Award ceremony for the Prix Schläfli "Geosciences" 2019
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Auditorium Joseph Deiss
Boulevard de Pérolles 22
1700 Fribourg
Meeting place
The Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) has awarded the Prix Schläfli 2019 to the four most important insights gained by young researchers at Swiss universities. Julie Zähringer has been awarded by the Prix Schläfli "Geosciences" 2019 for her findings in sustainability science in Madagascar.
The Award ceremony takes place at the Swiss Geoscience Meeting during the plenary session.
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The 17th edition of the Swiss Geoscience Meeting focuses on the latest advances in research in geosciences. It will be held on 22nd + 23rd November 2019 in Fribourg.
There is a small moment of confusion in our conversation with Julie Zähringer, which says a lot about her research and its particular challenges. She explained that she had done research "in an area" in which there was hardly any prior knowledge. By this, she did not mean a subject area, but a very concrete, physical one: Zähringer has worked on the margins of various nature reserves in Madagascar, where the local population is often caught in a mishmash of different national and international interests. So we are talking about geographical regions, and thus also about the people who live in them. We are therefore also talking about politics, local economies, and historically charged situations.
Image: Julie ZähringerControlling the amount of phosphate in cells, the processes involved in catalysts, land use in Madagascar and a paradox of quantum physics – these are the topics for which the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) has awarded the Prix Schläfli 2019 to the four most important insights gained by young researchers at Swiss universities. Murielle Delley (Chemistry), Matteo Fadel (Physics), Rebekka Wild (Biology) and Julie Zähringer (Geosciences) receive the prize for the findings arrived at in their dissertations. For the first time, six of the candidates for the Prix Schläfli in Physics were also selected to participate in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
Image: SCNATAward ceremonies Prix Schläfli
- Award ceremony for the Prix Schläfli "Biology" 2020
- Award ceremony for the Prix Schläfli "Geosciences" 2020
- Award ceremony for the Prix Schläfli "Chemistry" 2019
- Award ceremony for the Prix Schläfli "Biology" 2019
- Award ceremony for the Prix Schläfli "Geosciences" 2019
- Award ceremony for the Prix Schläfli "Physics" 2019