Ruth Signorell#
| Membership Number: | 6725 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.aerosol.ethz.ch/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 11/2012 Full Professor; Physical Chemistry; ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- 2012 - 2017 Adjunct Professor; Physical Chemistry; University of British Columbia, Canada
- 2009 - 2012 Full Professor; Physical Chemistry; University of British Columbia, Canada
- 2005 - 2009 Associate Professor with tenure; Physical Chemistry; University of British Columbia, Canada
- 2002 - 2005 Assistant Professor; Physical Chemistry; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
- 2001 - 2002 Senior Research Associate (C1); Physical Chemistry; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
- 2000 - 2000 Postdoctoral Fellow; Chemistry; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
- 1999 - 1999 Research Associate; Chemistry; ETH Zurich
- 1996 - 1999 Teaching Assistant; Chemistry; ETH Zurich
- 1994 - 1996 High School Teacher; Physics; AKAD Zürich
Fields of Scholarship
- Single droplet/particle studies
- Aerosol and molecular cluster science
- Chemical reaction kinetics in confined systems
- Single droplet spectroscopy and scattering
- Phase transitions in particulate matter
- Gas phase nucleation
- Optical trapping
- Photoelectron imaging of confined systems
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Doron Prize 2022, Swiss Foundation for the Doron Prize, “For organizations and individuals which have achieved remarkable results in their scientific work.”100,000€ prize money.
- since 2020 Member of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC)
- 2019 Humboldt Prize; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, “The Humboldt Research Award is granted in recognition of past outstanding accomplishments in research and teaching”, 60,000€ prize money.
- 2019 Mildred Dresselhaus Award and Mildred Dresselhaus Guest Professorship; Centre for Ultrafast Imaging Hamburg, “For advancing the fundamental understanding of physical and chemical properties of aerosols and nanoparticles ubiquitous in our world” 20,000€ prize money and up to 30,000€ allowances for guest professorship
- 2018 - 2022 ERC Advanced Grant (2,500,000€)
- 2011 - 2013 E. W. R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, This is the most prestigious Canadian fellowship that comes with relief from teaching and administrative duties, a research grant of 230,000€ and a grant for salary and the enhancement of research environment of 160,000€
- 2010 - 2015 Dean’s Distinguished Scholar; University of British Columbia, Dean of the Faculty of Science, 115,000€
- 2010 - 2011 UBC Science Undergraduate Society Teaching Award; The Science Undergraduate Society of UBC, “In honour of your outstanding work and dedication towards the science student community”
- 2010 Keith Laidler Award; Canadian Society for Chemistry, “For a distinguished contribution to the field of Physical Chemistry”
- 2009 Thermo Fisher Scientific Spectroscopy Award; Canadian Society for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy, “In recognition of outstanding contributions to the science of spectroscopy”
- 2008 Killam Faculty Research Prize for excellence in research
- 2008 - 2010 Discovery Accelerator Supplement; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, “To accelerate progress and maximize the impact of superior research programs” 110,000€
- 2007 - 2009 A. P. Sloan Research Fellowship; A. P. Sloan Foundation USA, Most prestigious North-American fellowship for early-career scientists; 40,000€
- 2005 Werner Prize 2005; Swiss Chemical Society, “For young Swiss scientist or scientist working in Switzerland for outstanding independent chemical research”
- 2003 - 2004 Research Award for Assistant Professors; German Fonds of the Chemical Industry; 75,000€
- 2000 - 2003 Postdoctoral Fellowship; German Academy of Natural Scientists, Leopoldina 190,000€
- 2000 - 2001 Postdoctoral Fellowship; Swiss National Science Foundation (declined in favour of the Leopoldina Fellowship)
- 1999 Medal of the ETH; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), “For an outstanding PhD thesis”
- 1996 - 1999 PhD Fellowship; Robert-Gnehm-Foundation, 110,000€
