Category: News
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New women professors appointed at ETH Zurich – May 2015
The Board of ETH Zurich appointed the following women professors: Dr Margarita Chli (*1983), currently Chancellor’s Fellow and Tenure Track Lecturer at the School of Informatics of the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, as Assistant Professor of Vision for Robotics. Professor Katrien De Bock (*1980), currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven, Belgium,…
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Training moduls for diversity
Teaching staff at University of Köln can develop their competencies dealing with a diverse crowd of students with an e-learning tool. The aim of the project DiVers is to offer the teaching staff an e-learning tool which provides trainings to enhance learning materials, presenting methods, communication + interaction with students as well as exams. The…
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Sarah Springman on cover
Sarah Springman, member ETH Women Professors’ Forum and former Board Member, is on the cover of the magazine Business Women. Prof. Dr. Sarah Springman, Rector of ETH Zurich since January 2015, is portrayed in the May issue of the magazine Business Women. Read more on Business Women… PDF “Mamma mia! Die eiserne Lady”, Business Women,…
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Charles Hard Townes Award
Ursula Keller, Director of the National Center of Competence for Research for Molecular Ultrafast Science and Technology and Full Professors at the Department of Physics since 1997, receives the prestigious Charles Hard Townes Award 2015 for her “seminal contributions in the fields of octave-spanning lasers, frequency comb technology, and high repetition-rate ultrafast semiconductor disc lasers”. The award…
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ETH Zurich appoints a woman professor – March 2015
The Board of ETH Zurich recently appointed the following woman professor: Professor Adrienne Grêt-Regamey (*1973), currently Associate Professor at ETH Zurich, as Full Professor of Landscape and Environmental Planning. Read more about this appointment in ETH News … Read more about Prof. Dr. Adrienne Grêt-Regamey… Departing Professor from ETH Zurich: Professor Salomé LeibundGut (*1973), currently Assistant Professor…
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Prof. Marcy Zenobi-Wong develops ink for joint printing
Prof. Dr. Marcy Zenobi-Wong is head of the research group Cartilage Engineering and Regeneration. In one project, her group is printing cartilage transplants using the body’s own cells. Using bioprinting -that means producing parts from human cells in three dimensional printers- Marcy Zenbi-Wong is doing state-of-the-art research for personalized medicine. The printed cartilage as for…
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National Academy of Engineering Elect
Janet Hering, Director of EAWAG and Full Professor at the Department of Environmental Systems Science since 2007, was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) for her contributions to understanding and practice of removal of inorganic contaminants from drinking water. The Election is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an…
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Rachel Grange – Introductory Lecture
Prof. Rachel Grange joined the Physics Department of ETH Zurich in January 2015 and will give her introductory lecture on 24 March 2015. Leading the Group Optical Nanomaterials at the Institute for Quantum Electronics, Prof. Rachel Grange will give her introductory lecture in English. Title: “Engineering nanomaterials for nonlinear optical applications” Tuesday, 24 March 2015 at 17:15…
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Sereina Riniker – listed among the young top scientists
Sereina Riniker, ETH Zurich’s youngest professor was named to the Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Science for 2015. Prof. Sereina Riniker develops “methods and software for classical molecular dynamics simulations and cheminformatics, and their application to biological and chemical questions” and combines them with potential future application in computer-aided drug design. Read more about her…
