Anna Skorobogatova, mathematician and Junior Fellow at the ETH Institute for Theoretical Studies, has been awarded the 2026 Breakthrough Prize – Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize for her outstanding contributions to geometric measure theory.
The University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT Prague) has awarded the honorary doctorate to Hans Jakob Wörner in recognition of his breakthrough results in physical chemistry, ultrafast spectroscopy, and the study of electronic processes on attosecond timescales.
How climate change affects plants is right in front of our eyes. But what is the opposite like? What role does the vegetation system play in regulating the climate? This is the question pursued by Julian Rogger in his doctoral thesis at ETH Zurich, for which he has been awarded the Prix Schläfli.