Category: Awards + Honors
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Lenny Winkel to win the 2022 Science Innovation Award!
Prof. Lenny Winkel has made major contributions to the understanding of selenium occurrence in soils and arsenic occurrence in groundwater by integrating global-scale mapping and data analysis based on chemical modeling and machine learning with geochemical experimentation based on molecular-scale interrogation of biogeochemical processes. Read more on EAG
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Sarah Springman made Dame Commander
Congratulations to Prof. Sarah Springman, ETH Zurich Rector and WPF member, for being awarded the title Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE). With this award, Queen Elizabeth II honours the remarkable services of the British national to both engineering and international sports administration. Read more on ETHZ
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Julia Vogt and Mahsa Shoaran have received ERC Starting Grants
Congratulations to Professors Julia Vogt (ETH Zurich) and Mahsa Shoaran (EPFL), members of the WPF, who have received a 2021 ERC Starting Grant. Project(s) Information *Unfortunately, this year, following the termination of the exploratory talks, Switzerland is considered as a non-associated third country. As a result, Host Institutions established in Switzerland are not eligible for funding. SERI will be offering…
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Denise M. Mitrano part of the 2022 James J. Morgan Early Career Award winners
Congratulations to Prof. Denise M. Mitrano for her 2022 James J. Morgan Early Career Award. The James J. Morgan Environmental Science & Technology Early Career Award, named after the first Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Science & Technology, recognizes those early career researchers who are standing on our shoulders. These are the researchers who are seeing the…
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Olga Sorkine and Athina Anastasaki to receive the Golden Owl award of the VSETH at ETH Zurich, for exceptional teaching
The Golden Owl honours lecturers who have provided exceptional teaching and motivates them to continue with their excellent teaching. The Owl is awarded by the VSETH, ETH Zurich’s students association, who are also the initiators of the award. Read more ETHZ.
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Isabel Günther receives this year’s ALEA Award for exemplary leadership at ETH Zurich
Congratulations to Prof. Isabel Günther for receiving the ALEA Award for exemplary leadership. The «ALEA Award» honors leaders who enable advanced and innovative working conditions and who promote and support actively the reconciliation of work, family and avocational engagement. The prize is awarded by AVETH with support of ETH Diversity and HR. Read more here.
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Prof. Denise Mitrano receives the SNSF Marie Heim-Vögtlin (MHV) Prize
For her pioneering work on tracking the spread of micro- and nanoplastic particles through the environment, Geochemist Denise Mitrano (ETH Zurich) is receiving this year’s Marie Heim-Vögtlin Prize from the Swiss National Science Foundation. The ceremony will take place at the event “Building hope for the future – Celebrating progress in sustainability“. This event is…
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Eleni Chatzi elected to the Swiss National Foundation Research Council
Congratulations to Prof. Eleni Chatzi on her election as a new member of the Swiss National Foundation Research Council for the Programmes Division. read more here
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ERC Advanced Grant Awarded to Aleksandra Radenovic
Congratulations to Prof. Aleksandra Radenovic who has been awarded a highly competitive Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). read more here
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Ursula Keller & Viola Vogel elected to the US National Academy of Sciences
Congratulations to Prof. Ursula Keller and Prof. Viola Vogel on their election as international members of the US National Academy of Sciences! read more here