Category: Awards + Honors
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Hedi Fritz-Niggli Visiting Professorship
Salomé Régine Leibundgut, SNSF Assistant Professor at the Department of Biology, Institute for Microbiology, has been awarded the Hedi Fritz-Niggli Visiting Professorship of University of Zurich. This professorship aims to heighten the visibility of women professors as role models for junior women academics. Professor Leibundgut conducts her scientific research about fungal infections at the VetSuisse Faculty of…
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Doron Prize 2014 and C.V. Riley Lecturer 2014
Silvia Dorn, Professor Emerita at the Department of Environmental Systems Science, received the Doron Prize 2014 endowed with CHF 100’000 for her seminal research work in Applied Entomology, which contributes significantly to a more sustainable world food system. In addition, she was appointed C.V. Riley Lecturer 2014 at University of Missouri.
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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
Stefanie Engel, Full Professor at the Department of Environmental System Sciences until March 2015, has been awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for 2014.
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ETH Spark Award 2014
Jennifer Rupp, SNSF Professor at the Department of Materials, and her research team received the ETH Spark Award 2014 for having developed a powerful and energy-efficient data storage device for mobile electronic devices.
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3rd annual Chemical Research in Toxicology Young Investigator Award
Shana Sturla, Associate Professor at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology, has been nominated for the third annual Chemical Research in Toxicology Young Investigator Award of the American Chemical Society. She accepted the award at the 248th ACS National Meeting in San Francisco / California (USA), in August 2014.
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ERC Consolidator Grant
Sonia Seneviratne, Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Systems Science, was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant in January 2014.