Category: News
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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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ETH Zurich appoints women professors – Sept. 2014
The Board of ETH Zurich recently appointed the following women professors: Prof. Dr Petra S. Dittrich (*1974), currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich, as Associate Professor of Bioanalytics. Prof. Dr Cornelia Halin Winter (*1974), currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich, as Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Immunology. Dr Ulrike Grossner (*1973), currently Principal Scientist…
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Sereina Riniker is the youngest Professor at ETH Zurich
Prof. Sereina Riniker is professor for Computational Chemistry at the Institute of Physical Chemistry. At 29 years old, Sereina Riniker is currently the youngest professor at ETH Zurich (elected in June 2014). In the interview she explains how she experienced her start and how she wants to motivate her students. More on the ETH-website
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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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Sarah Springman elected new Rector of ETH Zurich
Professor of Geotechnical Engineering and founding member of the ETH Women Professors Forum. This spring, the professors of ETH Zurich voted for Sarah Springman to become the new Rector of ETH Zurich. She has stepped down as a member of the ETH WPF Executive Board to take on her new role. She will be Rector and member…