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| School of Basic Sciences – December 2022 |
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New Faculty – Nominations
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| At its meeting of 7-8 December 2022, the ETH Board has named three new Professors at the School of Basic Sciences (SB): Dr Laura Grigori as Full Professor, Dr Manuel Guizar-Sicairos as as Associate Professor and Dr Michael Herbst as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor. |
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| At its meetings of 7-8 December 2022, the ETH Board promoted Prof. Kumar Agrawal to Associate Professor at the Faculty of Basic Sciences (SB). |
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New SB Directors
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| During the past year there have been some changes at the SB sections: |
- 1 August 2022: Prof. Cécile Hebert became the new Section of Physics (SPH) Director
- 1 September 2022: Prof. Jéremy Luterbacher took the new mandate as Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Section (SCGC) Director,
| And starting this year, on January 1, |
- Prof. Maryna Viazovska has been appointed new Director of the Institute of Mathematics (MATH), and
- Prof. Kevin Sivula is the new (ad-interim, during the six month parental leave of Prof. N. Cramer) Director of the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering (ISIC).
| We would like to express our appreciation for the work accomplished by Profs N. Grandjean, J. Zhu, V. Panaretos and N. Cramer and warmly welcome those newly appointed. |
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New SB Steering Committee
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| Following these changes, the new SB Steering Committee from January 1 2023 is |
Direction SB:
| Prof. Paul Joseph Dyson (Dean) |
| Prof. Cécile Hébert (SPH) |
| Prof. Joachim Krieger (SMA) |
| Prof. Jéremy Luterbacher (SCGC) |
| Prof. Henrik M. Rønnow (IPHYS) |
| Prof. Kevin Sivula (ISIC) |
| Prof. Maryna Viazovska (MATH) |
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Nomination to the EPFL Vice Presidency
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| Congratulations to Prof. Annalisa Buffa who has been appointed new Associate Vice President for Postgraduate Education from 1 February 2023. |
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New Chair of the SB CEA
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| Prof. Nicolas Grandjean will become the new Chair of the SB CEA (Comité d’Evaluation Académique). |
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News
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Improving the operational stability of perovskite solar cells
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Lepton universality restored ………………………… …………………..
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Photonics chip allows light amplification ………………….. ……………
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Tackling the high-voltage needs of next-gen satellites
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Machine learning predicts heat capacities of MOFs …………………..
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Stabilizing polarons opens up new physics …………………..
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| Prof. Hubert Girault receives ccCTA 2022 Award for all of his significant contributions in the field of analytical chemistry and toxicology for the scientific community of Western Switzerland. |
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| Prof. Maryna Viazovska has been included in the BBC’s “100 Women” for 2022, a list that includes the most influential women of the year in the categories of “Politics & Education”, “Culture & Sport”, Activism & Advocacy”, and “Health & Science”. |
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| Profs Victor Gorbenko, Florian Richter, and Mats Stensrud at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have received Starting Grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation. |
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| Prof. Jan Hestaven has been elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. |
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| Profs Michael Graetzel, Xile Hu, Tobias J. Kippenberg, and Drs Yuhang Liu and Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin. |
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| Prof. Fabrizio Carbone has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society. |
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