Jan Vermant appointed Full Professor
The Department of Materials is happy to announce that on September 25/26, the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has appointed Jan Vermant (*1968), currently Full Professor at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, as Full Professor of Soft Materials.
Jan Vermant's research interests focus on soft materials (e.g. gels, polymer melts and rubber) and their interfaces. He also conducts research into composites made of soft matter, as well as colloid systems and bacteria. By appointing Jan Vermant, ETH Zurich gains a top researcher with a global reputation in his field. His highly innovative research, which ranges from biology and chemistry through to physics, will further reinforce ETH Zurich's leading position in materials science. ETHLife