Category: News
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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
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Suliana Manley and Sylvie Roke Elected APS Fellows
The ETH-WPF congratulates EPFL Professors Suliana Manley (School of Basic Sciences) and Sylvie Roke (School of Engineering) have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society. (photo reused from actu.epfl.ch) Suliana Manley’s research focuses on the dynamic assembly of proteins and on developing a physical paradigm for how proteins form mesoscale assemblies. Her lab develops and uses…
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Prof. Ruth Signorell elected as a new member of the European Academy of Sciences
Congratulations to Prof. Ruth Signorell for her election as a new member of the European Academy of Sciences! Prof. Signorell is a Full Professor of Physical Chemistry at ETH Zurich, leading the Chair of Aerosols and Nanoscience. read more here
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EPFL and ETHZ professors in the new class of elected members (2021) of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
Prof. Dr. Karen Scrivener and Prof. Dr. Sabine Süsstrunk from EPFL, and Prof. Dr. Gabriela Hug and Prof. Dr. Nicola Spaldin from ETHZ, are in the new class of elected members (2021) of the Swiss Academy of Engineering sciences. Read more here.
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Prof. Olga Sorkine-Hornung named ACM Fellow
D-INFK Professor Olga Sorkine-Hornung has been named an ACM Fellow for her contributions to digital geometry processing, computer animation, computer graphics and visual computing. Olga Sorkine-Hornung, professor at the Institute of Visual Computing, is one of the 95 recognized Fellows. ACM’s most prestigious member grade recognizes the top 1% of ACM members for their outstanding…
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Prof. Nicola Spaldin elected as a member of the ERC Science Council
The European Commission has elected Professor Nicola Spaldin (Chair of Materials Theory, ETH Zürich) as a member of the ERC Science Council. Prof. Spaldin has herself been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant under the 7th Research Framework Programme (2007-2013). Under Horizon 2020 (20214-2020), she is one of the co-Principal investigators in the ERC Synergy Grant “Hero”,…
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Prof. Sorkine and Prof. Stadler awarded ERC Consolidator Grants
Congratulations to two of our WPF members for the receipt of ERC Consolidator Grants Prof. Dr. Olga Sorkine (ETH Zürich): MYCLOTH – Sustainable Algorithmic Modeling of Personalized Garments Prof. Dr. Tanja Stadler (ETH Zürich): PhyCogy – From Foundations of Phylodynamics to New Applications in Cell Biology Read more here
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Report of the Commission on the Status of Women Faculty @EPFL
The report of the Commission on the Status of Women Faculty @EPFL was published in July, 2020 and can be downloaded here. The EPFL Direction approved the creation of a Commission on the Status of Women Faculty at EPFL, spearheaded by Rizlan Bernier-Latmani. This commission was created in response to the findings of a survey launched…
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Maryna Viazovska was awarded the 2020 National Latsis Prize
Professor Maryna Viazovska was awarded the 2020 National Latsis Prize, which rewards the work of researchers under the age of 40, in recognition for her ground-breaking work in solving the sphere-packing problem. More details here.
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Congratulations to Prof. Sabine Süsstrunk on her election as President of the Swiss Science Council
Der Bundesrat: Sabine Süsstrunk übernimmt Präsidium des Schweizerischen Wissenschaftsrates Le Conseil fédéral: Sabine Süsstrunk prend la présidence du Conseil suisse de la science English version at EPFL website