Organisation of the Institute for Theoretical Studies
The Institute for Theoretical Studies occupies a special position within the structure of ETH Zurich: it is independent of the Department and is under the direct control of the Vice-President for Research.
Director
Rahul Pandharipande
The operations of the ETH Institute for Theoretical Studies are managed by a director who will receive the assistance of an Scientific Advisory Committee. The second director of the ETH Institute for Theoretical Studies is Rahul Pandharipande, who is a professor of mathematics at ETH Zurich since 2011.
Institute's Coordinator
Livia Kürsteiner
The director is supported by the Institute's coordinator and her team. They make sure that all administrative and organisational tasks are taken care of smoothly.
Scientific Advisory Committee
The Institute for Theoretical Studies has a Scientific Advisory Committee. It is composed of ETH internal and international researchers.
The current internal members are:
Prof. Marina Marinkovic, Department of Physics
Prof. Svitlana Mayboroda, Department of Mathematics
Prof. Renato Renner, Department of Physics
Prof. David Steurer, Department of Computer Science
Prof. Tanja Stadler, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering
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Prof. Marina Marinkovic -
Prof. Svitlana Mayboroda -
Prof. Renato Renner
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Prof. David Steurer -
Prof. Tanja Stadler
The international members are:
external pageProf. Ben Green, Oxford University
external pageProf. Albrecht Klemm, University of Bonn
external pageProf. Nathan Linial, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
external pageProf. Madhu Sudan, Harvard University
external pageProf. Corinna Ulcigrai, University of Zurich
external pageProf. Anna Wienhard, University of Heidelberg
The committee assists the director in the running of the institute and the selection of senior and junior fellows. Committee members serve for a twice renewable period of two years.
Board of Patrons
Martin Haefner, Walter Haefner Foundation
Dr. Max Rössler
Prof. Ralph Eichler
The board of patrons include the sponsors of the institute and former ETH president Ralph Eichler, on whose initiative the institute was founded.
Fellows
Senior fellows are invited by the Vice-President for Research of ETH Zurich on the recommendation of the advisory committee. Junior and Advanced fellows are selected by a nomination procedure.