Prof. Dr. Jan Vermant

Prof. Dr.  Jan Vermant

Prof. Dr. Jan Vermant

Vice Rector for Curriculum Development

ETH Zürich

Professur für Weiche Materialien

HCI H 503

Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10

8093 Zürich

Switzerland

Additional information

Course Catalogue

Autumn Semester 2024

Number Unit
327-1207-00L Soft Materials Engineering and Characterization

Brief CV

Dr. Vermant studied Chemical Engineering at KU Leuven in Belgium, obtaining the doctoral degree in 1996 under the supervision of Prof. Jan Mewis. He was a postdoctoral fellow of Elf Aquitaine and the Fund for Scientific Research – Vlaanderen. In 2000 he joined the faculty at the department of Chemical Engineering at KU Leuven, becoming a full professor in 2005. In 2014 he joined the Materials Department at the ETH Zürich where he now heads the laboratory of Soft Materials. He has held visiting appointments at Stanford University (USA), University of Delaware (USA), Princeton University (USA), the Forschungszentrum Jülich (G) and the ESPCI (F).

His research at the ETH Zürch focuses on the rheology and applications of complex fluid-fluid interfaces, colloidal suspensions and the development of novel experimental methods and soft matter applications in materials science.


Institutional responsibilities

2016- Member of the research commission ETH Zürich
2017-2019 Member of the tenure committee of ETH Zürich
2018 Deputy Head of the Department of Materials.
2019-2020 Head of the Department of Materials.
2021 Deputy head of the Department of Materials
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Prizes, awards, Honors

1991 Doctoral scholarship IWONL-IWT (Belgium)
1995 2nd price – 10th DSM award for Chemistry and Technology (Nl)
1996 Postdoctoral Fellowship Elf Aquitaine (F)
1997 Postdoctoral Fellowship FWO Vlaanderen (B)
2002 Dupont Young Faculty Award (USA)
2007 FWO-ExxonMobil European Chemical Science & Engineering Award (EU)
2009 Journal of Rheology Publication Award, Society of Rheology (USA)
2010 Elected Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
2011 Michelin Chair Visiting Professorship - ESPCI (Paris)
2016 Lars Onsager Medal and Professorship (NTNU, Norway)
2016 Elected Fellow of the Society of Rheology (USA)
2019
Weissenberg Award of the European Society of Rheology (EU)
2021 ECIS Colloid & Interface Science Award, sponsored by Solvay (EU)
2021 Journal of Rheology Publication Award, Society of Rheology (USA)
2021 Bingham medal of the Society of Rheology (USA)