Joël Mesot

Joël Mesot
Joël Mesot
	Portrait, 2021
Born	31 August 1964 (age 59); Geneva, Switzerland
Citizenship	Switzerland
Education	MSc, ETH Zurich (1989); PhD, ETH Zurich (1992);
Known for	Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
Awards	IBM Prize Swiss Physical Society (1995); Latsis Prize ETH Zurich (2002);
	Scientific career
Fields	physics
Institutions	ETH Zurich; Institut Laue–Langevin; Argonne National Laboratory; Paul Scherrer Institute; EPF Lausanne;
Thesis	(1992)
Doctoral advisor	Albert Furrer

Joël François Mesot (born 31 August 1964) is a Swiss

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, also known as ETH Zurich.^[1]

Biography

Mesot was born in

EPF Lausanne.^[3] He is a member of the ETH Board since 2010.^[4] Mesot is a trustee of the Marcel Benoist Prize committee.^[5] Since January 2019, he is President of the ETH Zurich.^[6]

Mesot is the first President of the ETH Zurich coming from the French speaking part of Switzerland. He is fluent in French, German and English.

Awards

1995: IBM prize of the Swiss Physical Society for Outstanding Work in Neutron Spectroscopic Studies of the Crystal Field in High-Tc Superconductors.

2002: Latsis prize of the ETH Zurich for his outstanding contribution to the investigation of high-temperature superconductors by neutron scattering and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy.^[7]

References

^ "Mesot, Joël (1964 - ) Base de données des élites suisses". University of Lausanne. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ Joël Mesot (1992). "Etude par diffusion neutronique de l'action du champ cristallin sur l'ion Er³⁺ dans les systèmes supraconducteurs à haute température critique". ETH Zurich. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ "Mesot, Joël, Prof. Dr.: Curriculum Vitae.". ETH Zurich. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Members of ETH Board-". ETH Rat. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Board of Trustees.". Marcel Benoist Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ Nils Pfändler (11 January 2019). "Der neue ETH-Präsident Joël Mesot hat einen der schwierigsten Jobs der Schweiz angetreten.". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ Présentation des Traveaux des quatres Lauréats. Fondation Latsis Internationale, No. 18, 2002

[1] "Mesot, Joël (1964 - ) Base de données des élites suisses". University of Lausanne. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[2] Joël Mesot (1992). "Etude par diffusion neutronique de l'action du champ cristallin sur l'ion Er³⁺ dans les systèmes supraconducteurs à haute température critique". ETH Zurich. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[3] "Mesot, Joël, Prof. Dr.: Curriculum Vitae.". ETH Zurich. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[4] "Members of ETH Board-". ETH Rat. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[5] "Board of Trustees.". Marcel Benoist Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[6] Nils Pfändler (11 January 2019). "Der neue ETH-Präsident Joël Mesot hat einen der schwierigsten Jobs der Schweiz angetreten.". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[7] Présentation des Traveaux des quatres Lauréats. Fondation Latsis Internationale, No. 18, 2002

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