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Our members are professors at ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne, who are distinguished, worldwide recognized experts in their scientific fields and experienced in leading and working in an international environment. Details
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We are committed to promoting the next generation of female scientists and engineers, and creating a community for exchanging scientific knowledge and experience. Details
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Ruth Signorell to give talk at EPFL
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.
Spotlight Seminar Series: Women in STEM
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
Anna Fontcuberta i Morral appointed as EPFL president
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.
Karen Scrivener selected by UN Secretary-General to be Representative in 10-Member Group for Sustainable Development Goals
Congratulations to Prof. Karen Scrivener for being selected by the United Nations Secretary-General for the Group of Ten High-level Representatives of Civil Society, Private Sector and Scientific Community to Promote Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (10-Member Group).
As an internationally recognized engineering expert in developing environmentally friendly building materials from decades of research into cement and concrete, she now works closely together with the UN Task Team on Science, Technology and Innovation while contributing to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Read more on the EPFL website.
Lecture series at ETHZ in the spring semester 2024
In the coming spring semester, the ETH Zurich is hosting a series of Inaugural, Farewell and Introductory Lectures that are open to the public. Some of our members are among the professors giving a lecture.
Spanning all ETH departments, the lectures will take place from February 21, 2024 to May 30, 2024, mostly in the same hall.
Explore the list of lectures and topics here.
A live stream of the events will take place here.
The introductory and the farewell lectures will be live streamed here.
New professors appointed at ETHZ and EPFL
On December 7, the ETH Board announced the appointment 14 new professors at the ETHZ and the EPFL.
Of these 14 professors, 4 of them are women; 3 at the ETHZ and 1 at the EPFL, who coincidentally is the only professor that the EPFL appointed this term.
Their fields of research are in the Departments of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences; Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering; Architecture; and the School of Computer and Communication Sciences and Life Sciences.
Read about the appointed professors on ETH Board.