2019

At its meeting of 11/12 December 2019 and upon application of the President of ETH Zurich, Professor Joël Mesot, the ETH Board appointed a total of 19 professors, among them physics professor Jonathan Home.

Four researchers from ETH Zurich have successfully applied for ERC Consolidator Grants worth EUR 2 million, among them physics professor Sebastiano Cantalupo.

The creation of photoelectrons through ionisation is one of the most fundamental processes in the interaction between light and matter. Yet, deep questions remain about just how photons transfer their linear momentum to electrons. With the first sub-femtosecond study of the linear photon momentum transfer during an ionisation process, ETH physicists provide now unprecedented insight into the birth of photoelectrons.

From the International Women’s Day in March 2019 to March 2020, the Office of Equal Opportunities at ETH Zurich “Equal!” is portraying 12 female assistant professors. They work in different fields of research, come from different countries and have different personalities. With their diversity, they enrich ETH Zurich.

Innovation also means not just treading on well-prepared paths. At ETH Zurich, students from all over the world can apply by 15 December 2019 – and European and Swiss students by 31 March 2020 – for what is probably the world's first Master of Science in Quantum Engineering. The Departments of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering and Physics work closely together for this Master's course, which starts in autumn 2020 for the second time.