Awards

Six SB Professors Among Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers

Published:03.12.24 — Michael Grätzel, Xile Hu, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Mohammad Nazeeruddin, Henning Stahlberg, and Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin, six professors at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences (SB), have been included in the prestigious list of most Highly Cited Researchers in 2024.

Jeremy Luterbacher wins Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award

Published:29.11.24 — EPFL Professor Jeremy Luterbacher has been honored with the 2025 Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award by the Swiss Chemical Society for his groundbreaking work on depolymerizing lignin from biomass.

Michael Grätzel: Honorary Medal from Czech Academy of Sciences

Published:25.11.24 — Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been the prestigious Honorary Medal De scientia et humanitate optime meritis by the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS). This medal recognizes outstanding contributions to science and humanity.

Michael Grätzel: Doctor Honoris Causa from NKUA

Published:11.10.24 — Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Philippe Schwaller receives Hansch Award

Published:04.10.24 — EPFL professor Philippe Schwaller has been awarded the prestigious Hansch Award 2024 for his significant contributions to the field of chemoinformatics and quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR).

Berend Smit elected member of the Royal Netherlands Academy

Published:17.05.24 — The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has elected Professor Berend Smit at EPFL as a Foreign Member.

Michael Grätzel wins Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah award

Published:12.10.23 — Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been awarded the 2023 Abdullah Bin Hamad AI-Attiyah International Energy Award for Lifetime Achievement for the Advancement of Renewable Energy.

Michael Grätzel: Honorary doctorate from City University of Hong Kong

Published:09.10.23 — Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the City University of Hong Kong.

University of Gabès awards Michael Grätzel honoris causa

Published:11.09.23 — Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Gabès (Tunisia).

Xile Hu wins IUPAC-ZHEJIANG NHU International Award

Published:06.09.23 — Professor Xile Hu, a distinguished scientist known for his pioneering contributions to Green Chemistry and Green Energy, has been honored with the IUPAC-Zhejiang NHU International Award 2023.

Three SB professors awarded SNSF Advanced Grants

Published:30.08.23 — Professors Beat Fierz, Tobias J. Kippenberg, and Berend Smit at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have been awarded Advanced Grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Xile Hu wins EFCATS Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis

Published:22.06.23 — EPFL Professor Xile Hu has won the Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis from the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS). 

Lyndon Emsley wins 2023 Günther Laukien Prize

Published:24.04.23 — Professor Lyndon Emsley at EPFL is one of two winners of the 2023 Günther Laukien Prize, the most prestigious award in magnetic resonance research, for his cutting-edge research into nuclear magnetic resonance that has enabled new applications. Emsley shares the Prize with Dr Anne Lesage at ENS-Lyon.

Prof. Hubert Girault awarded with Aalto University Honorary doctorate

Published:22.04.23 — Professor emeritus Hubert Girault will receive Aalto University honorary doctorate on 16 June 2023

Prof. Hubet Girault receives the ccCTA 2022 Award

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Professor Kumar Agrawal has been promoted to Associate Professor

Published:09.12.22 — At its meetings of 7-8 December 2022, the ETH Board promoted Prof. Kumar Agrawal to Associate Professor at the Faculty of Basic Sciences (SB). 

University of Porto awards Michael Grätzel honoris causa

Published:17.05.22 — Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Porto.

Michael Grätzel elected to the Royal Society

Published:10.05.22 — Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society.

Double honors for Gabor Laurenczy

Published:05.05.22 — Professor Gabor Laurenczy at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been elected as an External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and has won the 2021 Rudolf Fabinyi Memorial Prize from the Hungarian Chemical Society.

Thomas Rizzo wins ACS award

Published:25.04.22 — Professor Thomas Rizzo has been awarded one of the three Advances in Measurement Science Lectureship Awards from the American Chemical Society.

Profs R. Buonsanti and W.L. Queen promoted to Associate Professor

Published:11.03.22 — At its meeting of 9-10 March 2022, the ETH Board has promoted professors Raffaella Buonsanti and Wendy Lee Queen to Associate Professor at the School of Basic Sciences (SB). 

Michael Grätzel elected to Chinese Academy of Sciences

Published:09.12.21 — Professor Michael Graetzel at EPFL had been elected as a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Xile Hu wins Swiss Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award

Published:06.12.21 — Chemistry Professor Xile Hu at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has won the 2022 Swiss Green & Sustainable Chemistry Award from the Swiss Chemical Society.

Prof. Mohammad K Nazeeruddin on Highly Cited Researchers 2021 List

Published:17.11.21 — “EPFL Valais Wallis is proud to announce that Prof. Nazeeruddin has been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2021 list from Clarivate in two separate categories: Materials Science and Chemistry.

Kumar receives 2021AIChE Separation Division FRI/John G. Kunesh Award

Published:17.11.21 — Congratulations to Kumar for being the awardee of the 2021 AIChE Separation Division FRI/John G. Kunesh Award. 

Prof. Yimon Aye has won the 2021 Global Lectureship Award

Published:05.11.21 — Professor Yimon Aye has won the 2021 Global Lectureship Award from the International Chemical Biology Society.

Michael Grätzel wins 2022 Rank Prize for optoelectronics

Published:01.10.21 — Professor Michael Grätzel at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences is among the winners of the 2022 Rank Prize for optoelectronics.

Yimon Aye wins Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award

Published:17.08.21 — Professor Yimon Aye has won the 2022 Tetrahedron Young Investigator Award.

Ardemis Boghossian wins 2021 ESP Young Investigator Award

Published:22.07.21 — Professor Ardemis Boghossian has won the European Society of Photobiology Young Investigator Award.

M. Graetzel appointed as IAS Distinguished Fellow

Published:23.06.21 — The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, appointed Prof. Michael Graetzel as a Distinguished Fellow. The appointment is effective as of June, 2021, for seven years minimum.

Raffaella becomes an Associate Editor in ACS Catalysis!

Published:15.06.21 — Raffaella joins the editorial team of ACS Catalysis. 

Enabling the green transition with high-performing solar cells

Published:06.05.21 — In the global effort to combat climate change, solar power can help cut emissions and provide an alternative to fossil fuels. ERC grantee Michael Grätzel is pioneering a new generation of photovoltaic solar technologies that are highly reliable and cost effective. The record-breaking performance of his solar cells has real-world applications within sustainable electronics.

Christian Heinis wins ERC Advanced Grant

Published:22.04.21 — Professor Christian Heinis at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant for a project that will merge biological and chemical compound libraries to target so-called “undruggable” proteins.

Majed Chergui elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences

Published:22.03.21 — EPFL Professor and founding director of the Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), Majed Chergui, has been elected Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences.

Promotion at SB of one Associate and three Adjunct Professors

Published:05.03.21 — At its meeting of 3-4 March 2021, the ETH Board has promoted Jeremy Luterbacher to Associate Professor and awarded the title of Adjunct Professor to three researchers of the School of Basic Sciences (SB). 

Michael Grätzel receives the Frontiers of Knowledge Award

Published:25.02.21 — The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to Paul Alivisatos and Michael Grätzel for developing new nanomaterials with applications in solar energy and cutting-edge electronics

Mohammad Nazeeruddin wins Khwarizmi International Award

Published:10.02.21 — Professor Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin has won the 34th Khwarizmi International Award in Fundamental Sciences.

Prof. Nazeeruddin elected TAS Fellowship 2019

Published:22.01.21 — Prof. Nazeeruddin elected TAS Fellowship 2019

Prof. Clemence Corminboeuf, associate editor of the JCTC

Published:19.01.21 — Prof. Clemence Corminboeuf, associate editor of the Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Prof. Hubert Girault receives the Shikata International Medal Award

Published:13.01.21 — Prof. Hubert Girault receives the Shikata International Medal Award from the Polarographic Socitey of Japan.

Raffaella to become Nanoscience subdivision chair!

Published:12.01.21 — Raffaella is the new chair-elect for the Nanoscience subdivision of the American Chemical Society's Division of Inorganic Chemistry

Jeremy Luterbacher wins ACS Lectureship Award

Published:10.12.20 — EPFL Professor Jeremy Luterbacher has been awarded one of the 2021 Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Lectureship Awards from the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Paul Dyson elected AAAS Fellow

Published:25.11.20 — Professor Paul Dyson at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

ACS awards and honors for EPFL scientists

Published:18.08.20 — Four scientists from EPFL’s Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering have won awards and honors from the American Chemical Society.

Jérôme Waser to co-lead new NCCR “Suchcat”

Published:20.12.19 — Suchcat is one of the six new National Centres of Competence in Research established by the Swiss federal government. Professor Jérôme Waser at EPFL’s Institute of chemical sciences and engineering will co-lead the project with ETHZ as leading house.

EPFL Basic Sciences in 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list

Published:19.11.19 — Seventeen researchers from EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences have been included in the Web of Science’s 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list.

Two promotions to full professor and one to associate professor at SB

Published:30.09.19 — At its meeting of 25-26 September 2019, the ETH Board has announced the promotion of Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf and Anna Fontcuberta i Morral to full professor and promoted Beat Fierz to associate professor.