Category: News
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Valentina Boeva and Julia Schmale are promoted
Congratulations to Valentina Boeva and Julia Schmale for both being promoted to Associate Professor. Valentina Boeva is a Professor of Computational Genomics at the Department of Computer Science at the ETHZ. Her research focuses on addressing biologically and clinically relevant questions in cancer by developing computational methods that lead to new biological insights and serve…
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Laura Heyderman wins Charpak-Ritz Prize 2026
Congratulations to Laura Heyderman for winning the Charpak-Ritz Prize 2026. The Charpak-Ritz Prize is awarded every year jointly by the Swiss Physical Society and the Société Francaise de Physique for exceptional achievements in Physics, alternately in Switzerland and France. Laura Heyderman’s research in the field of mesoscopic magnetic systems has yielded multiple significant breakthroughs, expanding…
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Laura De Lorenzis wins IACM Oden Computational Mechanics Award 2026
Congratulations to Laura De Lorenzis for winning the IACM Oden Computational Mechanics Award 2026. Bestowed by the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) every two years, the award honors individuals who have made significant contributions in basic or applied computational mechanics. Laura De Lorenzis is a Professor of Computational Mechanics in the Department of Mechanical…
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Dagmar Iber, Ana Klimovic, Tang Siyu, Olga Fink and Charlotte Grossiord are promoted
Congratulations to our members on their recent promotion. Dagmar Iber (ETHZ) has been promoted to Full Professor and Ana Klimovic (ETHZ), Tang Siyu (ETHZ), Olga Fink (EPFL) and Charlotte Grossiord (EPFL) have all been promoted to Associate Professor. Dagmar Iber is a Professor of Computational Biology in the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at…
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Véronique Michaud and Mackenzie Mathis are promoted to Full and Associate Professor
Congratulations to professors Véronique Michaud and Mackenzie Mathis for being promoted to Full and Associate Professor respectively. Véronique Michaud is a Professor of Materials at the Institute of Materials at EPFL. Her research focuses on composite materials, functional materials and structures and sustainable and energy efficient manufacturing of composites. Mackenzie Mathis is a Professor of…
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Helma Wennemers wins the Wilhelm Ostwald Medal
Congratulations to Helma Wenners for winning the Wilhelm Ostwald Medal for the development of bio-inspired catalysts and functional peptide systems. The award is conferred by the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and engineering. Helma Wennemers is a Full Professor of Organic Chemistry. Her Wennemers research group develops…
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Petra Dittrich promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations to Petra Dittrich for being promoted to Full Professor for Bioanalysis at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at the ETHZ. Her bioanalytics group focuses on microfluidics-based technology with applications in the life sciences.
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Gisou van der Goot is elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Congratulations to Gisou van der Goot for being elected into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This election is in recognition of her contributions to cell biology and her role in advancing the understanding of how cells interact with the environment. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an honorary society that brings…
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Paola Picotti wins Otto Nägeli Prize for Medical Research
Congratulations to Paola Picotti for winning the Otto Nägeli Prize in Medical Research for her development of a technology capable of analysing thousands of protein structures simulaneously. Her research group has focused on methods of scanning protein shapes and developing a technology that was faster and more sensitive at detecting physiological and pathological changes. The…
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Suliana Manley is co-winner of ERC Synergy Grant
Congratulations to Suliana Manley for winning the ERC Synergy Grant alongside two colleagues for their collaborative work on the joint project MitoContact. The project investigates how mitochondria come into contact and communicate with other cell components. The ERC Synergy grant is bestowed upon projects that require the collaboration of multiple researchers to work on it…