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12.05.2021
 

Luzian Hämmerle joined EDGE in May 2021 as a student assistant for Nathalie Tepe. He is involved in the EU Horizon 2020 project Gov4Nano and will...

11.05.2021
 

Thorsten Hüffer, Senior Scientist at EDGE, was awarded the societal medal from the Society for Water Chemistry, division of the German Chemical...

10.05.2021
 

Johannes Ehrendorfer joined EDGE in March 2021 as a student assistant for Professor Hofmann. Johannes is involved in preparing project data, revising...

03.05.2021
 

There is a great need for new antibiotics to fight infections caused by resistant bacteria. In this contribution to the 2021 Junior Laureates Issue of...

03.05.2021
 

Felix Spiegel has joined EDGE in May 2021 as an undergraduate research assistant. He is currently enrolled in the MSc program in microbial ecology at...

28.04.2021
 

Richard Gruseck has joined EDGE for his MSc thesis. Richard obtained a BSc in Interdisciplinary Science from ETH Zurich and is currently enrolled in...

29.03.2021
 

Valeska Hass joined EDGE in March 2021 to assist the administrative team and support the organisation of the Master Programme in Environmental...

26.03.2021
 

Every year, an estimated four percent of the world's vegetated land surface burns, leaving more than 250 megatons of carbonized plants behind. This...

25.03.2021
 

At Environmental Engegements:talks, astrophycisist Stefan Wallner spoke online in front of well over 100 people about the sustainability implications...

02.03.2021
 

How can we contribute to transformative change towards sustainable futures for the entire planet? How can we face the challenges on this pathway...

26.02.2021
 

Welcome to Giovanni Formentin from Milano, new Ph.D. candidate at EDGE. Giovanni received a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in environmental engineering at the...

03.02.2021
 

Natalie Wichmann has joined EDGE as Ph.D. student. She will work with Michael Zumstein on extracellular hydrolases from wastewater and soil...

29.01.2021
 

Klaus Erlmeier has joined EDGE for his master thesis that deals with the river-aquifer-interaction as a part of a groundwater modelling project. The...

29.01.2021
 

Michael Zumstein won a 4-year SNF Ambizione Fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). This competitive funding scheme supports...

22.01.2021
 

Gabriel Sigmund contributed to this study led by colleagues from the University of Zurich who used 13C labeled pyrogenic carbon to investigate the...