Category: News
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New appointments and promotions of women faculty
Appointments at ETH Zurich Professor Tanja Stadler (*1981), currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich, as Associate Professor of Computational Evolution. Tanja Stadler is a leading researcher in the field of phylogenetic dynamics. Using newly developed mathematical and bioinformatic methods, she has made a major contribution to enabling epidemiological parameters to be estimated directly…
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Prof. em. Silvia Dorn receives Honorary Doctorate in Science
Silvia Dorn, Professor Emerita of Applied Entomology, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Science (DSc honoris causa) from Newcastle University (UK). With this honorary doctorate, Silvia Dorn’s outstanding scientific achievements in Entomology throughout her career, and her empowerment of women in science are being recognized. Read more at: Ehrendoktorwürde für Prof. em. Silvia Dorn Congratulation…
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2017 ERC Starting Grant awardees announced
Marie The European Research Council (ERC) has announced the awarding of its Starting Grants to 406 early-career researchers throughout Europe. The funding, worth €605 million in total and up to €1.5 million per grant, will enable them to set up their own research teams and pursue ground-breaking ideas. The share of women amongst the new…
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NCCR MUST/RESOLV Gender and Science Meeting
September 13 and 14, 2017 An international meeting for all scientists and those interested in Gender and Science (Physics and Chemistry) organized by NCCR MUST and Excellence Cluster RESOLV. Speakers from Switzerland and Europe make presentations on key issues and initiatives to counter gender imbalance in science. What does the research show about the opportunities…
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New appointment and promotion of women faculty
Appointment at ETH Zurich: Anne Lacaton (*1955), currently a partner in the architecture firm Lacaton&Vassal, Paris, France, as Associate Professor of Architecture and Design. Anne Lacaton is an internationally acclaimed architect. Her designs and constructions make a clear statement in support of the human rather than the iconic. She shows great consideration for the concerns…
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Olga Sorkine-Hornung wins Rössler Prize
Computer scientist Olga Sorkine has won this year’s Rössler Prize – a research award of CHF 200’000 – for her work in the field of computer graphics. Since 2009, the Rössler Prize has been awarded annually to young professors at ETH Zurich who are building their careers. The award is sponsored by ETH alumnus and…
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Prof. Riniker receives the 9th Silver Jubilee Award
The Molecular Graphics and Modelling Society (MGMS) recognises Prof. Riniker’s ongoing research work on the applications of molecular dynamics in biomolecular systems with the 9th Silver Jubilee Award. Congratulations! Visit D-CHAB Website
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Nicola Spaldin received L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
ETH Professor Nicola Spaldin honoured in March for her revolutionary research in the field of materials science. In Paris, she is set to receive the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science award for Europe, which carries prize money of 100,000 euros. Congratulations! Whatch the speaches of Nicola Spaldin
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New appointments and promotions of women faculty
Professor Marcy Zenobi-Wong, currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich, was promoted as Associate Professor of Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication. New Appointments at ETH Zurich: Professor Daniela Domeisen, currently Junior Professor at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany, as Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Predictability. Professor An Fonteyne, currently Professor…
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Prof. Melanie Blokesch appointed as HHMI International Research Scholar
HHMI, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announce the selection of 41 International Research Scholars, early-career scientists poised to advance biomedical research across the globe. Melanie Blokesch studies Vibrio cholerae, a water-dwelling bacterium that wreaks havoc in the gut and causes the diarrhoeal disease cholera. Her team…
