The Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is part of the ETH Domain. Approximately 600 people work on the sustainable use and protection of the environment and on the handling of natural hazards.

The Research Unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology studies the diversity of life in its various forms, from genetic diversity to the diversity of species and ecosystems as well as their interactions. In the frame of the Horizon Europe project OptFORESTS, the research group Ecological Genetics is searching for 2 years, starting October 1, 2025, a highly motivated

You analyze whole-genome data from white oaks from common garden experiments and associate them to tree-ring based phenotypic and climate data. You perform population genetic simulations to study the effect of adaptation, introgression and past demographic events on potential future persistence under climate change. In collaboration with the European project partners, you publish the results in international scientific journals and present them at dedicated conferences. Your applied findings will be transferred to the practitioners via dedicated forestry media.

You have acquired a PhD in biology, forest or environmental sciences, with a strong background in ecological genetics and evolutionary biology as well as competence in bioinformatics and population genetics. You should be acquainted with genome-wide association studies (GWAS), landscape genomic analyses, and population genetic simulations. You are ambitious to work and communicate in fluent English in an international consortium and are used to a high level of independence. Furthermore, you have a well-structured and careful working attitude, and you demonstrate a high level of team spirit.