The latest honours and prizes
Vladimir Pliska receives medal for merits in the development of science
The professor emeritus of ETH Zurich receives the NUMISMA HONORIS medal?SOCIETATIS SCIENTIARUM BOHEMICAE. It is awarded by the Learned Society of the Czech Republic for services to the development of science.
Julia Vorholt receives the 2025 Novonesis Biotechnology Prize
Julia Vorholt, Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Biology, has been awarded the 2025 Novonesis Biotechnology Prize by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
Andreas Krause named IEEE Fellow
Professor Andreas Krause from the Department of Computer Science has been named IEEE Fellow for his contributions to active sensing, Bayesian optimization and learning-based control. Big congratulations!
Humboldt Research Award for Bruno Sudret
Bruno Sudret, Professor of Risk, Safety, and Uncertainty Quantification at the ETH-Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, has won the Humboldt Research Award. Sudret receives the award in recognition of his academic achievements and contributions to the field of uncertainty quantification. In addition to the personal prize money, he will be invited to carry out a research project of his choice in collaboration with specialist colleagues in Germany.
Spark Award 2024 for Marie Amélie Perrin and Victor Mougel
The prize for the most promising invention of the past year goes to Marie Amélie Perrin and Victor Mougel. They have developed a method that enables rare earth elements to be efficiently recovered from electrical waste.