Postdoctoral Position in Monitoring Load and Recovery in Athletes

100%, Zurich, fixed-term

Ready to elevate athlete performance with higher-quality metrics for guiding training and recovery? The Running Performance Group at the Exercise Physiology Lab in the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, is expanding its activities in sports performance research. We are currently offering a fixed-term postdoctoral position in the field of athlete monitoring.

Project background

Current technologies enable the collection of vast amounts of data from athletes. Despite many technical advances, the field is not yet able to deliver on its marketing claims and athletes are swamped by data that does not add value to training planning. The goal of this postdoctoral position is to develop and evaluate new ideas for monitoring the load and recovery of athletes, with the aim to improve performance, including investigating different types of sports equipment that may modulate training load and recovery.

Job description

You will design studies involving experimental investigations in the laboratory and telemonitored training and testing sessions. The goal of these studies is to develop protocols and metrics aimed at better assessing the relationship between training load and recovery to optimize training processes. Specific duties include:

Design, execute and publish studies in the field of athlete monitoring
Be the lead person in the team testing and developing new approaches for monitoring and assessing athletes, including laboratory protocols
Establish new collaborations within and outside the ETH Domain, leveraging new technologies in sports science research
Seek opportunities for multi-centric studies and partnerships with sports clubs or teams
Present your work at national and international conferences
Support teaching activities and co-supervise BSc, MSc and PhD students

Profile

PhD in Sports Sciences or Engineering in the context of Sports Sciences
Experience with longitudinal studies, tracking load and recovery in athletes
Excellent coding experience / able to handle vast amounts of data
Solid background in biomechanics, including hands-on testing experience, with a good foundation of exercise physiology
Proactive and inquisitive personality, eager to exploring new approaches, self-motivated and team-oriented
Outstanding academic qualifications and communication skills
Experience in coaching at different levels is welcome
Proficiency in English (spoken and written, C1 level) and German (spoken and written, C1 level), or strong commitment to learn quickly

We offer

We offer a fully funded full-time postdoctoral position on the ETH Zurich postdoctoral salary scale for one year (renewable to a maximum of 6 years) a dynamic and interdisciplinary research environment with access to state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and technologies. ETH Zurich offers a team providing excellent training opportunities for career development and a strong network. Look forward to an exciting and inspiring work environment with a rich cultural diversity.

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Application Process

Curious? So are we.

We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents:

Motivation letter (max. 1 page, including details of research experience and career goals)
Research proposal (max. 2 pages) within the project background described above (non-AI generated)
Curriculum vitae with contact details of two academic references (name, affiliation, position, e-mail; one referee should be from your current organisation)
Your publication list and a statement about your three most important achievements
Doctoral degree certificate (or confirmation of scheduled completion date) and full transcripts of your MSc and BSc degree (or equivalent)

Please note that applications without these documents will not be considered.

Contact Information

For more information about the Exercise Physiology Lab, please visit our website. Questions regarding the position should be directed to the lead of the Running Performance Group, Dr. Fernando G. Beltrami, fernando.beltrami@hest.ethz.ch with Prof. Dr. Dr. Christina M. Spengler christina.spengler@hest.ethz.ch in Cc (no application documents).

Important Notes

Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered.

We would like to point out that the pre-selection is carried out by the responsible recruiters and not by artificial intelligence.

The call is open until we identify a suitable candidate. We have no fixed deadline, starting date can be any time, the sooner the better.