PhD positions

Two PhD positions are available in the group of Roland Regoes at the ETH Zurich (see http://www.tb.ethz.ch/people/regoes/). In our group we study quantitative aspects of infectious diseases between and within hosts.

I am looking for PhD students who are interested in studying the within host dynamics of viruses. Strong quantitative skills (population dynamical modeling, biostatistics, or computer simulations), or the will to acquire them, are an advantage because the work in my group is quite mathematical. The starting date can be as soon as possible, but should not be too much later than Feb 2007.

Specific questions, which the PhD students can study, are how Human-Immunodeficiency-Virus (HIV) enters its target cells and how its entry can be prevented by antibodies. Another set of questions revolves around the population dynamics of viruses and immune cells within hosts, for example the dynamics of Simian-Immunodeficiency-Virus (SIV) in different monkey species. Most of our research is done in close collaboration with experimental virology and immunology laboratories.

Our group is strongly linked with the theoretical biology group of Sebastian Bonhoeffer, the experimental ecology group of Paul Schmid-Hempel, and the experimental evolution group of Martin Ackermann at the Institute of Integrative Biology of the ETH Zurich (see http://www.ibz.ethz.ch/ for more details).

Zurich is a great place to live and to do research. It is the home of two big universties (the University of Zurich and the ETH), and is an attractive city in beautiful surroundings with a multinational population and many educational and recreational opportunities. The PhD salary is 33,600 Swiss Franks per year (pre-tax) which allows a decent standard of living.

To apply send a letter describing your interest in this position, a CV and the names and contact addresses of two referees to me, preferably by email: roland.regoes@env.ethz.ch. Informal enquires are also welcome.


Roland Regoes
Institute of Integrative Biology, ETH Zurich
ETH Zentrum, CHN H76.1
Universitaetsstr. 16
CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland

tel: +41-44-632-6935
fax: +41-44-632-1271
email: roland.regoes@env.ethz.ch
www.tb.ethz.ch/people/regoes/