Laureates
2024 (Polar research)
Amy R. Macfarlane
Influences of snow microstructure on the Arctic sea ice energy budget
Dissertation, ETH Zurich & WSL
2023 (High altitude research)
Marin Kneib
Contribution of ice cliffs to the melt of debris-covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia
Dissertation, ETH Zurich & WSL; Interview auf RTS 1
2022 (Polar research)
Andrea Baccarini
Investigation of new aerosol particle formation in polar regions
Dissertation, EPFL
Julie Pasquier
Towards solving the puzzle of ice crystal formation and growth in Arctic mixed-phase clouds
Dissertation, ETH Zurich
Jens Terhaar
Southern Ocean anthropogenic carbon sink constrained by sea surface salinity
Postdoc, University of Bern
2021 (High altitude research)
Alexander R. Groos
Glacial and periglacial history of the Bale Mountains, southern Ethiopian Highlands
Dissertation, University of Bern
Enrico Mattea
Measuring and modelling changes in the firn at Colle Gnifetti, 4400 m a.s.l., Swiss Alps
Master, University of Fribourg
2020 (Polar research)
Lea Pfäffli
Das Wissen, das aus der Kälte kam. Assoziationen der Arktis um 1912
Dissertation, ETH Zurich
2019 (High altitude research)
Sandra Brügger
FrozenNature: the palynological contribution to reconstruct paleo fire, vegetation, land use, and pollution dynamics from high-alpine ice cores
Dissertation, University of Bern
Michael Furian
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) travelling to altitude: physiological and clinical changes and their prevention
Dissertation, ETH Zurich
2018 (Polar research)
F. Alexander Haumann
Southern Ocean response to recent changes in surface freshwater fluxes
Dissertation, ETH Zurich
2017 (High altitude research)
Prisco Frei
Snowfall in the Alps: evaluation and projections based on the EURO-CORDEX regional climate models
Master, ETH Zurich
Emiliano Stopelli
Biological ice nucleating particles at tropospheric cloud height
Dissertation, University of Basel
2016 (Polar research)
Adrien Michel
Transient modeling of borehole temperature and basal melting in an ice sheet
Master, University of Bern
Lea Steinle
Environmental controls on marine methane oxidation: from deep-sea brines to shallow coastal systems
Dissertation, University of Basel
2015 (High altitude research)
Chrystelle Gabbud
Remote sensing of the interactions between climate variability and glacier dynamics for an Alpine temperate glacier, from the scale of the decades to hours: the case of the Haut Glacier d’Arolla
Master, University of Lausanne
Steven Paul Sylvester
Reconstructing the potential natural vegetation of the high Andean puna
Dissertation, University of Zurich
Matthieu Heiniger
Base Camp Circus (special award)
Vimeo, University of Geneva
2014 (Polar and high altitude research)
2013 (Polar and high altitude research)
Lena Hellmann
Anatomical classification of Arctic driftwood
Master, WSL Birmensdorf
Nicole Inauen
The consequences of elevated CO2 and land use in alpine ecosystems
Dissertation, University of Basel
2012 (Polar and high altitude research)
Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner
Patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome benefit from acetazolamide during an altitude sojourn: a randomized, placebo-controlled double-blind trial
Postdoc, University Hospital Zurich
2011 (Polar and high altitude research)
Michael Matschiner
Population genetic and phylogenetic insights into the adaptive radiation of Antarctic notothenioid fishes
Dissertation, University of Basel
2010 (Polar and high altitude research)
Beat Schuler
Optimal hematocrit for maximal exercise performance in acute and chronic erythropoietin-treated mice
Postdoc, University of Zurich
2009 (Polar and high altitude research)
Maarten Lupker
A short time-series of dust and ice isotopic composition (Sr, Nd and Hf) from the Dye-3 ice core, Greenland
Master, ETH Zurich