Sascha Quanz appointed Associate Professor
Astrophysics (IPA)
On the recommendation of ETH President Joël Mesot, the ETH Board appointed nine new ETH professors, among them astrophysicist Sascha Quanz, currently Senior Scientist at the Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, who becomes Associate Professor of Exoplanets and Habitability.
In addition to the nine new professorships, the ETH Board appointed in its meeting of 22 and 23 May 2019 also two ETH Zurich researchers as adjunct professors.
Dr Sascha Patrick Quanz (*1979), currently Senior Scientist at ETH Zurich, is appointed as Associate Professor of Exoplanets and Habitability in the Department of Physics. Sascha Quanz is a scientist who has developed an excellent international network. He investigates the formation of new planetary systems and the physical and atmospheric properties of extrasolar planets, primarily through the direct imaging of optical and near-infrared wavelengths. He played a leading role in the development of new methods of analysis which make the detection of planets and circumstellar discs faster and more robust. The appointment of Sascha Quanz enables the Department of Physics to fill a post in one of the most dynamic research fields of modern astrophysics.