Archive internal news

Paul Wrede, doctoral student at the professorship for biomedical imaging led by Prof. Daniel Razansky, has been awarded the 2026 Schmidt Science Fellowship. His goal is to explore how artificial cells can be developed to better communicate with the body and to understand fundamental biological processes.

Christophe Cop¨¦ret, Professor of Surface and Interfacial Chemistry at D-CHAB, has been elected a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) for his visionary advances in heterogeneous catalysis and surface chemistry.?

Andr¨¦ Bardow, Professor of Energy and Process Systems Engineering at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich, has been awarded the Wilhelm Jost Memorial Medal for his achievements in physical chemistry. The award ceremony took place on 15 January at Georg August University in G?ttingen, Germany.

Christophe Cop¨¦ret, Professor of Surface and Interfacial Chemistry at?D-CHAB, has been elected to the French Academy of Sciences. The Academy plays a?key role in promoting scientific dialogue.?

Since 1933, the Belgian Francqui Chairs aims to promote cooperation between universities and highlight academic excellence. This year,? Fr¨¦d¨¦ric Merkt, Professor of Physical Chemistry at D-CHAB has been invited to give the?Francqui Chairs lecture series and conferences encouraging scientific exchange and fostering meetings between researchers.

Where antibodies reach their limits in medicine, aptamers step in.?For her pioneering work in developing aptamer-modified biosensors, Nako Nakatsuka, assistant professor at EPFL, has been honored with the 2025 Ruzicka Prize.

BRIDGE, the funding initiative of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and Innosuisse, reviewed 108 applications and ultimately approved 15 innovation projects, including Daniel Richard's project (deMello Group).?The project is supported with CHF 2.5 million. The chemist intends to use the funding to develop affordable, portable, and rapid diagnostic technology for tuberculosis.

Bill Morandi, Professor of Organic Chemistry (D-CHAB), receives the Mukaiyama Award 2026 for his outstanding achievements in the field of Synthetic Organic Chemistry. The prize is awarded by the Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan.

This year, the Wolfgang Pauli Lectures will highlight the CRISPR technology, its origins and its current applications in research and medicine. The speaker is Jennifer Doudna, the 2020 Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry.

ETH professor Maksym Kovalenko drove from Zurich to Moldova to evacuate his mother and mother-in-law from war-torn Ukraine to safety in Switzerland. In an interview with Internal news, the Ukrainian-born professor talks about his 68-hour drive and how it feels to work and teach at ETH while his home country is under attack.

For 27 years, Wolfram Uhlig and his assistants have delighted their audience with barking "Chemical Dogs", flash fires of burning oil, and meter-high fountains of beer foam. Uhlig combined entertaining experiments with theoretical background in his shows. Now, he retires.