Congratulations to Julia Vogt, Giulia Tagliabue and Mahsa Shoaran for recently being promoted to Associate Professors. Julia Vogt’s research at the ETH is in Computer Science where she combines computer science with medicine to improve machine learning tools. Giulia Tagliabue’s research in Mechanical Engineering at the EPFL is on nanoscience applied to energy technologies, nanophotonics, and the nanoscale control of energy conversion processes. Also at the EPFL, Mahsa Shoaran conducts research in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, namely at the intersection of circuit design and algorithm development, with a particular focus on biomedical and neural interfaces.

Congratulations to Sonia Seneviratne who is set to receive the German Environmental Award bestowed by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt – DBU). The award is given to people whose work has greatly contributed to the understanding of climate change, in the case of Sonia Seneviratne both in her research and her activities on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

More details and an interview with Sonia Seneviratne about receiving the award can be found in this article.

On November 28, 2024 Women in Natural Sciences (WiNS) will host an event at the ETHZ with a panel discussion featuring four of our members on the topic of Women in Academia. This is the second event of its kind that WiNS has organized and both times with a varied group of panel members. 

The event will take place at 17:00 at HCI J4, ETH Hönggerberg and the panel discussion will be followed by an apero. Please register in advance using the QR-Code below.

On October 28, 2024 Prof. Ruth Signorell of the ETHZ will take part in the IMX Seminar Series at EPFL with her talk titled “Chemical and physical processes in the confined environment of an aerosol particle”.

It will take place from 13:15 to 14:15 at the MXF 1 hall. View more details on the event and a summary of its contents on the EPFL website.

The next installment of the D-BAUG Spotlight seminar series is coming up on June 25th 2024, under the theme of Geospatial Modelling Challenges. The event is followed by a panel discussion touching on aspects/considerations for women in STEM.

Deadline to register: June 17th 

Congratulations to Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral for her appointment as EPFL president, starting on January 1, 2025. She has been at EPFL since 2008, when she began as Assistant Professor Tenure Track and became Full Professor in 2019.

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral is the first woman to head one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology. She has already made an impact as a leader for many years as an award winning teacher, as the head of the WISH Foundation, and as a board member on the SNSF. She has served as an Associate Vice-President for Centers and Platforms at EPFL for the past 4 years. Her plans for shaping the EPFL during her term will be revealed at a later point. 

Read more on the EPFL website.