06.12.17 – Maryna Viazovksa, a world-renowned mathematician famous for her solution to the sphere-packing problem, has won a New Horizons in Mathematics prize, part of the prestigious Breakthrough Prizes.The Breakthrough Prizes are international awards given annually in three categories to … Continue reading →
29.11.17 – Professor Xile Hu, an expert in catalysis at EPFL’s Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, has been awarded the 2017 National Latsis Prize. The National Latsis Prize is among the most important scientific distinctions in Switzerland, and includes … Continue reading →
28.11.17 – Professor Fabrizio Carbone (EPFL Institute of Physics) and Jerôme Waser (EPFL Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering) have been awarded Consolidator Grants from the European Research Council. The European Research Council’s (ERC) Consolidator Grants are given annually to researchers of any … Continue reading →
28.11.17 – Michael Saliba is one of the two recipients of the 2017 Postdoctoral Awards from the Materials Research Society (MRS). The MRS Postdoctoral Awards are given each year to two postdoctoral researchers to “recognize postdoctoral scholars who show exceptional … Continue reading →
17.11.17 – Professors Michael Grätzel and Mohammad K. Nazeeruddin at EPFL have been included in the Web of Science’s top 10 Highly Cited Researchers list. Professor Grätzel occupies the first place on the list and is especially noted for appearing in … Continue reading →
10.11.17 – Diane Sylvie Guignard, who received her PhD in Mathematics at EPFL, has been awarded the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS) award for Best PhD Thesis in 2016. Founded in 1993, ECCOMAS is a scientific … Continue reading →
26.10.17 – Looking at massive galaxy clusters, EPFL astronomers have observed that their brightest galaxies within them “wobble” — an unexpected phenomenon in current models. The discovery, published in MNRAS, adds to the body of evidence of dark matter beyond the Standard … Continue reading →
23.10.17 – Scientists at EPFL and Max Plank have made significant discoveries on how developmental genes are controlled by the methyltransferase enzyme PRC2. The study is published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) is part … Continue reading →
18.10.17 – Professor Anders Hagfeldt has been named Docteur honoris causa of the Université Paris-Didérot (“Paris 7”). The Université Paris-Didérot (“Paris 7”) is the seventh of the thirteen universities that emerged after the original University of Paris was dissolved in … Continue reading →
18.10.17 – The Rusnano Group has awarded Professor Michael Grätzel their annual Prize. The mission of the Rusnano Group is to “state policy for the development of the nanoindustry in Russia, acting as a co-investor in nanotechnology projects, which have substantial … Continue reading →