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Prof. Dr. Karin Schwiter receives a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant! Prof. Dr. Karin Schwiter, Assistant Professor of Labour Geography with a focus on digitalization at the Department of Geography receives an ERC Advanced Grant for the project "Not enough paid hours: Understanding the rise of involuntary part-time employment.". She is a DSI professor and co-leader of the DSI Community Work. Mehr Awards and Honors, 2025-06-18, KE |
Prof. Dr. Ben Schuler elected as new member of the Leopoldina Prof. Dr. Ben Schuler from the Department of Biochemistry was elected as member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Mehr Awards and Honors, 2025-06-03, |
Jahrespreis 2025 of the Faculty of Science Dr. Mara Knüsel received during the Dies academicus the Jahrespreis 2025 of the Faculty of Science for her doctoral thesis "Opening the Black Box. Biodiversity and Biogeography of Groundwater Amphipods in Switzerland». Mehr Awards and Honors, 2025-06-02, |
Prof. Dr. Rémi Abgrall received the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award. Prof. Dr. Rémi Abgrall received the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. It has been granted in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in research and teaching to date. Mehr Awards and Honors, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Laura Baudis was elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences. Prof. Dr. Laura Baudis was elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Sciences selected Laura Baudis in recognition of her outstanding and continuing achievements in basic research. Mehr Awards and Honors, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Nina Hartrampf received the “ADUC Young Talent Award 2025”. Prof. Dr. Nina Hartrampf received the “ADUC Young Talent Award 2025” awarded by the Association of German University Professors of Chemistry (ADUC) from the German Chemical Society. Mehr Awards and Honors, 2025-05-25, |
Prof. Dr. Nina Hartrampf received the “Nachwuchswissenschaftler-Preis für Naturstoffforschung 2025”. Prof. Dr. Nina Hartrampf was awarded with the “Nachwuchswissenschaftler-Preis für Naturstoffforschung 2025” awarded by the DECHEMA Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. Mehr Awards and Honors, 2025-05-25, |
Major Award for CERN Experiments Four experiments at the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at CERN have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. UZH researchers are significantly involved in two of the prize-winning experiments. Mehr Awards and Honors, 2025-04-09, Theo von Däniken |
Studierende entwickeln Bakterium für Pflanzenschutz Studierende der UZH haben ein synthetisches Bakterium entwickelt, das Pflanzen gegen negative Umwelteinflüsse schützen kann. Im interationalen iGEM-Wettbewerb wurden sie dafür mit dem Preis für den «Best Sustainable Development Impact» ausgezeichnet. Mehr Awards and Honors, 2025-03-25, Theo von Däniken |
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Prof. Dr. Katharina Anna Wilmes, SNF Starting Grantee at the Department of Neuroinformatics The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Katharina Anna Wilmes as SNF Starting Grantee at the Department of Neuroinformatics. She leads the project “Neural mechanisms of perception and learning in uncertainty”. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-06-02, |
Prof. Dr. Paola Cerrito, assistent professor at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Paola Cerrito as assistent professor for Human Evolution at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology. Her interests focus on better understand the evolution of human life history (patterns of growth, maintenance, and reproduction) and how it co-evolved with our social, behavioural, and cognitive adaptations. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-06-02, |
Prof. Dr. Miquel Serra Burriel, assistant professor at the EBPI The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Miquel Serra Burriel as assistant professor for Epidemiology and Health Economics at the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI). He is dual professor with the Faculty of Medicine. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Donatella De Feo, SNSF Starting Grantee at the Institute of Experimental Immunology The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Donatella De Feo as SNSF Starting Grantee at the Institute of Experimental Immunology. She leads the project "Unravelling innate immune adaptations in neuroinflammation". She is dual professor with the Faculty of Medicine. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Peter Štacko SNSF Starting Grantee at the Department of Chemistry The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Peter Štacko as SNSF Starting Grantee at the Department of Chemistry. He leads the project «Redox-Driven Photocages to Hijack Pharmacokinetic Profiles of PROTACs». He develops synthetic methods to provide novel structural motifs and to study how these structural variations impact their photophysical and photochemical behavior. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Esra Suel, professor at the Department of Geography The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Esra Suel as professor for Urban Analytics at the Department of Geography. She will focus on computational methods to study urban systems, integrating traditional and big data sources. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Ricarda Törner, assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Ricarda Törner as assistant professor tenure track for «Biomacromolecular NMR Spectroscopy”. She is deciphering the rules underlying disorder to structure transitions in proteins. She employs among others Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Silvia Domcke, SNF Starting Grantee at the Department of Molecular Life Sciences The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Silvia Domcke, SNF Starting Grantee at the Department of Molecular Life Sciences. She is seeking to predict de novo Transcription Factor activity in any cell, to perform intentional state transitions (e.g., from diseased to healthy). Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Björn Penning, professor at the Physik-Institut The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Björn Penning as professor for Experimental Astroparticle Physics. Prof. Penning is interested in a wide range of dark matter searches. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Johanna Nordlander, assistant professor at the Physik-Institut The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Johanna Nordlander as assistant professor for “Nanoscale Quantum Materials and Interfaces” at the Department of Physics. Her research focuses on the design and characterization of novel nanoscale materials to enable the advancement of next-generation quantum technologies. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Livia Piermattei, assistant professor at the Department of Geography The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Livia Piermattei as assistant professor for Remote Sensing of Environmental Changes at the Department of Geography. She aims to develop novel open-source techniques and methods to quantify environmental changes and thus understand the spatiotemporal patterns of climate change impacts on the cryosphere, forestry, and geomorphology. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-05-30, |
Prof. Dr. Marcelle Soares-Santos, full professor at the Physik-Institut The Faculty of Science welcomes Prof. Dr. Marcelle Soares-Santos as professor for Astrophysics at the Physik-Institut. Her research focuses on uncovering the nature of the accelerated expansion of the Universe using data from the largest sky surveys ever conducted. Mehr New at the MNF, 2025-05-29, |