New Professors at our Department: Arkadiy Simonov, Tanja Zimmermann, Morgan Trassin
At its meeting of 18 and 19 May and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed two professors and awarded the title of professor once for our department.
Dr Arkadiy Simonov
Dr Arkadiy Simonov (*1986), currently Research Fellow at ETH Zurich, as Assistant Professor of Disordered Materials in the Department of Materials. Arkadiy Simonov’s research focuses on the generation, characterisation and control of disorder in crystalline materials. He has developed a novel method of characterising the structure of materials, which he will use to investigate the effects of electronic disorder in quantum materials. By making this appointment, the department is expanding the field of solid state physics beyond the traditional methods of crystallography and strengthening its links with research institutions such as the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI). Source: ETH News
Dr Tanja Zimmermann
external page Dr Tanja Zimmermann (*1967), currently Head of Department and Member of the Directorate at Empa, as Full Professor of Materials Science and Technology in the School of Engineering at EPFL and the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich. Tanja Zimmermann’s research focuses on the development and manufacture of functionalised wood and cellulose-based materials with tailored properties, for use in areas such as adhesives, packaging and 3D-printed biodegradable structures for sensor and energy applications. As well as being an acclaimed researcher, Tanja Zimmermann is currently Head of the Department of Functional Materials and Co-Head of the Research Focus Area “Sustainable Built Environment” at Empa. She will become Director of Empa on 1 June 2022. Source: ETH News
Dr Morgan Trassin
Dr Morgan Trassin is an internationally renowned expert in the fields of functional oxide heterostructures and multiferroic materials and is currently running the Nonlinear optics for Epitaxial growth of Advanced Thin films (NEAT) laboratory within the Laboratory of Multifunctional Ferroic Materials in the Department of Materials. He is leading a research team focusing on oxide interfaces and epitaxial ferroelectric and multiferroic thin films. His research involves the growth of thin films by pulsed laser deposition and the advanced characterization of their domain structures. Morgan Trassin is pioneering the investigation of thin films functionalities in-situ, during the epitaxial synthesis, using an unprecedented combination of experimental techniques. His most recent work was supported by two SNSF grants and an ERC Proof of Concept grant. Morgan Trassin is also highly involved with the department’s teaching programmes. Source: Dr Morgan Trassin