Welcome to the Doctoral Program in Earth Surface Processes & Paleobiosphere (ESPP)

Aims & Disciplines

The Doctoral Program Earth Surface Processes & Paleobiology (ESPP) aims in fostering the community of doctoral students and researchers in the fields of sedimentology, stratigraphy, basin analysis, surface processes, limnology, paleoclimatology, paleoceanography, paleontology, palecology, environmental geochemistry, biogeosciences, soil sciences and other related disciplines. ESPP provides an interesting and contemporary program of:

field seminars and courses to foster scientific quality, creativity, and communication within the scientific community as well as with the professional world.
courses to promote mobility and soft skills competence.
training to promote stutent’s general ability to deal with challenges in contemporary academic, administrative, and business environments.
annual meetings to enhance collaboration and synergies between the research groups of the CUSO sites and other doctoral programs (e.g. DPMS).

Funding

Funded by the Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale CUSO

Funding of courses, field trips and annual meetings such as SwissSed

The participation in the offered courses, and active participation of individual students in national and international meetings can be subsidised by the ESPP doctoral school.

Lastname	Firstname	E‑Mail	Phone	University
FOUBERT	Anneleen	E‑Mail		UNIFR	President of the ESPP doctoral school
RÜGGEBERG	Andres	E‑Mail	026 300 89 88	UNIFR	Coordinator of the ESPP Doctoral School
ZEYEN	Nina	E‑Mail	+41 22 379 6618	UNIGE	Representative of the senior staff of UNIGE
ADATTE	Thierry	E‑Mail	021 692 35 26	UNIL	Representative of the senior staff of UNIL
FLEITMANN	Dominik	E‑Mail		UNIBAS	Representative of the senior staff of UNIBAS
FANTASIA	Alicia	E‑Mail		UNIFR	Representative of the senior staff of UNIFR
KIPFER	Timon	E‑Mail	061 207 56 02	UNIBAS	Representative of the doctoral students of UNIBAS
SCHMIDT	Chantal	E‑Mail		UNIBE	Representative of the doctoral students of UNIBE
ZIMMERLI	Géraldine	E‑Mail	+41799599501	UNIFR	Representative of the doctoral students of UNIFR
VINCENT	James	E‑Mail	0782318190	UNIGE	Representative of the doctoral students of UNIGE
KARABEYOGLU	Uygar	E‑Mail	+4178 7077558	UNIL	Representative of the doctoral students of UNIL
ANQUETIN	Jérémy	E‑Mail	+41324209208	UNIFR	Representative of the senior staff of JURASSICA
ANSELMETTI	Flavio	E‑Mail		UNIBE	Representative of the senior staff of UNIBE