Honours and Awards Archive
A selection of awards and distinctions of members at the Department of Environmental Systems Science.
2016
Highly Cited Researchers from D-USYS
Four professors of D-USYS have made it to the Highly Cited Researcher List of Thomson Reuters in 2016.
Heini Wernli receives the "Golden Owl 2016"
Heini Wernli has been awarded the «Golden Owl» by the Association of Students at ETH Zurich (VSETH) in recognition of his teaching.
2015
“Highly Cited Researchers” at D-USYS
Ulrike Lohmann, Sonia Seneviratne and Johan Six are listed as “Highly Cited Researchers 2015” by Thomson Reuters.
2014
Prof. Dani Or
Fellow of the Geological Societiy of America (GSA), USA
external pageGeological Societiy of America (GSA) | Prof. Dani Or
Prof. Emmanuel Frossard
The Research Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) appointed Emmanuel Frossard President of the Steering Committee of the National Research Programme "Sustainable Use of Soil as a Resource" (NRP 68).
external pageNational Research Programme NFP 68 | Prof. Emmanuel Frossard
Prof. Sebastian Bonhoeffer
Elected as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organzation EMBO. With this membership he is honoured for his outstanding scientific achievements in the area of ecology and evolution.
Prof. Silvia Dorn
Professor Emerita Silvia Dorn was elected as C.V. Riley Lecturer 2014 at the University of Missouri. In addition, she received the Doron Prize 2014 for her research in applied Entomology, which contributes significantly to a more food supply worldwide.
external pageC.V. Riley Entomological Society | external pageC.V. Riley Annual Seminar
Prof. Sonia Seneviratne
ERC Consolidator Grant for the investigation of drought and heatwave dynamics. These highly competitive grants allow mid-career scientists to develop their most innovative ideas across the European Research Area.
external pageERC Projekt DROUGHT-HEAT | Article in ETH-News | Prof. Sonia Seneviratne
Prof. Johan Six
Philippe Duchaufour Medal 2014, the most prestigious award of the Soil System Sciences Division of the European Geosciences Union, also called the Soil Science Nobel prize. With this award, the scientist Johan Six is honored as a leading researcher within the Soil System Sciences for his fundamental contribution to soil science through studies of biogeochemical cycling, aggregate and soil organic matter dynamics.
external pagePhilippe Duchaufour Medal 2014 | external pageEuropean Geosciences Union Awards 2014 | Prof. Johan Six
2013
Prof. Sonia Seneviratne
James B. Macelwane Medal 2013 from the American Geophysical Union (AGU). This medal is given to outstanding early career scientists for their contributions to the geophysical sciences.
external pageJames B. Macelwande Medal | external pageAGU Honors Tribute on YouTube | Prof. Sonia Seneviratne
Prof. Silvia Dorn
For the first time in its long history the Entomological Society of America (ESA) honors a non-american scientist Silvia Dorn at the annual meeting 2013 by a special symposium "Strengthening the Connection between Continents – A Symposium Honoring Silvia Dorn's Impact on Applied Entomological Research".
external pageMember Symposium honoring Silvia Dorn | external pageEntomology 2013
Dr. Tanja Stadler
ETH Zurich Latsis Prize 2013, a prize acknowledging excellent scientific contributions by young researchers. In 2013 she also received a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). Her research focus on mathematical modelling of phylogenetic questions, combining classic phylogeny with modern epidemiology.
Tanja Stadler is since 2014 an Assistant Professor for Computational Evolution at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering.
external pageLatsis-Prize | external pageERC Starting Grant PHYPD | Article in ETH News
Dr. Otto Cordero
ERC Starting Grant 2013 by the European Research Council (ERC). His research interests covers the field from micro-scale interaction networks to ecosystem-level processes in microbial communities.
external pageERC Starting Grant MINT | Appointment to ETH-Professor
Swiss Academies Award for Transdisciplinary Research 2013
In October 2013 the external pageSwiss Academies Award for Transdisciplinary Research 2013 for outstanding achievements in transdisciplinary Research was awarded. The first prize was won by "MOUNTLAND", a project where nine research groups of ETH Zurich, EPF Lausanne and WSL analysed the effects of climate and land use change on the performance of the ecosystems, such as natural hazards biodiversity or food production in three mountainous regions of Switzerland.
Further information on Mountland: external pageWSL | CCES
Prof. Dani Or
Helmholtz International Fellow Award. In addition to receiving funding, the awardee is also invited to conduct research at Helmholtz Centres. In January 2013 he also received an ERC Advanced Grant 2012.
external pageHelmholtz International Fellow Award | external pageERC Advanced Grant SOILLIFE | Prof. Dani Or
2012
Prof. Nicolas Gruber
Nominated as AGU Fellow from the Ocean Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for "his extraordinary scientific accomplishments and visionary leadership in ocean biogeochemistry research and education".
Prof. Dani Or
Selected as the 2013 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer. The Birdsall Lectureship is part of a bequest left to the Geological Society of America – Hydrogeology Division in memory of the prominent geologist John Manning Birdsall, retired from the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Prof. Anthony Patt
ERC Consolidator Grant for "DESERTECTION", a project to investigate social challenges of a trans-Mediterranean renewable power cooperation.
external pageERC Consolidator Grant DESERTECTION | Prof. Anthony Patt
Prof. Kristopher McNeill
Erudite Scholar-in-Residence of the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, in Kerala (India).