News 2018
Dec 18, 2018 | Federal Council elects Gian-Luca Bona to ETH Board
On 14 December 2018, the Federal Council elected Gian-Luca Bona to the ETH Board. The Empa Director will now represent the four research institutions PSI, WSL, Eawag and Empa on the ETH Board.
Dec 14, 2018 | ERC Consolidator Grant for Maksym Kovalenko
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Maksym Kovalenko an ERC Consolidator Grant 2018. His application convinced the jury to give him the opportunity to tackle an ambitious new research topic in the field of...
Dec 11, 2018 | Two Empa scientists on "Highly Cited Researcher" list
Two Empa scientists are on this year's list of "Highly Cited Researchers". The publications of Bernd Nowack and Maksym Kovalenko are among the top-1% most highly cited papers worldwide.