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| HEST.PULSE (03/2023) |
Dear members of D-HEST
In this edition of HEST.PULSE – the last of 2023 - I am pleased to introduce to you the new department management, our directors of study as well as the new members of the D-HEST faculty and staff. You may also read the most recent news on the Golden Owl Award for excellent teaching, and on doctoral students who were awarded the ETH silver medal for their outstanding theses. Finally, in the section "Looking back”, there is a summary of my D-HEST highlights of the past two years.
Approaching the end of my term as Head of Department at the end of January 2024, I would like to thank you all for your support during my two-year term, and I wish the newly elected department management all the best for the two years ahead. The past two years have not necessarily been “business as usual” with the major changes in the restructuring of the department administration and financial challenges, but I hope and believe that this has mostly gone almost unnoticed by most of the staff in the department, who have been able to focus on their research and teaching – the tasks that most of us enjoy the most.
It has been an honor to serve the entire D-HEST community as Head of Department. I wish you and you beloved ones all a joyous and relaxing holiday break and all the best for the new year!
Sincerely,
Laura Nyström, Head of Department |
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An der Departementskonferenz vom 14. Dezember 2023 wurde die neue Departementsleitung gewählt, die ab 1. Februar 2024 während zweier Jahre im Amt bleiben wird*. Wie alle zwei Jahre wurden an der Departementskonferenz auch die Vertrauensperson für die Angehörigen des D-HEST sowie die Mitglieder von Departements-, Zulassungs- und Doktoratsausschuss gewählt. Bereits im Oktober wurden die neuen Studiendirektoren ab 1. November 2023 gewählt:
* vorbehältlich Genehmigung durch den Präsidenten | At the Department Conference on December 14, 2023, the new Department Management* was elected. It will remain in office for two years from February 1, 2024*. As is the case every two years, the Trusted Intermediary for the members of D-HEST as well as the members of departmental committees were also elected at the departmental conference. The new Directors of Studies, in office since November 1, 2023 were already elected in October:
* subject to the ETH President's approval |
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| Departementsleitung / Department management 2024 - 2026 |
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| Head of Department from February 1st, 2024*: |
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Prof. William (Bill) Taylor
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| William (Bill) Taylor, currently Deputy Head of Department, was appointed to the position of Full Professor of Movement Biomechanics at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology in 2012. In the summer of this year he and his group moved from Hönggerberg to the new GLC building and enjoys the proximity to colleagues and hospitals in the Zentrum.
* subject to the President's approval |
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| Deputy Head of Department from February 1st, 2024*: |
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Prof. Katrien De Bock
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| Katrien De Bock joined ETH Zurich as Associate Professor of Exercise and Health in 2015 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2023. She and her lab are located in Schwerzenbach.
* subject to the President's approval |
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| Studiendirektoren / Directors of Studies 2024 - 2026 |
| Christian Wolfrum, langjähriger Studiendirektor der beiden Studiengänge Gesundheitswissenschaften und Technologie und Bachelor Humanmedizin, wurde per 1. Januar 2023 zum Vizepräsidenten für Forschung ernannt. Von seinen Ämtern als Studiendirektor trat er deshalb zurück. In der Depatementskonferenz vom 5. Oktober 2023 wurden seine Nachfolger gewählt, die bereits seit 1. November 2023 im Amt sind, sowie der Studiendirektor des Studiengangs Lebensmittelwissenschaften bestätigt. Wir stellen die Studiendirektoren am D-HEST vor: |
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| Food Science |
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Prof. Michael Siegrist
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| Michael Siegrist has been Professor of Consumer Behavior at ETH Zurich since April 2007 and Director of Studies in the Food Science study program since 2022. One of his major tasks in this role is the revision of the study program - "Food Science Forward" - which is currently under way and will come into effect as of HS 2024. See HEST.PULSE 02/2021 |
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| Health Sciences and Technology |
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Prof. Johannes Bohacek
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| With Johannes we have again a highly committed Director of Studies of Health Sciences and Technology! Johannes Bohacek was appointed as Tenure Track Assistant Professor in 2016 and promoted to Associate Professor of Molecular and Behavioural Neuroscience. His research focuses on understanding the molecular basis of stress, with particular attention to specific areas of the brain. We wish him much joy in his new role! |
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| Bachelor Human Medicine |
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Prof. Jörg Goldhahn
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| Jörg has been the leader of the project from the start when ETH Zurich decided to introduce a new Bachelor study program in Human Medicine. He and his team have shaped the program with innovative ideas, and Jörg has known it inside out from the start. He was appointed as Adjunct Professor in 2014 and has served as lecturer, translational scientist, head of the Institute of Translational Medicine, project leader, and now as Director of Studies. We wish Jörg and his team continued succes with the Bachelor Human Medicine! |
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| Vertrauensperson D-HEST und Ausschüsse / Trusted intermediary D-HEST and Committees |
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| From February 1st, 2024: |
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| Trusted intermediary: Prof. Katrien De Bock |
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| In her role as Deputy Head of Department, D-HEST appointed Katrien De Bock as new trusted intermediary for all members of the departement. All employees and doctoral students may contact the trusted intermediary directly when there are issues with their supervisors or other colleagues that cannot be solved.
Updated information will be available in due time on the D-HEST intranet webpages. |
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| From February 1st, 2024: |
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| Committees / Ausschüsse |
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| Members of all D-HEST committees were elected or confirmed at the department conference, effective February 1st, 2024:
- Exective committee
- Admission committees
- Doctoral committee
- Habilitation committee
Updated information will be available in due time on the D-HEST intranet webpages. |
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Bill Taylor und Katrien De Bock, die neue Departementsleitung des D-HEST, nach der Wahl vom 14. Dezember 2023.
Bill Taylor and Katrien De Bock, the new head and deputy head of department of D-HEST, after the election on December 14, 2023. |
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| FACULTY |
| New faculty member: Xiao-Hua Qin |
We are pleased to announce that Dr Xiao-Hua Qin, Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute for Biomechanics in Prof Ralph Müller's group, has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Biomaterials Engineering in our department. The appointment will come into effect as of 1 February 2024. Congratulations, Xiao-Hua! We look forward to working with you.
More about Xiao-Hua Qin |
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| Horst Adelmann receives Golden Owl 2023 |
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Am ETH-Tag, der dieses Jahr am 18. November stattfand, wurden wie jedes Jahr die Goldenen Eulen des VSETH für besonders engagierte Lehrpersonen in jedem Departement verliehen. Am D-HEST erhält Horst Adelmann die begehrte Auszeichnung.
Horst ist verantwortlich für das Lebensmitteltechnologie-Praktikum, das Bachelor-Studierende im 5. Semester absolvieren. Er ist ebenfalls engagiert in der interdisziplinären Lehrveranstaltung "Praxisprojekte Agro-Food" für Master-Studierende in Lebensmittelwissenschaften.
Wir danken Horst Adelmann für seinen Einsatz und gratulieren herzlich zur Goldenen Eule! | At ETH Day, which this year took place on November 18, the VSETH Golden Owls were awarded as every year to particularly committed lecturers in each department. Horst Adelmann received the prestigious award at D-HEST.
Horst is responsible for the "Lebensmitteltechnologie-Praktikum" that is offered to Food Science bachelor's students in the 5th semester. He also participates as lecturer in the interdisciplinary course "Praxisprojekte Agro-Food" for master's students in Food Science.
We thank Horst Adelmann for his continued commitment and congratulate him on his Golden Owl! |
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| ETH medal for nine doctoral theses at D-HEST |
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| At the request of the department, the Rector of ETH Zurich awards a total of nine doctoral theses at D-HEST with the ETH medal 2023. Congratulations to: |
| • | | Hamed Almohammadi for his thesis "Control of Colloidal Self-Assembly by Liquid-Liquid Crystalline Phase Separation", carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Raffaele Mezzenga, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health |
| • | | Jeroen Brus for his thesis "Computational and causal role of resource limitations in decision making", carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rafael Polania, Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport |
| • | | Nikola Grujic for his thesis "Neurobehavioural causes and consequences of pupil-linked arousal", carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Denis Burdakov, Institute for Neuroscience |
| • | | Verena Lentsch for her thesis "Elimination of enteropathogenic bacteria from the gut can be achieved by combining rationally designed oral vaccines with niche competition", carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Emma Wetter Slack, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health |
| • | | Nima Mirkhani for his thesis "Scalable magnetically enhanced transport mechanisms of living microrobots for cancer therapy", carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Simone Schürle-Finke, Institute of Translational Medicine |
| • | | Greta Preatoni for her thesis "Engineering Multisensory Integration with the Development of a Methodological Framework and its Clinical Translation", carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Stanisa Raspopovic, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems |
| • | | Riccardo Rizzo for his thesis "Development and application of photosensitive bioresins for 3D biofabrication strategies: from volumetric printing to two-photon stereolithography", carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Marcy Zenobi-Wong, Institute for Biomechanics |
| • | | Rosa Visscher for her thesis "Assisting Clinical Decision-Making for Paediatric Movement Disorders - Towards assessing the effectiveness of therapy in cerebral palsy through mapping of gait maturation", carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. William R. Taylor, Institute for Biomechanics |
| • | | Jing Zhang for her thesis "Angiocrine regulation of skeletal muscle homeostasis", carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Katrien De Bock, Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport |
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| The Head of Department, Laura Nyström, chatting with the Deputy Head of Department and future Head of Department, Bill Taylor, at the D-HEST Research Day on 7 September 2023 |
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| Laura Nyström's two-year term as Head of Department will end on January 31st, 2024. We look back with her on some of the D-HEST highlights of her term: |
| • | | TEACHING
The «Food Science Forward» degree programme initiative was launched in July 2021 with the aim of analysing and comprehensively revising the Food Science degree programme. The time has now come: from autumn semester 2024, new regulations will apply to both the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes, and the course has been given a new name: Food Science and Nutrition, or Lebensmittelwissenschaften und Ernährung. Many thanks to all those who have made the revision of the degree programme possible - especially to the Director of Studies Prof. Michael Siegrist and the study coordinator Dr Jeannette Nuessli Guth!
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| • | | FINALLY: MOVING INTO GLC
After a long delay, some of our groups were finally able to move into the new GLC building! While construction work is still going on in some of the labs below ground, the groups who are fully operational enjoy the new building immensely. They are pleased to work together under the same roof and in walking distance from each other. The building is a great chance for D-HEST to confirm and expand its position in health sciences and in medicine.
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| • | | RESEARCH DAY
With the move to the GLC building, we took the opportunity and occupied the building with the first D-HEST Research Day after the pandemic. The event took place on September 7th and was enjoyed by everyone who attended. It was a great event and definitely a highlight of this year! Information and photos are available on the D-HEST website.
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| • | | EXTERNAL EVALUATION
Department evaluations are held by order of the ETH Executive Board. After 2016, our young department (founded in 2012) was evaluated for the second time this year. As I wrote in the April 2023 issue of HEST.PULSE, it called for a strenuous effort for many of us, and we were all pleased about how it went. I would like to thank once again everyone who contributed to presenting our department in a concise way, both in the self-evaluation report we produced as well as during the visit of the reviewers in March. The next external evaluation is planned to take place in 8 years from now.
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| • | | FACULTY
In 2022 and 2023, four new D-HEST faculty members have been appointed: Katharina Gapp, Alexander Harms, Nina Cabezas Wallscheid (who will join us in 2024) and, most recently, Xiao-Hua Qin. In addition, five Professors were promoted to Full or Associate Professor, and two were awarded the title Adjunct Professor: Information about appointments at D-HEST. One of our Professors, Christian Wolfrum, was appointed as Vice President for Research and became a member of the ETH Executive Board.
The following Professors have left the faculty of D-HEST in the past two years: Michael B. Zimmermann and most recently Christophe Lacroix retired, Collin Ewald's term as Assistant Professor ended, and Michael Ristow took a new position at Charité Berlin.
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| • | | DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION
The administrative office of the department has gone through a major restructuring and organization revision in the past two years. The departure of our long-term Department Coordinator Giovanni Salemme initiated a cascade of changes and modifications in the Department's personnel, and I am particularly happy with how his successor Dr. Tobias Walser has shaped the Staff of the department. I am confident that when all the changes have been implemented, we will have a smoothly functioning administrative framework that is up to date with the size of our department, and will allow us to focus on the tasks that many of us in the end enjoy the most (teaching and research).
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