Ursula Röthlisberger wins 2016 Doron Prize
Ursula Röthlisberger receiving the Doron Prize 2016 at Zug. © Fondation suisse pour le Prix Doron
Ursula Röthlisberger has won one of the two 2016 Doron Prizes.
The Doron prizes have been awarded for 31 years, granted by the Swiss Foundation for the Doron Prize, based in Zug. The awards, which include a sum of 100,000 CHF, honor “outstanding activities in the fields of culture, public interest and science." There have been 79 award winners to date, including foundations, public organizations, and private individuals.
Professor Ursula Röthlisberger has won one of the two Prizes this year. She directs the Laboratory of Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry at EPFL. Her research focuses on developing density functional-based mixed QM/MM simulations for ground and excited states, and applying them to solve problems in biology and materials science.
The Foundation’s press release states that she is rewarded for “her work in the field of computer-assisted chemistry.”