Fully funded PhD position on the evolutionary genomics- University of Bern

December 3, 2025

Job Overview

Job Description

🐟 🧬 Come work with us in Switzerland! Fully funded PhD position on the evolutionary genomics of the last remaining cyprinid fish adaptive radiation in the world from Lake Tana (Ethiopia) as part of a collaborative team from University of Bern, Addis Ababa University, and Eawag, on a project funded by Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF.

🌍 Application open to ALL nationalities.

πŸ”¬ You will be working alongside an interdisciplinary team of taxonomists, ecologists, morphologists, computational and evolutionary biologists: Tizazu Yetayew, Biruh Mebratu, Helen Nigussie, Ole Seehausen, and Abebe Getahun.

πŸ‘©πŸ½ πŸ‘©πŸΎβ€πŸ¦± πŸ‘¨πŸΎ πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Diversity and equity are key values of our team, and we especially encourage Women, People of Colour, individuals from the Global South and other underrepresented groups in Ecology and Evolution to apply for this position. You will also be part of the Initiative Afrique, University of Bern network of researchers that are striving for equitable partnerships between Switzerland and Africa in high-quality education, research and Innovation. And have access to peer-mentoring groups as the FINTA (https://lnkd.in/d3adX2Ge).

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