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Nathan Lacroix wins DQI Best Thesis Award at APS Global Physics Summit 2026
Honours and prizes
This year's award from the Division of Quantum Information of the American Physical Society recognised the quality and significance of the doctoral research carried out by ETH Zurich alumnus Dr Nathan Lacroix, who completed his PhD in the group of Professor Andreas Wallraff.
Tilman Esslinger awarded the Micius Prize 2025
Honours and prizes
This year's prize from the Micius Quantum Foundation celebrates quantum simulation in optical lattices, a field which Esslinger and his group in the Department of Physics have been spearheading from the very beginning.
Vibrating membranes in a vacuum: How apprentices can contribute to research
- Working at ETH
- In person
Three polymechanics apprentices at ETH Zurich have manufactured appliances for physics research equipment as part of their final project, gaining them full marks. Their custom-made apparatus help improve the measurement of magnetic fields.
Physics experiments at home
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On 4 May, ETH Zurich is presenting the KITE Award to honour particularly innovative teaching projects and initiatives. In a short series, we present the three projects that made it to the final. All of them were created in the semesters of distance learning.
Richard Ernst (1933-2021)
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ETH Zurich mourns the death of Richard Ernst, ETH professor emeritus and Nobel laureate. Alexander Wokaun did his doctorate under him and remembers him - a personal obituary. ?