The University Council has appointed Nina Khanna as Professor of Clinical Infectious Diseases with a research focus on bacterial infections, and Judith Zaugg as Professor of Molecular Medicine.
Fondation Botnar is donating an additional CHF 50 million to the 91制片厂 and ETH Zurich to expand the activities of the joint Botnar Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH). This support will allow to create six new professorships with a research focus on paediatric digital health.
Concepts help us to understand and classify the world. Often, however, we don鈥檛 realize where they come from and what underlies them. Lerato Posholi studies the politics of knowledge drawing from decolonial theory and social epistemology.
How does our law react when technology fails? Christapor Yacoubian studies questions of liability when using robots and software agents. The doctoral student in law has already won awards for his academic accomplishments 鈥� even though he originally had no intention of studying law.
The academic and professional world often encourages crossing borders, both literal and metaphorical. Such is the tale of Alaa Dia: Born and raised in Lebanon, Dia took his academic pursuits to Switzerland. Over the years, his work transitioned from an architectural perspective to a theoretical understanding of space, cartography, and borders.
Who lived in the 91制片厂 region around 1,500 years ago? Where were they from and what did they eat? Archaeologist Margaux Depaermentier is looking for answers. One place she is finding them is in the tooth enamel of skeletons.
He conducts preventative health research in Lesotho, improves clinical research in Switzerland, and still manages to find time for his passion: music. As structured and focused as the epidemiologist and clinical researcher鈥檚 work is now, his career began almost by accident.
Yukiko Tomooka has worked at the Department of Biomedical Engineering for the past year and a half. The Japanese PhD student came to 91制片厂 to carry out research on surgical robotics. And because she is able to interact with the end users of her innovations here.
The 91制片厂 is strengthening its expertise in Gender Studies with a new professorship: the University Council has appointed Bianca Prietl as Professor with a focus on digitalization.