News
The following feed highlights activities and achievements of scientists from the MaP community.
Sensing high electric fields using lithium niobate
In a collaboration with the High Voltage Laboratory at the department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (D-ITET), we have used our photonic integrated circuits to optically measure electric field strengths.
New members of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
The Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) is a network of key figures from science and industry who supports and links the technical sciences regionally, nationally and internationally. In 2025, 19 new Full Members were elected, among them Maksym Kovalenko and Detlef Günther, both from the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry at the D-CHAB.
Congratulations, Thomas!
New Doctor in the house!
Thomas successfully defends his PhD thesis! Congratulations!
EVACES IA Webinar Series with Prof. Eleni Chatzi
Prof. Eleni Chatzi from ETH Zurich will present on the role of structural dynamics in learning, monitoring, and digital twinning as part of the ongoing EVACES IA Webinar Series.
[Analytical Chemistry] One-Step Immunoassay for Biomarker Quantification in Complex Mixtures Based on Phase-Separated Antifouling Coacervates
Congratulations Philippe, Itzel, Raphaël, Roberto, Jonathan, Francesca, Alessandro, and Umberto!
Review Article in Science Robotics
The Multi-Scale Robotics Lab is excited to announce the publication of a review article on telesurgery in Science Robotics.
Congratulations to Dr. Maximilian Breitfeld for passing his PhD defense!
"Microdroplet arrays created by stream shearing for high-throughput assays"
Arresting fatigue cracks in steel plates using prestressed bonded Fe-SMA strips
New paper out, led by Lingzhen Li (Empa / SMM Group, ETH Zurich / Hong Kong Polytechnic University) in collaboration with Sizhe Wang (Empa / Nanyang Technological University), Tao Chen (Tongji University), Eleni Chatzi (SMM Group, ETH Zurich), Hossein Heydarinouri (Empa), and Elyas Ghafoori (Leibniz University Hannover)
Richard R. Ernst Gold Medal 2025 goes to Prof. Dame Clare Grey
The 2025 recipient of the Richard R. Ernst Gold Medal is Dame Clare Grey, Geoffrey-Moorhouse-Gibson Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Professor Grey is known for her application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study batteries and supercapacitors. Join us for her lecture “Understanding battery function- new metrologies, new chemistries and new insights” Feb 21, 4 pm, HG F 30.
George Haller receives ASME 2025 Lyapunov Award
George Haller, Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics, has been honoured with the 2025 Lyapunov Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).