Awards & Honors
The awards that researchers at the University of Basel receive for their scientific work, as well as their appointments to numerous institutions, are testimony to their outstanding commitment to science and society.
The awards that researchers at the University of Basel receive for their scientific work, as well as their appointments to numerous institutions, are testimony to their outstanding commitment to science and society.
Professor Mirjam Christ-Crain, endocrinologist and clinical researcher at the University of Basel, has been awarded the Medical Research Prize of the Professor Dr. Max Cloëtta Foundation. She shares the award with Martin Jinek, Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Zurich.
Florina Ciorba, Professor of High Performance Computing at the University of Basel, has been named one of the first honorees of the new SCW75 program by Scientific Computing World. The distinction recognises 75 individuals worldwide who are shaping the future of scientific computing.
Professor Sebastian Hiller, structural biologist at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, has been elected as a new member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Election to the academy is regarded as one of the highest scientific honors in Germany.
The project KaziPlay: Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities has been recognized as a UNESCO SDG 4 Good Practice and included in the UNESCO SDG 4 Knowledge Hub.
The 2026 Dies Universitatis at the University of Freiburg focused on the tenth anniversary of “Eucor – The European Campus” as a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC). Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Andrea Schenker-Wicki, President of the University of Basel, was awarded the title of Honorary Senator.
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bailer, professor of political science at the University of Basel, has been appointed Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Basel Institute on Governance.
Christiane Pauli-Magnus, Co-Head of the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Basel and the University Hospital Basel, was elected as a new member of the Board of Governors at Swiss TPH.
She really wanted to be a pianist. But then Valeriia Hutskalova found her passion for chemistry. In her thesis at the University of Basel, she showed that even particularly stable molecule rings can be intentionally “cut” and put together again. For this work, the Swiss Academy of Sciences has awarded her the Prix Schläfli 2026 in Chemistry.
The British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce named Professor Emerita Catherine Housecroft a British-Swiss Legend. This award honors individuals who significantly advance cooperation and mutual understanding between the United Kingdom and Switzerland, emphasizing Housecroft's lasting contribution.
