The latest honours and prizes

On 20 April 2023, Didier Queloz, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2019 and President of the Marcel Benoist Foundation, was awarded the Insignia of Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour by H.E.M. Frédéric Journès, the French Ambassador to Switzerland.

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) awards Christoph Schär the Vilhelm Bjerknes Medal 2023 for his research on extreme weather events.  

Utrecht University in the Netherlands has awarded Sonia Seneviratne an honorary doctorate in natural sciences.

For the topics of “Design and Control Optimization of Soft Gripper Mechanisms for Manipulation” and “Autonomous Navigation of Aerial Robotic Manipulators in Unstructured Indoor and Outdoor Environments”, respectively, the Professors Robert Katzschmann and Roland Siegwart receive Amazon Research Awards.

Tilman Esslinger, professor at the Department of Physics, has been recognised with an Honorary Degree from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The Austrian University of Innsbruck has awarded Christoph Schär an honorary doctorate in natural sciences.

The American National Academy of Sciences has awarded membership to the three ETH Zurich professors.

Jörg F. Löffler, Professor of Metal Physics and Technology at the Department of Materials (D-MATL), has been selected to the class of 2021 MRS Fellows for his pioneering contributions to novel metallic materials design.

Great honour for Markus Gross. The Vice President of Research at The Walt Disney Studios and Director of DisneyResearch|Studios in Zurich and Professor of Computer Graphics at ETH Zurich has been? invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The Royal Society, a major scientific society, has elected the mathematician, ETH professor and winner of a Fields Medal, Wendelin Werner, as its foreign member. Werner is a leading researcher in the field of probability theory and the geometry of chance.

George Haller, Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) by the SIAM Fellows Selection Committee.

The American National Academy of Engineering NAE has announced the election of 18 new international members. Among them are two professors from ETH Zurich.

Konstantinos Boulouchos, ETH Professor for Aerothermochemistry and Combustion Systems, has been elected member of the Foundation Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation SNF as representative of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW for the period of 2020-2023.  

George Haller, Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) by the APS Council of Representatives. Less than half percent of the more than 50,000 members, including all areas of physics, receive this distinction.

Roland Siegwart, Bradley Nelson and Marco Hutter, professors at the Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, are honored by the Robotics and Automation Society.

The Australian University of Wollongong has awarded an honorary doctorate to ETH Rector Sarah Springman at this year's summer diploma celebrations.

Dieter Seebach, Professor of Organic Chemistry (D-CHAB), receives the Arthur C. Cope Award 2019 for his outstanding achievements in the field of Organic Chemistry. This is one of the American Chemical Society's most prestigious awards for Organic Chemistry.

Sarah Springman, Rector of ETH Zurich and Professor for Geotechnical Engineering, has received an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Sheffield for her ground-breaking work in both experiments and modelling for geotechnical engineering.

Dani Or has received the honour to deliver the Walter B. Langbein Lecture during the AGU Fall Meeting in December 2018 in Washington, DC.

As part of the University Day – Dies Academicus, Prof. Günther Vogt, full porfessor at the Institute for Landscape Architecture (ILA) was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Liechtenstein. By awarding this title, the university honours personalities and their outstanding achievements in science and teaching.

Ulrike Lohmann, professor for Atmospheric Physics at the Institute for Atmosphere and Climate (IAC), has received the Honorary Doctorate in Science (DSc honoris causa) from Stockholm University for her pioneering work in cloud physics.  

Michelle Grant, Executive Director of the World Food System Center, has received the University of Queensland Distinguished Young Alumni Award 2017. She is a food systems specialist and educator who runs the world-leading competence center tackling global food system challenges.

Silvia Dorn, em. Professor of Applied Entomology, has received the Honorary Doctorate in Science (DSc honoris causa) from Newcastle University (UK).

The Université catholique de Louvain has awarded Professor Peter Bühlmann with the Doctor Honoris Causa.

Cass Business School of the City, University of London has awarded Professor Paul Embrechts with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science.

Ruedi Aebersold, professor at the Institute of Molecular Systems Biology (D-BIOL), has been honoured by Lund University in Sweden: the Faculty of Medicine has awarded him an honorary doctorate.