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.
Further information about the Rössler Prize.

Laureates 2009-2024

Marco Hutter
2024
Robotics

Siddhartha Mishra
2023
Mathematics

Tanja Stadler
2022
Biosystems

Andreas Krause
2021
Data Science

Paola Picotti
2020
Biology

Maksym Kovalenko
2019
Chemistry

Philippe Block
2018
Architecture

Olga Sorkine-Hornung
2017
Computer Science

Christophe Copéret
2016
Chemistry and Applied Biosciences

David Norris
2015
Mechanical and Process Engineering

Christian Wolfrum
2014
Health Sciences and Technology

Olivier Voinnet
2013
Biology

Nicola Spaldin
2012
Materials

Andreas Wallraff
2011
Physics

Gerald Haug
2010
Earth Sciences

Nenad Ban
2009
Biology