{"id":110,"date":"2024-11-06T14:27:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2025-06-03T10:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:21:31","slug":"phd-award-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/phd-award-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Nanotechnology PhD Award 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- \n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Page last updated: April 14, 2025<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>\ud83d\udce2 Calling all \"nano\" PhD students! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Submit your paper and win one of\u00a0 five prizes each of 2\u2019000 CHF !<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">We are looking for<strong> 5 excellent scientific, first-author publications<\/strong> in the field of <strong>Nanotechnology<\/strong> and <strong>Nanoscience<\/strong> <span style=\"background-color: #f2ffba;\">published by <strong>PhD students<\/strong> in 2024\/2025<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Winners will receive their prize and be invited to give a short presentation at the Swiss NanoConvention, SNC 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<h2>Congratulations to this year&#8217;s recipients!<\/h2>\n<p>The following winners of the 2025 PhD Awards will each give a short presentation of their work at SNC 2025:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Mustafa Yildirim<\/b>, EPFL (Nonlinear processing with linear optics)<\/li>\n<li><b>Mahdi Chegnizadeh<\/b>, EPFL (Quantum collective motion of macroscopic mechanical oscillators)<\/li>\n<li><b>M\u00e4rta Tschudinm<\/b>, University of Basel (Imaging nanomagnetism and magnetic phase transitions in atomically thin CrSBr)<\/li>\n<li><b>Etsuki Kobiyama<\/b>, IBM (Perovskite Nanocrystal Self-Assemblies in 3D Hollow Template)<\/li>\n<li><b>Oscar Cipolato<\/b>, ETHZ (Robotic Laser Tissue Soldering for Atraumatic Soft Tissue Fusion Guided by Fluorescent Nanothermometry)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udd17\u00a0 See in the program here:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/program\/#phd\">swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/program\/#phd<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--\n\n\n\n\n<p>SUBMISSION STATUS:\u00a0 <span style=\"font-size: 14pt; background-color: #800000; color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0CLOSED\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n --><\/p>\n<hr class=\"hr-blue\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The prizes are generously offered by the following sponsors:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-219\" src=\"https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PhD_Award_Sponsors_2025.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1284\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PhD_Award_Sponsors_2025.png 1284w, https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PhD_Award_Sponsors_2025-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PhD_Award_Sponsors_2025-1024x86.png 1024w, https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/PhD_Award_Sponsors_2025-768x65.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1284px) 100vw, 1284px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Requirements<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The work should have been conducted at a Swiss university or research institute.<\/li>\n<li>The manuscript must be written written up in an English.<\/li>\n<li>The manuscript must have been submitted during the PhD period of the applicant.<\/li>\n<li>The manuscript must have appeared (at least) online in a peer-reviewed journal in 2024 through March 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The application must include<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A nomination letter by the PhD advisor (not longer than one page)<\/li>\n<li>A curriculum vitae of the PhD student including a list of activities &amp; publications (not longer than 2 pages)<\/li>\n<li>A short summary stating the importance of the work (max \u00bd page)<\/li>\n<li>A pdf copy of the manuscript of the published work<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Submission<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>All pdf-files of 1) through 4) must be <strong>merged into a single pdf<\/strong> that takes the name of the PhD student. This <strong>single pdf document<\/strong> must be <strong>submitted by email<\/strong> at the latest by<del> <\/del><del>\u00a0<\/del><span style=\"background-color: #ffedfe;\"><strong><del>13.4.2025 (April 13, 2025)\u00a0<\/del> [ submissions now closed ]<\/strong><\/span> to the following address:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Michel Despont<br \/>\nVice President<br \/>\nCSEM S.A.<br \/>\nR. Jaquet-Droz 1<br \/>\n2002 Neuch\u00e2tel, Switzerland<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">E-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:michel.despont@csem.ch\">michel.despont@csem.ch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Prize Committee<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Prof. Esther Amstad (EPFL, Lausanne)<br \/>\nProf. Christian Sch\u00f6nenberger (Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel)<br \/>\nProf. Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser (Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg)<br \/>\nProf. Tobias Lamprecht (OST \u2013 Ostschweizer Fachhochschule)<br \/>\nDr. Pierangelo Gr\u00f6ning (formerly at Empa Materials Science and Technology, D\u00fcbendorf)<br \/>\nDr. Andreas Hafner (BASF Schweiz AG, D\u00fcbendorf)<br \/>\nDr. Michel Despont (CSEM S.A.)<\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Communication of the prize<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>The prizes will be awarded at the Swiss NanoConvention SNC 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The prize winners will be published on the website of the Swiss Micro- and Nanotechnology Network and the award will be handed over by a representative of the sponsor companies at the Swiss NanoConvention 2025, which will take place in Brugg-Windisch from June 12 to June 13, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"HR-TB\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-111\" src=\"https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/D850_SNC2023_tedbyrne_20230616_416-162-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/D850_SNC2023_tedbyrne_20230616_416-162-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/D850_SNC2023_tedbyrne_20230616_416-162-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/D850_SNC2023_tedbyrne_20230616_416-162-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/D850_SNC2023_tedbyrne_20230616_416-162-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/D850_SNC2023_tedbyrne_20230616_416-162.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/swissnanoconvention.ch\/2018\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/swiss-mnt-color-e1512566693959.jpg\" width=\"249\" height=\"128\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to this year&#8217;s recipients! 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