2025

The Department of Materials at ETH Zurich hosted this year’s Materials Day under the theme “Materials for Energy.” Eight invited speakers gave exciting insights into current research topics related to energy and sustainability to an interested audience of students, professors and other guests from industry and academia in the Audi Max lecture hall.

The Prix Schläfli, awarded by the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), is one of the oldest prizes in Switzerland and rewards outstanding dissertations in the natural sciences since 1866. Bestowed every three years, the Prix Schläfli in Physics goes this year to advances in the control of ferroelectric order using light.

Professor Nicola Spaldin, head of the Materials Theory group and a pioneer in multiferroic materials, will receive the prestigious Carus Medal from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Join the SMW Soccer Cup - Register now! ⚽️ May 9, 2025, 14:30–17:30, Hönggerberg Sports Field, Snacks, drinks and a great atmosphere

The conversion of CO₂ into e-fuels by light offers a sustainable solution to close the carbon cycle. Researchers at the Laboratory for Nanometallurgy have pioneered an innovative approach to plasmon-assisted catalytic CO₂ conversion using nanoscale disordered network metamaterials.

At its meeting of 6/7 March 2025 the ETH Board appointed Professor Athina Anastasaki (*1988), currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor, as Associate Professor of Sustainable Polymers.

On January 24, 2025, D-MATL celebrated their latest graduates at the Master’s degree graduation ceremony. It was a wonderful evening with an inspiring speech by Dr. Franziska Brem from Sensirion, a fun look back by the graduates and a celebration of all study achievements.