Julian Rogger shows how plants regulate the climate
Prix Schläfli 2026 for Geosciences: How climate change affects plants is right in front of our eyes. But what is the opposite like? What role does the vegetation system play in regulating the climate? This is the question pursued by Julian Rogger in his thesis at ETH Zurich, for which he has been awarded the Prix Schläfli.
Immagine: Laurine Rey
Simona Meiler pushes boundaries in climate risk science
Prix Schläfli 2025 for Geosciences: Simona’s snowboarding career ended at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but since then, she has shown the same drive in her commitment to science. Simona Meiler has been awarded the Swiss Academy of Sciences’ Prix Schläfli in Geosciences for her research into tropical cyclones.
Immagine: Anastasia Karpenko
Gilles Antoniazza listens to the mountain riverbeds
Prix Schläfli 2024 Geosciences: Flooding events in Alpine rivers can cause major damage. Gilles Antoniazza's doctoral thesis provides new approaches towards a better understanding of bed load transport. He has been awarded the Prix Schläfli Geosciences in recognition of this work.
Immagine: Maxime Mellina
Ariadni Afroditi Georgatou – What igneous rock tells us about mineral resources
Prix Schläfli 2023: At the age of 32, Ariadni Afroditi Georgatou is already an internationally recognised pioneer in the area between volcanology and mineralogy. She has been awarded the Prix Schläfli in Geosciences for her dissertation on magmatic sulphide minerals at the University of Geneva.
Immagine: Bernando Beate
Luca Dal Zilio – A cautious prophet
Large earthquakes are once-in-a-century events with devastating consequences. Luca Dal Zilio has developed a model that describes the development of such events both temporally and geographically, and which could therefore become important for risk prevention.
Immagine: Victoria Lasheras