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All stories by Rebecca Wyss
A passion for predictions
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For 35 years, Alain Geiger has been dedicating his efforts to measuring the Earth and its atmosphere at the Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry. He has discovered that Switzerland is gradually growing in height.
Loyal to ETH – before and after maternity leave
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Susanne Schawalder joined the Corporate Communications team at ETH Zurich twelve years ago. She took a career break when she became pregnant, and when she returned to work she remained loyal to ETH.
Always moving on to pastures new
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Nicole Kubli is flexible. Twice already she has chosen to find a new job because her boss was retiring. Now after 30 years at ETH Zurich, the horse-lover is preparing for another change of direction.
His working world — big, heavy and powerful
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Anyone entering the realm of Thomas Jaggi at the Institute of Structural Engineering will find heavy test equipment and massive building components. He has been working at ETH Zurich for 25 years.
A woman of many parts
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As Head of the Department of Materials Science Office, Claudia Sigel has survived quite a few crises. This has been thanks in part to the network that she has built up over 15 years at ETH Zurich.
Helping the Executive Board make decisions for 25 years
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Urs Hugentobler has been working for ETH Zurich for 25 years. The 59-year-old has never regretted switching from the world of science to university management.
Striking the right balance
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The name Peter Frischknecht is synonymous with the Department of Environmental Systems Science. He has been in charge of coordinating the department and its study course for 25 years – with great success.
"It was an intensive period, and I learned a lot."
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Agnes Rupacher is 28 years old but she has already been working as an assistant at ETH Zurich for 10 years. She still sees many different opportunities for her to develop her career.
The R pioneer
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Martin Mächler has worked at the Seminar for Statistics for 30 years. During this time, he has conducted pioneering work: Mächler is the co-inventor of the R statistics programming language.
"I am my own research group"
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Ueli Merz is one of world's leading plant pathologists in the area of powdery scab. ETH made this possible, he says. He has been conducting research here in the same field for 25 years.
25 years in the service of Jewish contemporary history
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Uriel Gast has devoted himself to Jewish contemporary history in Switzerland for 25 years. As the head of that department at AfZ, he has contributed much to historical analysis in this field.