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Current members
The Swiss Young Academy currently numbers 42 talented scientists and academics with broad interests from over 30 different disciplines, who work at over 20 different universities and research institutions. Their fields of research and work range from archaeology, film, computer science, psychology and molecular biotechnology to civil-society projects. Together, they use the space for creativity and innovation and for five years implement inter- and transdisciplinary projects that are relevant to science and society and particularly relevant to young researchers.
2024-29
Raffaela Kunz
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Zurich
Faculty of Law
Clément Meier
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Lausanne
Julio Paulos
Associate Programme Director
ETH Zurich
Future Cities Lab
Mohammad Peydayesh
Senior Assistant and Lecturer
ETH Zurich
Laboratory of Food and Soft Materials
Eda Elif Tibet
Advanced Post-doctoral Researcher
University of Bern
Wyss Academy for Nature
Current member of the SYA Executive Board
2023-28
Marco Cavallaro
Postdoctoral Researcher
Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)
Institute of Communication and Public Policy
Current project activities
Project "Fostering Academic Careers"
Project "Unveiling the Leaky Pipeline"
Pamela Delgado
Assistant Professor
University of Applied Sciences of Valais (HES-SO Valais-Wallis)
Institute of Systems Engineering
Current project activities
Project "The Spark Podcast"
Project "AI in Science and Society"
Project "Unveiling the Leaky Pipeline"
Benjamin Hofmann
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)
Department of Environmental Social Sciences
Current project activities
Project "Innovative teaching formats"
Nawal Kinany
Postdoctoral researcher
University of Geneva
Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Medical Image Processing Laboratory
Email
Current project activities
Project "The Spark Podcast"
Current SYA Vice-Speaker
Emmanuel Senft
Research Scientist / Group leader
Idiap Research Institute
Human-centered Robotics and AI Group
Current project activities
Project "AI in Science and Society"
2022-27
Sofie Behluli
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer
University of Bern
Department of English
Current project activities
Project "Science vs Activism?"
Jovana V. Milić
Assistant Professor
University of Fribourg
Adolphe Merkle Institute
Current project activities
Project "Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy"
Current member of the SYA Executive Board
Lerato Posholi
Julia Venturini
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Geneva
Department of Astronomy
Current project activities
Project "Unveiling the Leaky Pipeline"
Clara Zemp
Assistant Professor
University of Neuchâtel
Institute of Biology
Current project activities
Project "Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy"
Project "Science vs Activism?"
Project "Innovative teaching formats"
2020-25
Odile Ammann
Associate Professor
University of Lausanne
Faculty of Law, Criminal Justice, and Public Administration
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "Navigating the media as ECR"
Elisa Araldi
Junior Professor
University Medical Center Mainz
Centre for Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Sandra Bärnreuther
Assistant Professor
University of Lucerne
Ethnological Seminar
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Email
Current project activities
Project "Innovative teaching formats"
Mey Boukenna
Scientist
University of Bern
Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Stefanie Boulila
Lecturer and project manager
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Institute of Sociocultural Developement
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "Science vs Activism?"
Alexandre Bovet
Assistant Professor
University of Zurich
Department of Mathematics
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Email
Current project activities
Project "The Spark Podcast"
Project "AI in Science and Society"
Devi Bühler
Scientific Associate
ZHAW Wädenswil
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Gino Ramon Caspari
Researcher
Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Lauren Clack
Assistant Professor
University of Zurich
Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care
Emmanuel Cledat
Teacher / Researcher
Institut Géographique National (France)
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Email
Estefania Cuero
Doctoral student
University of Lucerne
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Email
Marloes Eeftens
Scientific Project Leader / SNSF Ambizione & ERC StG group leader
University of Basel
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
Florian Egli
Assistant Professor
Technical University of Munich
Group Head Public Policy for the Green Transition
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy"
Anna Magdalena Elsner
Darius Farman
Co-director
foraus – Forum Aussenpolitik
Geneva
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy"
Charles Gottlieb
Assistant Professor
University of St.Gallen
School of Economics and Political Science
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Servan Grüninger
Research Fellow / PhD candidate
University of Zurich
Departement of Mathematics
Current project activities
Project "Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy"
Robbie I'Anson Price
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Geneva
International Centre of Affective Sciences
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "Unveiling the Leaky Pipeline"
Anna Jobin
Senior Researcher & Lecturer
University of Fribourg
Human-IST Institute
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Email
Current project activities
Project "Navigating the media as ECR"
Sabrina Heike Kessler
Senior Researcher and Teaching Associate
University of Zurich
Departement of Communication and Media Research
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Email
ORCID
Twitter
Current project activities
Project "AI in Science and Society"
Project "Science vs Activism?"
Current SYA Speaker
Silvia Maier
Founder & CEO
causable GmbH
Research, Training, Coaching & Consulting
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy"
Current member of the SYA Executive Board
Lucas Mueller
Senior Research Associate
University of Geneva
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "Fostering Academic Careers"
BinBin Pearce
Assistant Professor
Delft University of Technology
Department of Multi-Actor Systems, Policy Analysis Section
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "The Spark Podcast"
Gustavo Augustin Ruiz Buendia
Bioinformatician
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB)
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "The Spark Podcast"
Stefan Schlegel
Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer
University of Bern
Institute of public law
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "Science vs Activism?"
Luis Velasco-Pufleau
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow
University of Bern
Institute of Musicology / Walter Benjamin Kolleg
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "Science vs Activism"
Aimée Zermatten
PhD Candidate
University of Fribourg
Departement of Law
Portrait by Swiss Academies
Current project activities
Project "Navigating the media as ECR"