Our warm congratulations to Carl Petersen

Carl Petersen,member of the Brain Mind Institute, at the EPFL Faculty of Life Sciences, conducts research on key topics in the neurosciences and is acknowledged to be one of the leading scientists in his field. For example, he investigates how neuronal networks initiate signals in the brain and how these signals are perceived, interpreted and implemented by the individual. Carl Petersen uses the latest electrophysiological and chromophoric techniques in his research. He is strongly committed to teaching. Professor Petersen is a pillar of the faculty of Life Sciences and serves on several of its committees.

Two external adjunct professors
One this occasion, the ETH Rat appointed, as EPFL external Adjunct Professor, Professor Richard Frackowiak, currently Full Professor at the University of Lausanne and Senior Consultant at the CHUV-Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois. Richard Frackowiak is a pioneer in the use of the latest imaging technologies for mapping and investigating the human brain. His achievements include founding and developing several centres for the use of these technologies, such as positron emission tomography and, later, magnetic resonance tomography.

Dr Kei Sakamoto, currently Group Leader at Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences in Lausanne, located at the Innovation Park, on the EPFL Lausanne campus, has also been nominated as external EPFL Adjunct Professor. In his role at Nestlé, Kei Sakamoto works closely with EPFL researchers. Several groups of the faculty of Life Sciences benefit from his outstanding expertise in how the human metabolism functions. Bestowing the title of professor on Kei Sakamoto will further reinforce the relationship between him and the faculty.