Prof. Janet Hering re-elected by the Federal Council

Janet Hering took over the management of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) in 2007, combined with a professorship for environmental biogeochemistry at ETH Zurich. Under her leadership, Eawag has consolidated its position as one of the world's leading water research institutes. From 2007 to 2010 she represented the four research institutes of the ETH Domain (PSI, WSL, Empa and Eawag) on the ETH Board.

Janet Hering is a chemist and does her own research on the treatment of contaminated water into drinking water, on the biochemical behaviour of trace metals and increasingly on the exchange of knowledge between research and politics. She received her PhD in Oceanography from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1988 and was Professor of Environmental Science and Technology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 1996. Since 2010 she is also Professor of Environmental Chemistry at the EPFL. Janet Hering is a member of various renowned national and international committees in the water sector. In October, the Californian water research institute NWRI awards her the prestigious Clarke Prize, among other things for her commitment to interdisciplinary cooperation.