How climate change affects plants is right in front of our eyes. But what is the opposite like? What role does the vegetation system play in regulating the climate? This is the question pursued by Julian Rogger in his thesis at ETH Zurich, for which he has been awarded the Prix Schläfli.
Michele Magno from the Department of Information Technology and Electronics and his team have won the 2026 KITE Award. The award recognises the newly redesigned compulsory course ‘Embedded Systems’, which implements project-based learning on a large scale for the first time.
Helma Wennemers, professor at the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry D-CHAB, was awarded the Wilhelm Ostwald Medal for her outstanding work on the development of bio-inspired catalysts and functional peptide systems.