Category: Awards + Honors
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Lesya Shchutska wins Latsis Prize 2023
Congratulations to Prof. Lesya Shchutska for winning the Swiss Science Latsis Prize 2023. Shchutska is the second member of the WPF to receive the prize in a row, following Prof. Carmela Troncoso. The prize is awarded to four young scientists a year for their exceptional contributions to science at a Swiss university. Read more on…
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Nicola Spaldin receives the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award
Congratulations to the laureate of the 2023 Lise Meitner Award: Prof. Nicola Spaldin, who has been awarded for “Fundamental theoretical contributions and discoveries in the field of multiferroics”. The Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award is awarded by the Gothenburg Physics Centre to a scientist who has made a breakthrough discovery in physics. “Nicola Spaldin’s ground-breaking theoretical contributions…
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SNSF Consolidator Grants 2022 for Rachel Grange and Julia Schmale
Congratulations to Prof. Rachel Grange and Prof. Julia Schmale for receiving the SNSF Consolidator, where women researchers lead 14 of the 30 awarded projects. Due to Switzerland’s current status as a non-associated third country in the Horizon Europe Framework Programme, the SNSF launched the transitional measure “SNSF Consolidator Grants 2022” on behalf of the Swiss…
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“Swiss Nobel Prize” for Ursula Keller
The Swiss Science Prize Marcel Benoist goes to Prof. Ursula Keller for her groundbreaking work in short-time laser physics and quantum mechanics. The professor of experimental physics at the Institute for Quantum Electronics at ETH Zurich has repeatedly pushed the boundaries of ultrafast laser physics with both theoretical models and experimental results. Read more on…
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Nicola Spaldin wins the Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics
British scientist Prof. Nicola Spaldin is to receive the 2022 Hamburg Prize for Theoretical Physics. Currently serving as Professor of Materials Theory at ETH Zurich, Spaldin is a trailblazer in the development of a new class of materials known as multiferroics. These could facilitate ground-breaking microelectronics applications, such as the building of ultra-fast data repositories…
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Six ETH Zurich researchers receive Advanced Grants
The Swiss National Science Foundation has awarded Advanced Grants to make up for the loss of European support. Researchers at ETH Zurich did particularly well, with 6 of the 24 grants going to the university. Will be supported with up to 2.4 million Swiss francs: Karsten Weis, Helma Wennemers, Ulrike Kutay, Mathieu Luisier, Consuelo De…
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Veerle Sterken awarded the Christophe Plantin Prize 2021
We are delighted to announce that this year’s Christophe Plantin Prize has been awarded to Dr. Veerle Sterken for her pioneering research into interstellar dust in the solar system. Read more on ETHZ.
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Tanja Stadler to win Rössler Prize
Congratulations to Mathematician and biostatistician Prof. Tanja Stadler who will receive this year’s Rössler Prize for her achievements. Worth 200,000 Swiss francs, it is ETH Zurich’s most generous research award. Read more on ETHZ.
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Ruth Signorell to win the Doron prize!
Congratulations to MUST PI Prof. Ruth Signorell who will be awarded the Doron Prize on March 8 in Zug, Switzerland. The Doron Prize is worth CHF 100,000. Read more on MUST