ETH is setting a strong example for top female talent in science: of the 12 professors appointed yesterday by the ETH Board on the recommendation of ETH President Lino Guzzella, five are women. That amounts to over 40 percent of the current round of appointments. The new female professors work in a wide range of fields, from plant and environmental sciences, structural physics and the development of materials through to theoretical cosmology.
“I am delighted and proud that ever more highly talented female scientists are succeeding at our extremely competitive process for appointing professors,” says Lino Guzzella. “This also shows that ETH Zurich’s long-term efforts to promote female talent are bearing fruit. Greater diversity brings different perspectives to every research field.” He is convinced that this will also have a positive effect on academic quality, “and ultimately on the success of ETH as a whole.”
The ETH Board also conferred the title of ETH professor on three people and acknowledged the resignation of one professor at its latest meeting. The appointments in brief:
