2022

Sonia Seneviratne is the new associate vice president for sustainability of the Executive Board. As of 1 January 2023, she will take over this function from Reto Knutti, who has worked meritoriously for the thematic focus for eight years.  

Mental and neurological conditions could be better treated if drugs could be administered in the brain with pinpoint accuracy. ETH professor Mehmet Fatih Yanik has developed a non-invasive technology that makes this possible. To bring this into the clinic, he is now receiving financial support through a BRIDGE Discovery Grant.

How did complex organisms on Earth evolve? Researchers at ETH Zürich and at the University of Vienna have now come one step closer to answering this question. The researchers succeeded in cultivating a special archaeon and characterized it. This representative of the Asgard archaea could be an evolutionary "missing link" towards the more complex life forms.

Jürg Leuthold is Professor of Photonics and Communication at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering. He conducts research into how to produce the smallest, fastest and most energy-efficient components in the world. Learn more in the following interview.

Plastics or artificial polymers have become an indispensable part of our everyday lives, and yet they cause big problems today. Athina Anastasaki and her team have discovered how polymer construction can be precisely controlled and how they can be recycled efficiently - findings that are also important for industry. For this, Athina Anastasaki (D-​MATL) will receive the Ruzicka Prize 2022 on December 19. Here she provides insights into the exciting field of polymer chemistry.