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Ursula Keller wins “Swiss Nobel” Marcel Benoist Prize- for pioneering work in ultrafast lasers
MUST2022 Conference- a great success!
New scientific highlights- by MUST PIs Wörner, Chergui, and Richardson
FELs of Europe prize for Jeremy Rouxel- “Development or innovative use of advanced instrumentation in the field of FELs”
Ruth Signorell wins Doron prizefor pioneering contributions to the field of fundamental aerosol science
New FAST-Fellow Uwe Thumm at ETH- lectures on Topics in Femto- and Attosecond Science
International Day of Women and Girls in Science- SSPh asked female scientists about their experiences
New scientific highlight- by MUST PIs Milne, Standfuss and Schertler
EU XFEL Young Scientist Award for Camila Bacellar,beamline scientist and group leader of the Alvra endstation at SwissFEL
Prizes for Giulia Mancini and Rebeca Gomez CastilloICO/IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics & Ernst Haber 2021
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to RESOLV Member Benjamin List- for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis
NCCR MUST at Scientifica 2021- Lightning, organic solar cells, and virtual molecules

Farewell: the NCCR MUST ended

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The general scientific driver of the NCCR MUST (Molecular Ultrafast Science and Technology) was to understand how matter changes its structure and charge distribution, how quanta of energy are being transported on a microscopic and ultrafast scale, and how this relates to function. Through the NCCR MUST , we aimed to coordinate efforts and to amplify synergies between different Swiss research groups.

Structural changes beyond the lifetime of the NCCR MUST have been achieved with 2 FastLabs (at University of Bern and EPFL), 14 new professors at the two leading houses (University of Bern and ETHZ), know-how transfer to SwissFEL with 8 former NCCR MUST PhD students or postdocs now working at the beamlines, 2 computer clusters (at EPFL and University of Basel), 3 start-up companies, new master level courses in ultrafast science related topics, a comprehensive graduate textbook in ultrafast lasers, the book "A journey into time in powers of ten", the book "Inspiring conversations with women professors", and 2 new networks: the ETH Women Professors Forum and the Swiss Society for Photon Science.

The NCCR MUST has placed great value on outreach to the Swiss society. More details on strategies, output and successes in Equal Opportunities, Education and Communication, and Technology Transfer can be found elsewhere on our website.


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