News
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Love Data Week 2026 – Where Is the Data? #3
As part of this year’s international Love Data Week 2026 (motto: Where’s the Data?), Prof. Dr. Gabriela Schaepman-Strub and Dr. Elena Plekhanova were interviewed on the topic.
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Addressing Global Challenges Together
Artificial intelligence, cell research and plant sciences were at the center of a symposium held last week, highlighting the potential of the strategic partnership between the University of Zurich and Kyoto University.
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Temporal changes in leaf fall have consequences for amphipods
Aquatic ecosystems are fragile. But just how fragile they are has been revealed in a new study by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) and the University of Zurich.
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A new book on the world of grasshoppers
Dr. Oliver Hawlitschek of the University of Zurich has edited a new book on grasshoppers together with Prof. Dr. Martin Husemann, Director of the Natural History Museum Karlsruhe. The publication focuses on a group of animals that, despite their remarkable global diversity, often receives little public attention.
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Film about study programmes in Biodiversity
The video offers an overview of the content, key topics, and perspectives of the programmes.
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Faculty of Science awards dissertation distinction to Cengiz Akandil
The Faculty of Science has awarded Cengiz Akandil a distinction for his PhD thesis, “Impact of Industrial Human Activity Quantified by Artificial Light at Night on Arctic Ecosystems”. Supervised by Prof. Dr. Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, his work introduces a novel approach to assessing industrial activity in the Arctic using light pollution, enabling to link economic activity with ecological processes.
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Hydrobiology Limnology Award for Mara Knüsel’s dissertation
The Hydrobiology Limnology Foundation for Water Research in Switzerland issues an annual award for dissertations and master theses on limnology. This year, UZH and Eawag researcher Mara Knüsel received the award for her PhD thesis entitled “Opening the Black Box: Biodiversity and Biogeography of Groundwater Amphipods in Switzerland”.