Joël Mesot

Since 2019, Joël Mesot has been President of ETH Zurich. As a trained physicist, he performed most of his research on quantum materials at the large-scale facilities of the Paul Scherrer Institute, where he was director for 10 years. Mesot studied physics at ETH Zurich and earned his doctorate with a thesis on high-temperature superconductors. He spent several years researching abroad, including at the Institut Laue-Langevin in France and at Argonne National Laboratory in the USA. Since 2008, he is a full professor of physics at ETH. He received several awards for his scientific achievements.

 In his current role as president of ETH Zurich, he chairs the Executive Board and bears legal and political responsibility for the institution. ETH Zurich is regularly ranked among the world’s leading universities.