Category: News
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Janet Hering awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Basel
Congratulations to Janet Hering for being awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of Basel. At their Dies Academicus, the Faculty of Medicine awarded her this honorary doctorate for her research into drinking water quality and the relationship between environment and health.
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Sabine Süsstrunk wins UK Royal Photographic Society Award
Congratulations to Sabine Süsstrunk for winning the UK Royal Photographic Society Award for Imaging Science. The Royal Photographic Society has hosted the world’s longest running photography prize for 147 years and this year they are recognizing Sabine Süsstrunk’s notable contribution to the advancement and application of imaging science. Her research focuses on computational photography and…
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Julia Vogt, Giulia Tagliabue and Mahsa Shoaran promoted to Associate Professors
Congratulations to Julia Vogt, Giulia Tagliabue and Mahsa Shoaran for recently being promoted to Associate Professors. Julia Vogt’s research at the ETH is in Computer Science where she combines computer science with medicine to improve machine learning tools. Giulia Tagliabue’s research in Mechanical Engineering at the EPFL is on nanoscience applied to energy technologies, nanophotonics,…
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Sonia Seneviratne to receive German Environmental Award
Congratulations to Sonia Seneviratne who is set to receive the German Environmental Award bestowed by the German Federal Environmental Foundation (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt – DBU). The award is given to people whose work has greatly contributed to the understanding of climate change, in the case of Sonia Seneviratne both in her research and her activities…
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Panel Discussion: Women in Academia
On November 28, 2024 Women in Natural Sciences (WiNS) will host an event at the ETHZ with a panel discussion featuring four of our members on the topic of Women in Academia. This is the second event of its kind that WiNS has organized and both times with a varied group of panel members. The event…
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Ruth Signorell to give talk at EPFL
On October 28, 2024 Prof. Ruth Signorell of the ETHZ will take part in the IMX Seminar Series at EPFL with her talk titled “Chemical and physical processes in the confined environment of an aerosol particle”. It will take place from 13:15 to 14:15 at the MXF 1 hall. View more details on the event…
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Spotlight Seminar Series: Women in STEM
The next installment of the D-BAUG Spotlight seminar series is coming up on June 25th 2024, under the theme of Geospatial Modelling Challenges. The event is followed by a panel discussion touching on aspects/considerations for women in STEM. Deadline to register: June 17th
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Anna Fontcuberta i Morral appointed as EPFL president
Congratulations to Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral for her appointment as EPFL president, starting on January 1, 2025. She has been at EPFL since 2008, when she began as Assistant Professor Tenure Track and became Full Professor in 2019. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral is the first woman to head one of the two Swiss Federal…
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Karen Scrivener selected by UN Secretary-General to be Representative in 10-Member Group for Sustainable Development Goals
Congratulations to Prof. Karen Scrivener for being selected by the United Nations Secretary-General for the Group of Ten High-level Representatives of Civil Society, Private Sector and Scientific Community to Promote Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (10-Member Group). As an internationally recognized engineering expert in developing environmentally friendly building materials from decades…
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Lecture series at ETHZ in the spring semester 2024
In the coming spring semester, the ETH Zurich is hosting a series of Inaugural, Farewell and Introductory Lectures that are open to the public. Some of our members are among the professors giving a lecture. Spanning all ETH departments, the lectures will take place from February 21, 2024 to May 30, 2024, mostly in the…