Professor João Penedones, currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor, has been promoted as Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics in the School of Basic Sciences (SB).
João Penedones works in the field of quantum field theory and quantum gravity. He is an internationally acknowledged expert on the bootstrapping procedure. His excellent teaching is reflected not only in very good evaluations from students, but also in the decisive part he played in setting up an internationally recognised course on high energy physics that attracts scientists from throughout the world. João Penedones currently runs the Fields and Strings Laboratory while also taking a leading role in the new Bernoulli Centre.

Dr Frédéric Blanc, currently Senior Scientist, has been awarded the title of Adjunct Professor in the School of Basic Sciences (SB).
Frédéric Blanc is a particle physicist who has devoted much of his career to developing, improving and analysing data from the Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb), one of the four main LHC experiments at CERN and one in which he has played a leading role. He also applies his expertise to other projects in areas such as medical physics.

Dr Jérôme Scherer, currently Senior Scientist, has been awarded the title of Adjunct Professor in the School of Basic Sciences (SB).
Jérôme Scherer’s research area is pure mathematics, particularly topology and algebra, with a focus on homotopy theory, homological algebra and semi-abelian categories. His work is published in leading journals and is frequently cited. This internationally recognised researcher makes a substantial contribution to EPFL.