New professors appointed
- Astrophysics (IPA)
- Institute for Quantum Electronics (IQE)
At its meeting of 9 and 10 December 2020 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed 14 professors, among them Rachel Grange as Associate Professor of Photonics and Judit Szulágyi as Assistant Professor of Computational Astrophysics at the Departement of Physics.
The new physics professors in brief:
Professor Rachel Grange (*1976), currently Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich, as Associate Professor of Photonics in the Department of Physics. Rachel Grange is an internationally successful researcher with an impressive record of achievement. Within a short period of time she has developed a broad and innovative research programme on nonlinear optics at the nano level, and is committed to investigating and applying the nonlinear properties of non-centrosymmetric nanomaterials. Her research projects have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant, which she received in 2016, followed by an ERC Proof of Concept Grant in 2019.
Dr Judit Szulágyi (*1987), currently Senior Researcher at the University of Zurich, as Assistant Professor of Computational Astrophysics in the Department of Physics. Judit Szulágyi’s research focuses on the formation and development of planetary systems and moons, mainly using computer simulations. Her models are particularly noted for taking full account of hydrodynamics and radiation in these systems, as well as demonstrating very good spatial resolution. Judit Szulágyi won several science prizes while she was a student, and was one of the young scientists included on the Forbes “30 Under 30” list.