MaP Doctoral School News Channel

[MaP Community Portrait] Tazio Pleij is a doctoral student in Professor Jan Vermant’s Soft Materials Group at the Department of Materials. As he wraps up his research at ETH Zurich, he reflects on his passion for rheology.

For the past six years, the MaP Doctoral School has been successfully building a network between doctoral students and departments. In doing so, it enables doctoral students to look beyond their own horizons – with a lasting impact.

Why connecting researchers matters for Switzerland’s future.

In his talk last week, Dr. Michael Kappl from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research presented test results for new fluorine-free silicone nanofilament-coated membranes. The membranes outperform conventional fluorinated membranes in several aspects.

[MaP Community Portrait] Pierre Kateb is in the second year of his doctorate in Prof. Carlo Menon’s Biomedical and Mobile Health Technology group at D-HEST. He wants to measure how people move differently when they become tired.