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Award ceremony for the Prix Schläfli Geosciences 2021

Time

16:45 - 17:30

Meeting place

Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2021 - on line

The Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT) is awarding the Prix Schläfli 2021 to the four most important insights of young researchers at Swiss universities.

Prix Schläfli 2021: Fabian Mahrt
Image: Giuseppe J. Crescenzo

Prix Schlaefli award winner Fabian Mahrt has investigated the conditions under which carbon black (soot) forms ice particles at the ETH Zurich. He first had to build the apparatus for the innovative experiments.

Fabian Mahrt will present his research in the session 17 (20.11.2021) from 14:30-14:45: "Phase behaviour of mixtures of primary and secondary organic aerosol material".

Categories

  • Geosciences
  • Promotion of young talents