ch)
Engineering the soil microbiome for sustainable crop production through plasma technology (PDF, 296 kB, 21.09.2023)Starting date: ideally December 2023 or January 2024, with some flexibility
Duration: 12 months; the project involves a approx. 3 months research stay at the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) in
Greifswald, Germany. An application for a scholarship for a SEMP-Traineeship (Mobility for Higher Education: Swiss-European Mobility Programme (SEMP) | Movetia) would be supported to acquire financial support for the student.
Contact: Bender Franz (franz.bender@agroscope.admin.ch)
Entwicklung eines Deep-Learning-Modells zur bioakustischen Klassifizierung von Fledermäusen (PDF, 633 kB, 23.08.2023)Zeitdauer: ab sofort 6 - 12 Monate
Arbeitsort: Agroscope Reckenholz, 8046 Zürich
Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch
Kontakt: Jaromir Kunzelmann (jaromir.kunzelmann@agroscope.admin.ch), Giotto Roberti (giotto.roberti@agroscope.admin.ch)
Rebberg : Nutzen und Risiken von mehrjährigen Nützlingsstreifen für Wildbienen (PDF, 465 kB, 23.01.2023)Zeitdauer: März - August 2023 oder nach Vereinbarung (bis 1 Jahr)
Arbeitsort: Agroscope Reckenholz, 8046 Zürich
Kontakt: Danja Bättig (danja baettig@agroscope admin ch)
Erforschung des Produktivitäts- und Umweltpotenzials von blauen Lupinen und Hafer im Mischanbau / Exploring the productivity and environmental potential of intercropped blue lupins and oats (PDF, 6 MB, 23.01.2023)Starting time: End of April – early of May 2023
Working Place: Agroscope Reckenholz, 8046 Zürich
Language: German, English
Contact: Yannik Schlup (yannik.schlup@agroscope.admin.ch)
Ecosystems services delivered from underutilised crops as smallscale agricultural landscapes (PDF, 1 MB, 24.01.2023)Starting time: End of April – beginning of May 2023
Working Place: Agroscope Reckenholz, 8046 Zürich
Language: English (basic knowledge of German is an asset)
Contact: Filippo Carmenati (filippo.carmenati@agroscope.admin.ch)
Prioritäre Lebensräume und Ackerbegleitflora mittels Agroforstsystemen fördern (PDF, 1019 kB, 05.01.2023)Zeitpunkt und Dauer: Ab März oder April 2023, 6 – 12 Monate
Arbeitsort: Agroscope Reckenholz, 8046 Zürich
Kontakt: Giotto Roberti (giotto.roberti@agroscope.admin.ch)
Evaluation des dégâts d'oiseaux dans les grandes cultures: Confrontation des observations de terrain aux perceptions des dégâts (PDF, 695 kB, 20.10.2022)Début: 2023 (date à convenir)
Durée: 6 mois
Lieu de travail: Agroscope, Rte de Duillier 50, 1260 Nyon
Contact: Amal Chantoufi / Alice Baux
The role of induced Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) on the host preference of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) (PDF, 320 kB, 17.06.2022)Start: anytime
Duration: 6 -12Months
Workplace: Agroscope, Rte de Duillier 50, 1260 Nyon
Contact: Diana la Forgia
The impact of pesticides on soil life, plant symbionts and ecosystem functioning (PDF, 234 kB, 03.01.2023)Start: flexible
Duration: 6-12 months
Workplace: Agroscope Reckenholz
Contact: Prof. Dr. Marcel van der Heijden
Sustainable Food Production with Biologicals – Testing the effects of beneficial mycorrhizal fungi and other microbial consortia on crop yield (PDF, 233 kB, 03.01.2023)Start: flexible
Duration: 6-12 months
Workplace: Agroscope Reckenholz
Contact: Prof. Dr. Marcel van der Heijden
Mapping crops and agricultural habitats of smallholders in Côte d'Ivoire (PDF, 212 kB, 01.01.2023)Start: anytime
Duration: 6 Months
Workplace: Agroscope Reckenholz and CSRS Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Contact: Felix Herzog
Nutzung von Nassreisfeldern im Vergleich zu Maisackern und Feuchtgebieten als Jagdgebiete für Fledermäuse (PDF, 418 kB, 01.01.2023)Start: nach Vereinbarung
Dauer: 12 Monate
Arbeitsort: Agroscope Reckenholz
Kontakt: Yvonne Fabian
Welchen Einfluss haben unterschiedliche Düngungsintensitäten auf die Entwicklung von Libellenlarven in Nassreisfeldern? (PDF, 382 kB, 01.01.2023)Start: nach Vereinbarung
Dauer: 7 Monate
Arbeitsort: Agroscope Reckenholz
Kontakt: Yvonne Fabian
Agroforstwirtschaft: Ideen für Studienarbeiten (PDF, 168 kB, 01.01.2023)Start: anytime
Duration: 3 – 12 months
Workplace: Agroscope Reckenholz, 8046 Zurich
Contact: Felix Herzog