First professorships for PRIMA grantees

2 Feb 2021

Securing an SNSF PRIMA grant is an important step on the road to a professorship. The career development of our member grantee Alba Grassi (UNIGE & CERN) is testimony to this: she has been appointed professor.

Our member Alba Grassi (UNIGE & CERN) received her PRIMA grant in early 2020. As a woman in STEM, of whom there aren't that many, she sees the grant as a personal incentive: "I found it very motivating and encouraging to see that there is a concrete willingness to support ideas and projects conceived by women." Her research fields are mathematical physics, quantum field theory and string theory.

Since November 2020, she has been a member of SwissMAP and held a professorship in mathematical physics at the University of Geneva. She also works at CERN. Alba Grassi believes that young women researchers should focus on what they like best. In particular she thinks it is important to be persistent and brave, especially in difficult times.

Research project(s)

New SwissMAP Outreach Resources

Hugo Duminil-Copin’s Zurich colloquium in mathematics online talk