Tanja Zimmermann#
| Membership Number: | 7172 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.empa.ch/tanja-zimmermann |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanja-zimmermann-ab4586145/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2022 to present CEO, Director of Empa
- 2022 to present Full professor ETHZ (Dept. Material Sciences, D-MATL)
- 2022 to present Full professor EPFL (STI, Materials Faculty)
- 2017 - 2022 Head of Department Functional Materials, Member of Directorate, Empa, CH
- 2011 - 2017 Head of Applied Wood Materials Laboratory, Empa, CH
- 2001 - 2012 Group Leader Wood Science/Biomimetics (since 2006 Cellulose Nanocomposites), Empa, CH
- 1994 - 2000 Scientist Wood Laboratory, Empa, CH
Fields of Scholarship
- Circular economy
- Sustainable construction
- Nanocellulose composites
- Functional wood-based materials
- Technical applications of nanocellulose
- Resource efficiency
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Dandelion Special Award for championing interdisciplinary collaboration and entrepreneurship
- 2022 Election to the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW)
- 2019 Fellow International Academy of Wood Science
- 2017 Silberner Cadre d’Or, Kategorie Holzbau, Baukader Schweiz
- 2007 Association of German Wood Science and Technologists, Award for the best doctoral thesis
- 2004 Collano Innovation Prize
