Gabriel Aeppli#
| Membership Number: | 5267 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.psi.ch/en/psd/people/gabriel-aeppli |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 (founding) Head, Photon Science Division, Paul Scherrer Institute
- 2014 - 2017 Head, Synchrotron and Nanotechnology Dept. Paul Scherrer Institute
- 2014 Professor of Physics at ETH Zürich and EPF Lausanne, Head, Synchrotron and Nanotechnology Dept. Paul Scherrer Institute
- 2002 – 2014 Director, London Centre for Nanotechnology, London
- 2002 – 2014 Quain Professor of Physics, University College London
- 1996 – 2002 Senior Research Scientist, NEC Research Institute, Princeton N.J.
- 1982 – 1996 Member, Technical Staff (1982-1993), Distinguished Member, Technical Staff (1993-1996), Bell Labs, Murray Hill, N.J.
Fields of Scholarship
- Neutrons
- Superconductivity
- Semiconductors
- Magnetism
- X-rays
- Optics
- Biosensors
Honours and Awards
- 2019 Co-recipient, Ugo Fano Medal (Rome)
- 2018 ERC Synergy Award (corresponding PI for project “HERO”)
- 2018 Mott Lecture, University of Florida
- 2017 Martin Peter Memorial Lecture, University of Geneva
- 2016 Member of the Swiss Science and Innovation Council (advisors to federal government)
- 2015 Member of the (US) National Academy of Sciences
- 2012 Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2010 Fellow of the Royal Society (London)
- 2010 Fellow of the Institute of Physics (London)
- 2009 Fellow of ERA Foundation (London)
- 2009 Brian Mercer Feasibility Award (Royal Society, London)
- 2009 Bose Lecturer (Kolkata)
- 2008 James A. Morrison Lecturer, McMaster University (Ontario, Canada)
- 2008 Mott Medal (Institute of Physics, London)
- 2006 Lidiard Memorial Lecture (Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining; London)
- 2005 Co-recipient, Oliver Buckley Prize (American Physical Society)
- 2003 Co-Recipient, Neel Medal/Magnetism Prize (IUPAP)
- 2002 Fellow, Riso National Laboratory (DK)
- 1997 Fellow, American Physical Society
- 1996 Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
