Anna Fontcuberta i Morral Named President of EPFL

Anna Fontcuberta i Morral has been appointed as the new president of EPFL, succeeding Martin Vetterli on 1 January 2025. She is a professor of materials science and engineering at EPFL in Lausanne, and has been appointed for a four-year term.

Fontcuberta i Morral is known for her work in sustainable nanotechnologies and her role in co-founding the start-up Aonex Technologies. She is already involved in EPFL's academic administration as the Associate Vice President for Centers and Platforms.

Fontcuberta i Morral has worked with the Swiss National Science Foundation for over eight years and received various awards for her research and teaching. She is the first woman to be appointed president of EPFL.

Fontcuberta i Morral, a citizen of Switzerland and Spain, was born in 1975 and has a background in physics, with a PhD from Ecole Polytechnique in France. She is fluent in Catalan, French, German, English, and Spanish, and has a strong research and academic background in materials science and engineering..

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