ETH-Medal for Doctorates

The ETH-Medal and a financial sum were awarded at the promotion celebration on January 20^th. From D-USYS the lauretas are:
 

• Yvonne Carola Boose with the PhD thesis “Field and laboratory studies of atmospheric ice nucleating particles” by Ulrike Lohmann for her challenging and very successful field and laboratory studies on the effects of ice nucleating particles on cloud properties

• Kirsten Joan Oswald with the PhD thesis “Methane oxidation in suboxic and anoxic zones of lakes” by Bernhard Wehrli for her interdisciplinary research approach providing exciting new insights into mechanisms and rates of methane oxidation in lakes.

• Sarah Gina Pati with the PhD thesis “Enzymatic dioxygenation of nitro- and aminoaromatic compounds: kinetic isotope effects and reaction mechanisms” by Kris McNeill & Thomas Hofstetter for her significant and novel contribution in compound specific isotope analysis of organic pollutants.

• Jasmin Tröstl with the PhD thesis “Investigation of new aerosol particle formation and growth at the CERN cloud chamber and at the high alpine research station Jungfraujoch” by Urs Baltensperger for her thesis full of innovation and discovery in the field of aerosol particle formation.

• Bastianus Petrus Johannes Maria Vriens with the PhD thesis “The role of methylation in the biogeochemical selenium cycle” by Lenny Winkel for his outstanding work revealing the previously underestimated but important role of methylated selenium compounds for the redistribution of this element in the environment.

• Marion Jeanne Simone Girard with the PhD thesis “Bioactive compounds in forage legumes: structural changes during conservation, their fate along the digestive tract and their potential to impact ruminant products“ by Michael Kreuzer for her interdiciplinary research covering agriculturally relevant topics from the cultivation of forage crops to cheese and meat production, with important implications for food production and quality.