Prof. Dr. Sara I. Fabrikant received the Waldo-Tobler GIScience Prize 2023 for her outstanding and sustained contributions to the discipline worthy of inspiring young scientists in Geoinformatics or Geographic Information Science, and for having accomplished significant advances in research and education.
Prof. Dr. Michael Baudis has been elected as co-chair of the “Sounding Board Researchers” of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences (Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz, a+).
Prof. Dr. Florian Schiestl, Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, received the Silverstein-Simeone Award of the International Society of Chemical Ecology. The award recognizes outstanding work at the frontiers of chemical ecology.
Salome Püntener, PhD student at the Department of Chemistry, is awarded the SNSF Scientific Image Competition 2023 Award for her thin layer chromatography in the synthesis of fluorophores.
The “Anti-Littering Irchelpark Initiative” received the Team-Effort-Award 2022 at the Dies Academicus 2023. The team consists of the Executive Usage Management Irchel Campus, Social Psychology, Facility Management Irchel Campus, Scientific Visualisation, Visual Communication and the MNF communication of 2022.
Prof. Dr. Greta Patzke and Prof. Dr. David Tilley are among to the 6 finalists (123 projects were submitted from Switzerland, Germany and Austria) for the Werner Siemens Foundation (WSS) funded WSS100 (Werner Siemens-Stiftung Jahrhundertprojekt) for a new WSS Research Center "Technologien für eine nachhaltige Ressourcennutzung". Being among the finalists, they have now been awarded a WSS-Forschungspreis over 1 MCHF.
Prof. Dr. Alberto Cattaneo was just invited to serve another term of 3 years on the Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute of Mathematics in Bonn (Germany).
Prof. Dr. Greta Patzke was appointed to the Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Mülheim/Ruhr (Germany).
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schmid, professor emeritus at the Department of Geography, was ranked global #58 in the field of Ecology and Evolution and #1 in Switzerland by Research.com. He was also recognised with their Ecology and Evolution Leader Award for 2023.
Prof. Dr. Kai Niebert, PhF/MNF dual professor for Natural Science Education, was appointed by the German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz to the Council for Sustainable Development.
Prof. Prof. mult. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Ullrich, MeF/MNF dual professor, was elected as president of the DGLRM (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin).
Prof. Dr. Michael Baudis, Department of Molecular Life Sciences, was elected to the “Sounding Board Researchers for Open Research Data” of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences (Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz).
Dr. Oliver Grübner, senior teaching and research assistant and group leader, Department of Geography, and his team has received one of the first ever UZH Postdoc Team Award.
Grants
Prof. Dr. Titus Neupert, associate professor at the Department of Physics received an SNSF Consolidator Grant.
Prof. Dr. Michal Juríček, SNSF-professor at the Department of Chemistry received an SNSF Consolidator Grant. In addition, he also received the "true" ERC CoG from Brussels.
Prof. Dr. Corinna Ulcigrai, full professor at the Department of Mathematics received an SNSF Consolidator Grant.
Prof. Dr. Isabelle Arnold, MeF/MNF dual assistant professor at the Institute of Experimental Immunology received an SNSF Consolidator Grant..
