Rössler Prize
The Rössler Prize is an award for outstanding young ETH professors in the expansion phase of their careers. Worth 200,000 Swiss francs in research funding, it is ETH Zurich’s most valuable research award. It has been made possible by a donation of ETH alumnus Dr. Max Rössler since 2009.
Max Rössler studied mathematics at the ETH Zurich, earning a doctorate in orbital calculations for aerospace. After a research stay at Harvard University, he returned to ETH as a senior scientist and lecturer at the Institute for Operations Research from 1967 to 1978. He later worked in wealth management. In 2013, he was awarded the title of Honorary Councillor by ETH Zurich.
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Laureates 2009-2025
Florian Dörfler
2025Electrical Engineering
Marco Hutter
2024Robotics
Siddhartha Mishra
2023Mathematics
Tanja Stadler
2022Biosystems
Andreas Krause
2021Data Science
Paola Picotti
2020Biology
Maksym Kovalenko
2019Chemistry
Philippe Block
2018Architecture
Olga Sorkine-Hornung
2017Computer Science
Christophe Copéret
2016Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
David Norris
2015Mechanical and Process Engineering
Christian Wolfrum
2014Health Sciences and Technology
Olivier Voinnet
2013Biology
Nicola Spaldin
2012Materials
Andreas Wallraff
2011Physics
Gerald Haug
2010Earth Sciences
Nenad Ban
2009Biology
