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Ursula Keller wins “Swiss Nobel” Marcel Benoist Prize- for pioneering work in ultrafast lasers
MUST2022 Conference- a great success!
New scientific highlights- by MUST PIs Wörner, Chergui, and Richardson
FELs of Europe prize for Jeremy Rouxel- “Development or innovative use of advanced instrumentation in the field of FELs”
Ruth Signorell wins Doron prizefor pioneering contributions to the field of fundamental aerosol science
New FAST-Fellow Uwe Thumm at ETH- lectures on Topics in Femto- and Attosecond Science
International Day of Women and Girls in Science- SSPh asked female scientists about their experiences
New scientific highlight- by MUST PIs Milne, Standfuss and Schertler
EU XFEL Young Scientist Award for Camila Bacellar,beamline scientist and group leader of the Alvra endstation at SwissFEL
Prizes for Giulia Mancini and Rebeca Gomez CastilloICO/IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics & Ernst Haber 2021
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to RESOLV Member Benjamin List- for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis
NCCR MUST at Scientifica 2021- Lightning, organic solar cells, and virtual molecules

2013

International Women Scientists Meeting, Zurich

Thursday, 03.10.2013 – Friday, 04.10.2013, ETH Zurich

This two day meeting, organized by the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV network in Germany and NCCR MUST, involved 35 participants from 14 universities in Germany and Switzerland. Scientists from NCCR QSIT also joined. The program included a training workshop from the SheBoss organization in Germany, lab tours, and scientific talks from the junior research leaders in the network. It was a networking meeting involving professors, postdoc and Ph.D. students.
International Women Scientists Meeting, Zurich
Ruhr Bochum Resolv website
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Ursula Keller meets Bundesrat Johann Schneider-Ammann

On 18 June 2013, Ursula Keller, NCCR Director was invited to a meeting with Bundesrat member Johann Schneider-Ammann, by the FDP (Free Democratic Party) Frauen Association.
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ETH Women Professors Forum (ETH WPF) June 2013

The ETH Women Professors Forum (ETH WPF) was created officially in May 2012.

In June 2013 the membership has reached 79% of the eligible female professors at ETH (48 professors out of 61).
There have been 7 scientific and networking lunches hosted by the professors on the ETH WPF Executive Board. An ETH WPF consultative Retreat on April 8, 2012 lead to the creation of a Recommmendations Document presented, by the ETH WPF Executive Board, to the ETH Schulleitung in a meeting on May 28, 2013.

Full details of all the activities can be found on our ETH WPF webpages

ETH Women Professors Forum
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MUST Annual Meeting, Engelberg - Women Scientists Workshop 8th January 2013

The NCCR MUST Women Scientists Workshop, Career Pathways in Academic Science, 9am - 12pm, 8th January 2013 was held during the Annual Meeting, 8th - 10th January 2013.

Dr. Tricia Hunt, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College, London gave a presentation "Becoming a Lecturer" on the academic system in the UK. There were contributions from Prof Ursula Röthlisberger who made a presentation about her career and Dr. Natalie Banerji, EPFL, an SNSF Ambizione award winner who talk about her career choices so far and future plans.

22 participants from the network attended. The workshop was designed so that, during the second half, the participants could speak with all the contributing speakers, who in rotation, worked with smaller groups.

The presentations from Dr. Tricia Hunt, Dr. Natalie Banerji and Prof. Ursula Röthlisberger can be accessed below:

Tricia Hunt Engelberg Workshop 2013 (PDF, 3.34 MB)

Career Natalie Banerji Jan 2013 (PDF, 10.38 MB)

Röthlisberger Engelberg 2013 (PDF, 8.32 MB)
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