Welcome to our new SV professors

Michael Herzog is nominated Full Professor of Life Sciences in the School of Life Sciences (SV)
Michael Herzog is a world-renowned expert on the processes of visual perception in the human brain. He works in the traditional research field of psychophysics. His core research interest is the question of why humans can effortlessly perceive the world around them with all its complex objects, while computer-based visual systems are unable to do so. Pursuing a multidisciplinary approach at the interface between biology, neurosciences and mathematics, Michael Herzog has garnered international recognition for his important discoveries regarding the analysis of visual stimuli in the brain.

Brian McCabe is nominated Associate Professor of Life Sciences in the School of Life Sciences (SV)
Brian McCabe's research focuses on the development and functioning of the neuromuscular synapse. This is the junction in the human body where nerve cells meet muscle cells and support muscle activation. With a unique combination of methods from a range of areas including physiology, imaging and biochemistry, he has advanced a deeper understanding of the electrophysiological processes at this crucial site for the locomotor system. He is currently using his findings to improve the treatment of neuromuscular diseases such as spinal muscular atrophy.

Marcel Salathé is nominated Associate Professor of Life Sciences in the School of Life Sciences (SV)
Marcel Salathé is a young researcher who has both enormous potential and entrepreneurial flair. His focus is on the area of digital epidemiology. He attracted international attention by developing new models to forecast infectious disease spread. Marcel Salathé's highly innovative approach utilises digital data, for example on the movements of and contacts between individuals. Against a backdrop of increasing globalisation and the concomitant risk of epidemic outbreaks, his multidisciplinary profile is an excellent fit between informatics and life sciences.