Rico Zenklusen appointed Full Professor
We are very pleased to announce that Rico Zenklusen was appointed Full Professor of Mathematics at the meeting of the ETH Board in December 2023. The promotion is effective from 1 January 2024.
Rico Zenklusen (*1981), former Associate Professor of Mathematics at the Institute for Operations Research, has been appointed Full Professor of Mathematics.
Rico Zenklusen conducts research in the field of combinatorial optimisation. The main goal of this area of study is to use mathematical techniques to develop fast algorithms for a wide range of calculation questions. He is internationally acknowledged as a leading mathematician. Rico Zenklusen is Deputy Director of the Institute for Operations Research and nurtures an extensive international network of colleagues, as may also be seen from his impressive list of publications. He has won a number of awards, including an ERC Consolidator Grant in 2018 and a Golden Owl from ETH Zurich in 2021.