Nominations of two tenure-track assistant professors
Julia Schmale and Charlotte Grossiord. © 2019 EPFL
The ENAC School is proud to announce the nominations of two tenure-track assistant professors in environmental sciences and engineering: Julia Schmale, in Extreme Environments, and Charlotte Grossiord, in Terrestrial Ecology.
Julia Schmale was named as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Extreme Environments
Julia Schmale is an atmospheric scientist with a global reputation. She actively represents Switzerland on multidisciplinary, international research projects in the Arctic. She is a member of the Atmosphere Working Group of the International Arctic Science Committee, for example. Thanks to her innovative scientific and methodological ability, Julia Schmale will strengthen EPFL’s reputation in areas that are important for the future of society, and contribute to training environmental engineers within the school. She will start at EPFL on 1st December 2019.
Charlotte Grossiord was named as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Terrestrial Ecology
Charlotte Grossiord is a highly innovative young researcher. She has achieved international recognition for her work on the contribution of biodiversity to the ability of forests to withstand climate change. In recent years she has focused on the survival potential and acclimatisation of plants as temperatures rise. Among other experiments, she used heat-controlled chambers to investigate the effects of drought on trees under real conditions. Charlotte Grossiord will work closely with WSL, which is co-funding her professorship at EPFL. She will start at EPFL on 1st March 2020.