Tag: Excellence
-
Jennifer Rupp plays in the Champions League of electrochemical materials
Jennifer Rupp is Professor at ETH Zurich and a top scientist in electrochemical materials. The Swiss newspaper “Tagesanzeiger” published a portrait about the multi-talented woman. Read more about her career at Tagesanzeiger of 28.11.2014 (in German)…
-
SNSF Starting Grant
Jennifer Rupp, SNSF Professor for Electrochemical Materials, received the SNSF Starting Grant for the Project “Beyond von-Neuman computing – Materials Functionalization and Integration of Three-dimensionally stacked Multiterminal Memristive Oxides Replacing Existing Transistors for Neuromorphic Computing”.
-
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…
-
Doron Prize 2014 and C.V. Riley Lecturer 2014
Silvia Dorn, Professor Emerita at the Department of Environmental Systems Science, received the Doron Prize 2014 endowed with CHF 100’000 for her seminal research work in Applied Entomology, which contributes significantly to a more sustainable world food system. In addition, she was appointed C.V. Riley Lecturer 2014 at University of Missouri.
-
Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
Stefanie Engel, Full Professor at the Department of Environmental System Sciences until March 2015, has been awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for 2014.
-
Maryam Mirzakhani – first woman receiving the prestigious Fields Medal
See Prof. Mirzakhani working at Stanford University Video by Simons Foundation and International Mathematical Union, 13.08.2014. on: Youtube A Tenacious Explorer of Abstract Surfaces Maryam Mirzakhani’s monumental work draws deep connections between topology, geometry and dynamical systems. by Erica Klarreich, in: Quanta Magazine 12 August 2014.