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Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have for the first time precisely characterised the enzyme styrene oxide isomerase, which can be used to produce valuable chemicals and drug precurso .
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At its meeting of 9 and 10 December 2020 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed 14 professors. They will work in a total of ten departments in a wide range of research areas. In addition, an ecotoxicologist was awarded the title of professor.
The new professors in brief:
Dr Pierrick Bousseau ( 1992), currently CNRS Research Fellow at the University of Paris-Saclay, France, as Assistant Professor of Mathematical Physics in the Department of Mathematics. Pierrick Bousseau conducts research in an area where algebraic geometry intersects with mathematical physics and symplectic geometry. He has a particular interest in enumerative geometry, which is concerned with counting geometric objects with given characteristics. Pierrick Bousseau has won several awards for his research. By appointing him, the Department of Mathematics is gaining a talented young mathematician with strong links to theoretical physics.