Women of MARVEL

Focusing on women's accomplishments and raising awareness against all forms of bias is one way to pave the way to a more gender-balanced world, also here at NCCR MARVEL. Over the past weeks, we have been speaking with the women of MARVEL about their triumphs as well as the challenges they face in pursuing their careers. These interviews are just one way we're working to make sure everybody's voice is heard.

The list is not exhaustive and new interviews are added regularly.

Group Leaders

Ana Akrap (UniFR) is Professor and head of the Light Fermion Spectroscopy group and since May 2020 a new Agility Plus group leader in the Design and Discovery project 6 - Topological Materials — her project is described here.
Sara Bonella (EPFL) is the deputy director of the CECAM (Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire) at EPFL. She joined MARVEL in phase III as group leader in Pillar 3, Digital Infrastructure of Open Simulations and Data.
Clémence Corminboeuf (EPFL) is Professor and head of the Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design , MARVEL deputy director and project leader of Pillar 2 on Machine Learning.
Emiliana Fabbri (PSI) is a senior researcher in the Electrocatalysis and Interfaces group and since May 2020 a new Agility Plus group leader in the Design and Discovery project 4 - Nanoporous Materials — her project is described here and a video featuring her in the #NCCRWomen campaign can be watched here.
Marta Gibert (UZH) is SNSF Professor in the field of experimental condensed matter at the Physics Institute of UZH and since May 2020 a new Agility Plus group leader in the Design and Discovery project 5 - Correlated Oxides — her project is described here. Since September 2021, she is University Professor for Topologische und Komplexe Materialien at TU Wien.
Zoë Holmes (EPFL) is Tenure Track Assistant Professor, head of Laboratory of Quantum Information and Computation. She has joined MARVEL in May 2023 and is part of the Quantum Simulation project.
Marisa Medarde (PSI) is head of the Physical Properties of Materials group at PSI and group leader in the Design and Discovery project 5 - Correlated Oxides at MARVEL (MARVEL phase II).
Sereina Riniker (ETHZ) is Assistant Professor of Computational Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETHZ and since May 2020 a new Agility Plus group leader in the Design and Discovery project 1 - Organic Crystals — her project is described here.
Nicola Spaldin (ETHZ) is Professor and head of the Materials Theory Laboratory at ETHZ and project leader in MARVEL Design and Discovery project 5 - Correlated Oxides (MARVEL phase II).
Claire Villevieille was group leader in MARVEL Incubator Project 1 - Solid-State Ionics (MARVEL phase II) until February 2019.

Postdocs and scientists

Gabriela Borin Barin (Empa) is a research scientist in the group of Roman Fasel, group leader in Design & Discovery Project 3 - Low Dimensional Materials (MARVEL phase II).

Daiane Damasceno Borges (EPFL) was a postdoc in the group of Berend Smit, project leader of Design & Discovery Project 4 - Nanoporous Materials (MARVEL phase II).
Migle Grauzinyte (University of Basel) was a postdoc in the group of Stefan Goedecker, group leader in Design & Discovery Project 1 (MARVEL phase II).
Snehal Kumbhar (EPFL) was a systems specialist for MARVEL's Open Science platform, which is lead by Giovanni Pizzi in THEOS (MARVEL phase II).
Giuliana Materzanini (EPFL) was a postdoc in the group of Nicola Marzari, director of NCCR MARVEL — a video featuring her in the #NCCRWomen campaign can be watched here.
Giovanna Lani (EPFL) is a senior researcher in the group of Nicola Marzari, director of NCCR MARVEL.
Tiziana Musso (University of Zurich) was a postdoc in the group of Jürg Hutter, group leader in Design & Discovery Project 4 - Nanoporous Materials (MARVEL phase II).
Elsa Passaro (EPFL) was a postdoc in the group of Berend Smit, project leader of Design & Discovery Project 4 - Nanoporous Materials (MARVEL phase II).
Chiara Ricca (University of Bern)was a postdoc in the group of Ulrich Aschauer, group leader in Design & Discovery Project 5 - Correlated Oxides (MARVEL phase II) — a video featuring her in the #NCCRWomen campaign can be watched here.
Olga Syzgantseva (EPFL) was a postdoc in the group of Berend Smit, project leader of Design & Discovery Project 4 - Nanoporous Materials (MARVEL phase II).

PhD students

Sophie Beck (ETHZ) is in the group of Claude Ederer, group leader in Design & Discovery Project 5 - Correlated Oxides (MARVEL phase II).
Ksenia Briling (EPFL) is in the group of Clémence Corminboeuf, project leader of Pillar 2 on Machine Learning.
Yuri Cho (EPFL) is in the group of Clémence Corminboeuf, project leader in Pillar 2 on Machine Learning — her interview as an INSPIRE Potentials fellow can be found here.
Martina Danese (Empa) was in the group of Daniele Passerone, group leader in Design & Discovery Project 3 - Low Dimensional Materials (MARVEL phase II) — her interview as an INSPIRE Potentials fellow can be found here.
Fatmah Ebrahim (EPFL) was in the group of Berend Smit, project leader of Design & Discovery Project 4 - Nanoporous Materials (MARVEL phase II).
Sara Fiore (ETHZ) was in the group of Mathieu Luisier, group leader in Design & Discovery Project 3 - Low Dimensional Materials (MARVEL phase II).
Nataliya Lopanitsyna (EPFL) is in the group of Michele Ceriotti, project leader of Pillar 2 on Machine Learning — her interview as an INSPIRE Potentials fellow can be found here.
Linda Mauron (EPFL) is in the group of Giuseppe Carleo, project leader of the Quantum Simulation project — her interview as an INSPIRE Potentials fellow can be found here.
Jigyasa Nigam (EPFL) is in the group of Michele Ceriotti, project leader of of Pillar 2 on Machine Learning — her interview as an INSPIRE Potentials fellow can be found here and a video featuring her in the #NCCRWomen campaign can be watched here.
Sonali Parbhoo (University of Basel) was in the group of Volker Roth, group leader in Incubator Project 2 - Machine Learning (MARVEL phase II).
Miriam Pougin (EPFL) is in the group of Berend Smit, project leader of Pillar 1 on Novel Materials — a video featuring her in the #NCCRWomen campaign can be watched here.
Norma Rivano (EPFL) is in the group of Nicola Marzari, director of NCCR MARVEL — her interview as an INSPIRE Potentials fellow can be found here.
Rebecca Scatena (University of Bern) was in the group of Piero Macchi, experimental group leader in Design and Discovery Project 4 - Nanoporous Materials (MARVEL phase II).
Marija Stojkovic (EPFL) is in the group of Nicola Marzari, director of NCCR MARVEL.
Tara Tošić (ETHZ) is in the group of Nicola Spaldin, project leader in Design & Discovery Project 5 - Correlated Oxides (MARVEL phase II) — her interview as an INSPIRE Potentials fellow can be found here.
Puck van Gerwen (EPFL) is in the group of Clémence Corminboeuf, project leader of Pillar 2 on Machine Learning.
Henglu Xu (EPFL) is in the group of Berend Smit, project leader of Pillar 1 on Novel Materials — her interview as an INSPIRE Potentials fellow can be found here.

INSPIRE Potentials

The INSPIRE Potentials Master's Fellowships were introduced in 2016 to broaden the opportunities for women in science. Up to now, 26 students have been granted six-month fellowships for a Master's project in different MARVEL groups. A list of these fellows and their stories can be found here.

Management Team

Lidia Favre-Quattropani is MARVEL's scientific manager.
Carey Sargent was coordinating MARVEL's news and helping with external communications until March 2023.
Pascale Van Landuyt was MARVEL's industrial liaison and tech transfer officer until November 2020.
Ursula Vaucher is MARVEL's financial officer.