Prof. Lital Alfonta
Biological and related sciences, Physical sciences, Bioelectrochemistry, Synthetic Biology, Chemical Biology
Physical sciences
Theoretical/computational chemistry and materials science
Method development and applications in the interdisciplinary field of chemistry, biology, physics, and materials science; spectroscopy, catalysis, static and dynamic ab initio methods, solar light-driven processes, chirality, liquids, interfaces, in silico design
OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award of the Computer Division of the American Chemical Society, 2019
Carl Duisberg Gedächtnispreis of the German Chemical Society, 2019
Jochen Block Prize of the German Catalysis Society
(first theoretician awarded), 2019
Werner Prize of the Swiss chemical society, 2018
Robin Hochstrasser Young Investigator Award for outstanding research in chemical physics (first woman awarded), 2017
Hans G. A. Hellmann Award of Arbeitsgemeinschaft Theoretische Chemie for outstanding research in theoretical chemistry (established in 1999; first female scientist awarded), 2017
Clara Immerwahr Award for the development of computational methods for spectroscopy and catalysis (first theoretician awarded), 2017
Medal of ETH Zurich for outstanding PhD thesis, 2010
IBM Research Prize for Computer Modelling and Simulations in Chemistry, Biology, and Materials Science for outstanding Master thesis, 2007
English, German, Latin
Swiss chemical society
American chemical society
Arbeitsgemeinschaft theoretische Chemie
Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Katalyse
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
Women in Theoretical Chemistry web-directory
The Coblentz Society
Fellowship “Mentoring Deutschschweiz”, Switzerland, 2010
Start-In Program for Young Talents, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, 2012
Forschungskredit, University of Zurich, 2015
Prizes at various music competitions
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Biological and related sciences, Physical sciences, Bioelectrochemistry, Synthetic Biology, Chemical Biology
Physical sciences, Physical Sciences and Technology
Physical sciences, Experimental condensed matter physics
Physical sciences, Quantum simulation, Ultracold atoms
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