2019

Sebastian Schemm (*1984) has been appointed Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Circulation, Dominik Brunner (*1967) is newly elected Adjunct Professor at ETH Zurich. Overall, the ETH Board appointed a total of 19 professors. Three scientits were awarded the title of professor.

Janine Steinmann, former student of environmental sciences at D-USYS, has won the SFIAR Master's thesis Award for her thesis "Effect of Natural and Mucuna pruriens fallow on soil properties and crop performance in Dioscorea alata (water yam) based systems in Liliyo and Tieningboué (Côte d’Ivoire) and Léo (Burkina Faso)".

Championing a type of duckweed known as wolffia: two ETH Zurich Pioneer Fellows want to introduce us to a new protein source.

Greenhouse gases are the cause of climate change. The European infrastructure network ICOS RI (Integrated Carbon Observation System Research Infrastructure) is committed to standardised measurements so that emissions can be compared across Europe. After a lengthy transition process, the measuring station in Davos now meets the high quality requirements and is an officially labelled site in the network.

By citation analysis, the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Group identifies researchers who have been recognized by the research community around the world for over a decade in the form of exceptionally high citation rates. A total of 18 ETH professors made it onto the "Highly Cited Researchers" list this year. A third of them - 6 in all - belong to the Department of Environmental Systems Science (D-USYS).