Federal Council appoints Joël Mesot president of the ETH Zurich
Bern, 24.10.2018 - On 24 October the Federal Council appointed Professor Joël Mesot as the new president of the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. This choice was proposed by the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) and received the unanimous support of the ETH Board. Joël Mesot has been director of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) since 2008 and currently holds professorships at the two federal institutes of technology in Zurich and Lausanne. Professor Mesot takes up his new position on 1 January 2019, taking over from Professor Lino Guzzella, who as ETH Zurich’s president since 2015 has continued to boost the institute’s reputation internationally.