Introducing the four prorectors
On 1 May, Professor Paolo Ermanni (pictured on the far left) will be taking up his new post as Prorector for Continuing Education. Three other prorectors have been re-elected for a further term.
From left to right: Paolo Ermanni, Andreas Vaterlaus, Thomas Vogel and Joachim Buhmann. (Photos: Giulia Marthaler/ETH Zurich)
At its meeting on 14 April, the Executive Board announced that the following prorectors have been newly appointed or re-elected for a term from 1 May 2015 to 31 December 2018:
Newly elected prorector:
- Professor Paolo Ermanni has been named as the new Prorector for Continuing Education. The 55-year-old from Ticino has been a full Professor of Structure Technologies at ETH Zurich since 1 April 2003. He is also Director of the Congressi Stefano Franscini.
Re-elected prorectors:
- Professor Joachim Buhmann, Prorector for Study Programmes. Professor Buhmann has been a full Professor of Information Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich since October 2003.
- Professor Thomas Vogel, Prorector for Doctoral Studies. Professor Vogel has been a full Professor of Structural Engineering at ETH Zurich’s Institute of Structural Engineering since 1 October 1995.
- Professor Andreas Vaterlaus, Prorector for Curriculum Development. Professor Vaterlaus has been a full Professor of Physics and Education at ETH Zurich since August 2008.