Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany

Metabolomics technician 60 - 80 %

Start of employment 1st of August 2025, temporary

The Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany houses modern molecular and ecological labs, an herbarium comprising 3,000,000 plant specimens (United Herbaria of UZH and ETH, the 15th largest herbarium in the world), and a Botanical Garden with 8,000 species. The mission of the Department is to “increase the knowledge of plant diversity, the processes and patterns of plant evolution, the relationships between plants and other organisms and aspects of plant conservation.” The University of Zurich has a broad research coverage of organismal and molecular biology. The city of Zurich offers excellent quality of life and attractive surroundings for outdoor sports.

A metabolomics technician position in my group at the Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich, is available from 1st of August 2025 for a period of 1 year.

Your responsibilities

You will collaborate with Prof. Laurent Bigler at the Department of Chemistry and have access to state-of-the-art instruments for screening plant metabolomes, computational facilities with databases of natural products, and structure elucidation software.

Your profile

I am looking for a highly skilled metabolomics technician to join my team to study the chemistry of the Amazonian flora. You should have a Master or PhD degree in biology or chemistry. A requirement is at least one year of experience with untargeted metabolomics, liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry, computational metabolomics (MS spectra interpretation, data processing, metabolite annotation with in silico spectral databases), and multivariate metabolomic analyses. Proficiency in English, both orally and written is required.

Information on your application

Interested applicants should send me an email by June 20th, 2025 with:

1) motivation letter, detailing your experience with the above-mentioned techniques,
2) CV, with copy of degrees,
3) any publications (or manuscripts),
4) e-mail of two academic referees

Please send all documents in a single pdf file. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

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  • Free seasonal flu vaccinations
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Campuses
  • Campuses Zurich City, Zurich Irchel, Oerlikon and Schlieren
  • Sites Zurich West, Old Botanical Garden, Botanical Garden and Lengg

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Location

Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany

Zollikerstrasse 107, 8702 Zollikon, Switzerland

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