Prof. Dr. Joël Mesot

Joël Mesot has been President of ETH Zurich since 2019, assuming legal and political responsibility for the university with around 26,000 students and 525 professors.

After studying physics at ETH Zurich, he earned his doctorate with a thesis on high-temperature superconductors. He focused his research on quantum materials at the Paul Scherrer Institute, where he served as Director for ten years. His international research experience includes positions at the Institut Laue-Langevin in France and the Argonne National Laboratory in the USA.

Since 2008, he has been a full professor of physics at ETH Zurich and serves on various advisory boards, including the Board of Trustees of the Switzerland Innovation Park and the Governing Board of CREATE in Singapore.