Prof. Dr. Jo?l Mesot

Jo?l Mesot has been President of ETH Zurich since 2019 and, in this role, bears legal and political responsibility for the university.? Under his leadership, ETH Zurich has intensified its policy-relevant research and deepened the dialogue with political actors both in Switzerland and internationally. Furthermore, Mesot launched various initiatives related to space, AI, cyber security and energy and initiated the establishment of an ETH Zurich 365ÌåÓý¹ÙÍø_365ÌåÓý±¸Óá¾ÊÖ»úÔÚÏß¡¿ in Heilbronn, Germany.?

Raised in Geneva, Jo?l Mesot studied physics at ETH Zurich and received his doctorate on high-temperate superconductors in 1992. He spent several years researching quantum materials in France (Institut Laue-Langevin), the US (Argonne National Laboratory), and at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), where he became head of the neutron scattering laboratory in 2004. In 2008, he was elected Director of the PSI and was promoted to Full Professor at ETH Zurich. During his leadership at the PSI the X-ray free-electron laser facility SwissFel was built, among other projects.

Jo?l Mesot is a member of national and international advisory boards, including the Foundation Board of the Swiss Innovation Park and the Governing Board CREATE (Singapore). For his scientific contributions, he received the IBM Prize of the Swiss Physical Society (SPG) in 1995 and the Latsis Prize of ETH Zurich in 2002.

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