Portraits
September
2024
NCCR PlanetS member Prof. Ravit Helled, of the University of Zurich in Switzerland, has been awarded the 2024 Paolo Farinella Prize for…
January
2024
Take a space instrument orbiting mars, turn its Principal Investigator (PI) into a detective, add a hint of comic-style images,…
January
2024
Finding meteorites is no easy task. Despite this, a team of scientists including NCCR PlanetS member Prof. Maria Schönbächler from…
February
2023
Last November, the second #NCCRWomen campaign started, featuring again scientists from the NCCR PlanetS! #NCCRWomen is an initiative launched for…
June
2022
The discovery of the first planet outside our solar system in 1995 gave an enormous boost to planetary research and…
June
2022
Nicolas Thomas wants to understand Mars, comets and the icy moons of Jupiter. To do so, he builds instruments that…
March
2022
Martin Turbet was a member of the NCCR PlanetS for three years and received a Marie Curie fellowship from the…
October
2021
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of women's right to vote in Switzerland, the #NCCRWomen campaign introduces you to…
May
2021
At the age of 32, Judit Szulágyi convinced the European Research Council to fund her research on planet and moon…
July
2020
Veerle Sterken had been away from a paid job in cosmic dust science for three years. Then she convinced the…
July
2020
Yogita Kadlag is an astrophysicist from Maharashtra, India. Since October 2019, she’s been a member of the NCCR PlanetS. From…
