MaP News
MaP Postdoc Perspectives & Picnic: Path to Professorship – Event Recap
On 24 November, the ETH Zurich Competence Center for Materials and Processes (MaP) hosted the Postdoc Perspectives and Picnic: Path to Professorship at ETH Hönggerberg. Three MaP professors, Elsa Abreu (D-PHYS), Mark Tibbitt (D-MAVT) and Laura Bégon-Lours (D-ITET), shared their career journeys, lessons learned, and advice for postdocs considering an academic path.
“In theory, the robot could walk right off the print bed.”
[MaP Community Portrait] Thomas Buchner, postdoc in the Soft Robotics Lab led by Prof. Robert Katzschmann (D-MAVT), talks about his research, his connection to MaP, and what he might do next.
MaP Professors Shared Grant-Writing Strategies
On 27 March 2025, around 20 postdocs and senior scientists gathered at ETH Hönggerberg for an insightful session on grant proposal writing. Prof. Laura De Lorenzis and Prof. Salvador Pané i Vidal from D-MAVT covered the general principles of grant writing and successful examples from European Commission and Swiss programmes.
MaP ALIVE Symposium 2024: Showcasing research in engineering with living materials
The MaP ALIVE Symposium, held from 12-13 September 2024 at ETH Zurich, was a resounding success, with over hundred attendees coming together to hear about advancements in engineering with living materials.
MaP MERCK Lecture: Prof. Malda delivered an inspiring speech at ETH Zurich
Professor Jos Malda from the University Medical Center Utrecht and University Utrecht held a lecture at ETH Zentrum last Wednesday, 15 February 2024. About 40 people turned up to hear him talk about “Biofabrication Technologies for Osteochondral Regeneration”. MERCK sponsored the event.