Honors and Awards

2020

2020 Forbes 30 under 30

Dr. George Kelesidis was selected to the 2020 Forbes 30 under 30 in Science and Healthcare for his research on soot nanostructure dynamics and optical properties. (in Greek)

2019

AIChE Carbon Nanomaterials 1st Prize

Congratulations to George Kelesidis for receiving the 1st Prize of the Carbon external pageNanomaterials Graduate Student Competition at the 2019 Annual Mtg of AIChE in Orlando, FL, Nov. 10-15 attended by 4’000 people.

 EFCE Beiersdorf Award

Andreas Güntner, Lecturer and Group Leader at the Particle Technology Laboratory, received the DownloadProduct Design Excellence Award (PDF, 162 KB) for his DownloadPhD thesis from the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) during its 2019 meeting in Florence, Italy.

EAA Best Poster Award

Congratulations to Jan van den Broek for receiving the DownloadBest Poster Award (PDF, 7 MB) in Exposure Measurement Methods and Techniques during the 2019 European Aerosol Conference, Aug. 25–30 in Gothenburg, Sweden that was attended by over a 1’000 registered participants. DownloadAbstract (PDF, 168 KB)

GAeF PhD Award

Dr. Andreas Güntner received the external pageGAeF PhD Award that “honors young researchers for their excellent DownloadPhD thesis (PDF, 8.6 MB)” by the Association for Aerosol Research (GAeF) during its 2019 annual meeting in Goeteborg, Sweden in front of 1’000+ attendees.

2018

Fuchs Award

Prof. Pratsinis received the external pageFuchs Memorial Award 2018 "In recognition of outstanding original research contributions to aerosol science and technology" by the International Aerosol Research Assembly.

25th KONA Award

Prof. Pratsinis received the 25th KONA Award from the Hosokawa Powder Technology Foundation, Tokyo, Japan “in recognition of contributions for research to powder and particle science and technology”

Fellow of the Combustion Institute

Professor Pratsinis was elected to the inaugural class of external pageFellows of the Combustion Institute.

2017

Reuel Shinnar Lecture

Prof. Pratsinis gave external pagethis lecture on December 4, 2017 at the City College of the City University of New York.

AIChE Best poster award

Congratulations to Anastasia Spyrogianni and Eirini Goudeli for receiving the Downloadbest poster award (PDF, 1.1 MB) from the Particle Technology Forum at the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting (4’000+ attendees) in Minneapolis, MN, USA. DownloadAbstract (PDF, 150 KB)

IBM Research Award

Congratulations to George Kelesidis for receiving the 2017 IBM Research Forschungspreis for his MSc Thesis on the evolution of carbon black & soot structures by discrete element modeling during the ETH-Tag 2017. He provided a realistic picture of agglomeration and surface growth of soot particles in the combustion process or as pollutants in the atmosphere.

ETH News

A small acetone sensor based on flame-made Si-doped WO3 nanoparticles can show when we start burning fat during exercise. Fat burn monitoring from breath  external pageClick here to watch the video on YouTube

Instrumentation EAC best poster award

Congratulations to Sebastian Abegg for receiving the EAC best poster award for Instrumentation for Chemical Aerosol Characterization during the 2017 European Aerosol Conference (500+ posters) in Zürich, Switzerland.

Best poster award by Environmental Science Nano

Congratulations to Fabian Starsich for receiving the Environmental Science: Nano best poster award (comes with one year free subscription from the Royal Society of Chemistry) during the 2017 European Aerosol Conference (500+ posters) in Zürich, Switzerland.

Nanoparticle EAC best poster award

Congratulations to Pascal Gschwend for receiving an EAC best poster award for Synthesis and Structuring of Functional Nanoparticles during the 2017 European Aerosol Conference (500+ posters) in Zürich, Switzerland.

Deutschlandfunk

Andreas Güntner and Prof. Sotiris Pratsinis discussed their portable breath analyzers in the radio show “Tolle Idee! Was wurde daraus?” broadcasted on June 20th 2017. external pageClick here to read the article and hear the podcast "Atemtest für Diabetiker" (German)

Hochschulmedizin Zürich Newsletter

Andreas Güntner and Prof. Pratsinis introduce compact breath sensors for non-invasive medical diagnostics as part of the Hochschulmedizin Zurich flagship project Zurich Exhalomics in the latest HMZNews in March, 2017. DownloadClick here to read the article (PDF, 551 KB) "Mit kleinsten Gassensoren dem Atem auf der Spur" (German)

2016

SRF - Puls Show

Andreas Güntner highlighted the use of flame-made and portable gas sensors for monitoring trace organic vapors in the human breath for medical diagnostics and disease monitoring in the Show Puls of the Swiss National Television (SRF) on Nov. 28, 2016. external pageClick here to read the article and see the video "Für Diagnose bitte blasen" (german)

Diels-Planck Lecture

Diels-Planck-Lecture

Prof. Pratsinis gave Downloadthis lecture (PDF, 1 MB) on October 6 at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

Best poster award at EAC

Congratulations to George Kelesidis for receiving the Downloadbest poster award (PDF, 327 KB) for Combustion Aerosols during the 2016 European Aerosol Conference (700+ participants) Sept. 4-9, 2016 in Tours, France Download(Abstract) (PDF, 47 KB)

Poster Award

Congratulations to Georgios Kelesidis for receiving a Downloadposter prize (PDF, 352 KB) at PARTEC2016, the International Congress of Particle Technology in Nuremberg, Germany April 19-21, 2016 Download(Abstract) (PDF, 65 KB)

2015

AIChE Best poster award: Congratulations to Eirini Goudeli for receiving a Downloadbest poster award (PDF, 556 KB) from the Particle Technology Forum at the 2015 AIChE Annual Meeting (4’000+ attendees) in Salt Lake City, UT, USA, Nov. 8–13. Download(Abstract) (PDF, 126 KB)

Best poster award: Congratulations to Anastasia Spyrogianni for receiving the Downloadbest poster award (PDF, 108 KB) for Aerosol-based Nanotechnology during the annual meeting (800+ participants) of the European Aerosol Association, Sept. 6-11, Milano, Italy.

2014

MRS best PhD presentation: Congratulations to Rena Goudeli for giving the Downloadbest oral presentation (PDF, 2 MB) by a PhD student at the 2014 Symposium HH on Flame and High-Temperature Synthesis of Functional Nanomaterials during the Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society, Dec. 1-4, Boston USA.

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Nanoaggregates for Theranostics

Aggregates of silica-coated gold/ironoxide Janus nanoparticles with controlled interparticle distance show promise for medical diagnostics and laser thermal treatment of breast cancer cells. Article in ETH Life

IAC Plenary: Professor Pratsinis gave a Plenary DownloadLecture (PDF, 254 KB) at the 2014 International Aerosol Conference in Busan, Korea on Sept. 2

2013

EAC Best Poster Award: Congratulations to Rena Goudeli for winning a Downloadbest poster (PDF, 400 KB) Downloadaward (PDF, 301 KB) at the 2013 European Aerosol Conference in Prague, CZ.

2012

MRS Poster Prize: Congratulations to Max Eggersdorfer for Downloadwinning (JPEG, 886 KB) a poster prize [Download15 prizes (JPEG, 918 KB) out of 2’500+ poster presentations] at the 2012 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) in Boston, USA.

AIChE Poster Award: Congratulations to Arto Gröhn for winning the second prize of the external pageParticle Technology Forum Poster Session for his poster at the 2012 Annual Meeting of AIChE in Pittsburgh, USA

1st Place Winner: Congratulations to Rajesh Koirala for becoming the 1st Place Winner for the 2012 Environmental Division's Graduate student award of AIChE external page(paper)

Best Poster Award: Congratulations to Dr. Georgios Sotiriou who received the 2012 Best Poster award of external pageInternational Fine Particle Research Institute (IFPRI, a 14 company industrial consortium) at its Annual Meeting in Ludwigsburg, Germany, June 24-28.

Best PhD Thesis Award: Congratulations to Dr. George Sotiriou for winning the 2012 Best PhD Thesis Award from the external pageDivision of Polymers and Colloids of the Swiss Chemical Society.

2011

Winner AIChE Poster Session: Congratulations to Robert Büchel for being selected as a winner at the external pageCatalysis and Reaction Engineering Poster Session of the 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis USA for his Downloadposter (PDF, 4.7 MB) external page“Two-Nozzle Flame Synthesis of NOx Storage Reduction Catalysts”

1st Place AIChE BioNanotechnology Graduate Student Award: Congratulations to George Sotiriou for winning the 1st place, external pageBioNanotechnology Graduate Student Award for his Downloadpaper (PDF, 1008 KB) at the external page2011 Annual Meeting of AIChE in Minneapolis, USA

AIChE Best Poster Award: Congratulations again to Max Eggersdorfer for winning the external pagebest poster award of the Particle Technology Forum at the external page2011 Annual Meeting of AIChE in Minneapolis, USA

EAC Best Poster Award: Congratulations to Max Eggersdorfer for winning the Downloadbest poster (PDF, 3.7 MB) award for Downloadaerosol fundamentals (PDF, 1.1 MB) at the 2011 European Aerosol Conference in Manchester, UK.

Nanothin SiO2-coated nanosilver

Nanothin SiO2-coated nanosilver: Silver nanoparticles (nanosilver) have superior optical (e.g. plasmonic) properties that make them attractive for biomedical applications. One hurdle up to now has been their toxicity. Researchers from ETH Zurich, however, have now found a solution by flame aerosol synthesis and subsequent in-situ coating nanosilver with nanothin silica films. Link to Press article in ETH Life

2010

MRS Graduate Student Award: Congratulations to Marco Righettoni for winning a DownloadGraduate Student Silver Award (JPEG, 262 KB) for his presentation Download"Chemo-resistive Gas Sensors for Easy Diagnosis of Diabetes by Breath Analysis" (PDF, 392 KB) at the 2010 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society in Boston, USA.

AIChE Poster Award: Congratulations to Björn Schimmöller for been selected for a Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) Division Downloadposter (PDF, 1.8 MB) award for his presentation external page"Structure of Flame-Made Vanadia / Silica and Catalytic Behavior in the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane" at the 2010 Annual Meeting of AIChE in Salt Lake City, USA. He will be recognized at the 2011 CRE Division banquet.

AIChE Best Paper: Congratulations to Robert Büchel for receiving the Best Paper Award for Nano- particles from the Particle Technology Forum for his oral presentation on "external pageTwo - Nozzle Flame Synthesis of NOx Storage external pageReduction Catalysts" during the 2009 Annual Meeting of AIChE in Nashville, TN and was recognized with a plaque at the 2010 Dinner of PTF on Nov. 10 at Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Press Release Downloadby the American Chemical Society (PDF, 98 KB)
Flame-made, directly deposited and in situ annealed, silica-doped, epsilon-tungsten oxide breath sensor can instantly and selectively detect acetone, a marker of diabetes in the human breath since Hippocrates' time in ancient Greece. DownloadAnalytical Chemistry Article (PDF, 392 KB) DownloadPublic Press (PDF, 1.1 MB)

Seminar "New Chemical Products" by Prof. Edward Cussler from the University of Minnesota, USA

2009

AIChE Poster Award: Congratulations to Michael John and Max Eggersdorfer for winning the second best poster award in particle technology at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineering in Nashville, TN, USA, a 3'000+ registered-participant congress.

Best Poster Award: Congratulations to Oliver Waser and Robert Büchel for winning the best poster award for aerosol-based Downloadnanotechnology (PDF, 61 KB) at the 2009 European Aerosol external pageConference in Karlsruhe, a 760-registered participant congress.

Top PhD prize by DSM: Congratulations to Dr. Alexandra Teleki for winning the first prize in the external pageDSM Science &Technology Awards (South) 2009 for her PhD research on the production and application of coated nanoparticles.

2008

Congratulations! Dr. Reto Strobel received the 2008 Sheldon K. Friedlander Award for an outstanding dissertation in the field of aerosol science and technology by the American Association for Aerosol Research during its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, USA

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On the cover page

external pageThe quality of SiO2-coatings on flame-made TiO2-based nanoparticles, J. Mater. Chem., 18 (30), 3547-3555 (2008)

Lead article, 20th aniversary issue of Advanced Materials external page"Micropatterning Layers by Flame Aerosol Deposition - Annealing", Adv. Mater., 20, 3005-10 (2008)

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