ETH scientists at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
Today, the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting started, which is dedicated to physics. 39 Nobel Laureates are joined by 580 young scientists from 89 countries — ten of them from ETH Zurich.
Since 1951, the German city of Lindau on the Lake Constance hosts periodic meetings of Nobel Laureates, dedicated alternately to the Nobel Prize disciplines physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry (starting form 2004, also meetings on economic sciences are held). The key mission is to foster exchange among scientists of different generations, cultures and disciplines. To that end, every year some 600 undergraduates, PhD students, and postdoctoral researchers from all over the world are invited to join the typically 30–40 Nobel laureates who travel to Lindau.
This year, 580 young scientists from 89 countries were selected to participate in the meeting, among them ten members of ETH Zurich:
- Nadezda Chernyavskaya (D-PHYS)
- Kristian Cujia Peña D-PHYS)
- Rebekka Garreis (D-PHYS)
- David Hälg (D-PHYS)
- Konstantin Herb (D-PHYS)
- Simon Mathis (D-PHYS)
- Roland Matt (D-PHYS)
- Gian Lorenzo Paravicini-Bagliani (D-PHYS)
- Markus Parzefall (D-ITET)
- Rebekka Wild (D-BIOL)
They will have the opportunity to listen to, discuss with, and learn from 39 Nobel laureates, including Georg Bednorz (IBM Rüschlikon) and Kurt Wüthrich (ETH Zurich). In addition, ETH physics professor Andreas Wallraff is participating in a panel discussion on the "2nd Quantum Revolution", exploring whether it is "hype or real innovation".
For all those who do not have the privilege of participating in person, the external pageLindau Nobel Mediatheque provides a wealth of resources, from recordings reaching back as far as 1952, to coverage of the current edition of this unique meeting.