Outstanding doctoral theses awarded with ETH Medal
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Andrea Baccarini, Benedict Borer, Aryeh Feinberg, Sabrina Flütsch, Barbara F. Günthardt, Rachele Ossola, Lukas Roth und Kevin Vega were awarded this year's ETH Medal for their outstanding doctoral theses.
- Andrea Baccarini with the doctoral thesis “Investigation of the new aerosol particle formation in Polar regions” mentored by Urs Baltensperger (PSI) for “his innovative study providing groundbreaking insights into new aerosol particle formation over the Southern Ocean and high Arctic”.
- Benedict Borer with the doctoral thesis “A marriage made in soil - quantifying bacterial life in soil hotspots using individual-based and metabolic network modeling” mentored by Dani Or (IBP) for “ his innovative contribution to understanding the physical mechanisms that govern bacterial life in soils”.
- Aryeh Feinberg with the doctoral thesis “The atmospheric sulfur and selenium cycles: a global model of transport and deposition” mentored by Lenny Winkel (IBP) und Tom Peter (IAC) for “a pioneering and highly innovative numerical model study of the global atmospheric selenium cycle”.
- Sabrina Flütsch with the doctoral thesis “Starch metabolism in guard cells and its impact on stomatal function” mentored by Diana Santelia (IBZ) for “providing key insights into metabolic rearrangements controlling stomatal movements and plant growth”.
- Barbara F. Günthardt with the doctoral thesis “A systematic assessment of the aquatic exposure to phytotoxins” mentored by Thomas Bucheli (Agroscope) and Juliane Hollender (Eawag) for “her outstanding multi‐disciplinary approach to address aquatic exposures by plant‐produced toxins, thereby providing a thorough methodological framework for future studies.”
- Rachele Ossola with the doctoral thesis “Advancing the photochemistry of dissolved organic matter: Quantification of singlet oxygen and formation mechanisms of selected photoproducts” mentored by Kris McNeill (IBP) for “her outstanding contribution to our understanding of aquatic photochemical processes and the marine sulfur cycle.”
- Lukas Roth with the doctoral thesis “ Development of drone-based phenotyping methodologies to support physiological breeding of wheat and soybean” mentored by Andreas Hund (IAS) for “the development and implementation of high-throughput field phenotyping to enable precision crop cultivation.”
- Kevin Vega with the doctoral thesis “Maintaining wildflower biodiversity in cities” mentored by Christoph Küffer and Alex Widmer (IBZ) for “revealing novel strategies to increase urban plant diversity through highly inter- and transdisciplinary research.”
Congrats to all awardees!