05.10.18 – Simone Deparis, an EPFL senior scientist and teacher in the mathematics section, has been awarded the 2018 Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching. He introduced a flipped classroom approach in his first-year linear algebra class this past year, … Continue reading →
01.10.18 – Researchers at EPFL have found a way to implement an optical sensing system by using spatial multiplexing, a technique originally developed in optical-fiber communication. The method, which produces three independent streams of ultrashort optical pulses using a single … Continue reading →
28.09.18 – At its meeting of 26 and 27 September 2018, the ETH Board has announced the promotion of Prof. Kevin Sivula as Associate Professor and the appointment of Prof. Juhan Aru as Tenure-Track Assistant Professor. Kevin Sivula was promoted … Continue reading →
27.09.18 – A paper by Dr Magalí Lingenfelder has been included in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s “100 Women of Chemistry” themed collection. The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is the UK’s largest professional body for chemical scientists. Founded in … Continue reading →
26.09.18 – Professors Rainer Beck and Christoph Bostedt, at EPFL’s Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society. The American Physical Society (APS) is the world’s largest organization of physicists. It was founded … Continue reading →
18.09.18 – EPFL Chemistry Professor Xile Hu has won the 2018 Resonate Award from Caltech for his work on for developing abundant and non-precious metal catalysts for sustainable synthesis of added-value chemicals and cost-effective production of solar fuels. The Resonate … Continue reading →
17.09.18 – EPFL chemists have developed a method that can significantly increase the yield of sugars from plants, improving the production of renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials. Producing fuels and chemicals from biomass (wood, grasses, etc.) is one of the … Continue reading →
14.09.18 – Jovana Milic, a research scientist at EPFL’s Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, and Shang-Jung Wu, a PhD student at the Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology have won awards for the Best Poster Presentation at the Swiss Chemical Society’s 2018 Fall … Continue reading →
14.09.18 – Professor Kumar Varoon Agrawal has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. The ERC Starting Grants are given each year to researchers of any nationality and in any field of research with 2-7 years of … Continue reading →
11.09.18 – The Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science has selected Dr Nikolay Golubev as one of its six new fellows in 2018. Named after Swiss entrepreneur and patron Branco Weiss, the Branco Weiss Fellowship – Society in Science … Continue reading →