Presidency

Prof. Anna Fontcuberta i Morral became president of EPFL in January 2025.

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Barcelona and a PhD in materials science from France. She worked as a postdoc at Caltech before co-founding Aonex Technologies, a startup that developed substrates for LEDs and solar cells. She went on to earn a Habilitation in experimental physics in Munich.

She joined EPFL in 2008 and was promoted to full professor in 2019. Alongside her research, Fontcuberta i Morral actively promotes education and supports young scientists and engineers, especially young women pursuing technical careers.

She became president of EPFL on 1 January 2025.

I’ve been building an exciting career at EPFL for nearly 16 years now. It’s a highly innovative university with a strong community where everyone knows each other, which makes it such a special place to be.

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