Prof. Dr. Ulrich W. Suter, Vizepräsident ETH Zurich, Bereich VP Forschung, Zurich, Switzerland

Ulrich W. Suter has been full Professor of Macromolecular Chemistry at the Institute of Polymers of the ETH Zurich since 1988.
Ulrich Suter was born on June 10, 1944 in Zurich and studied in the Department of Chemistry at the ETH Zurich, where he was awarded his doctoral degree in 1973. He then spent two years as postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. From 1976 to 1981 he was a senior assistant in the Department of Chemistry, ETH Zurich, where he completed his habilitation in June 1980. Later that year he transferred to the IBM Almaden Research Centre in San Jose, California, where he was a visiting scientist for one year. In 1982 he took a position as professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT, a position held until 1990.

His research interests lie in the areas of macromolecular chemistry and physical chemistry of polymers, particularly structure-property relationships; polymeric materials, especially the predictability of properties; atomistic and molecular modeling; and the application of computers in education and research.

In addition, Prof. Suter is the co-editor of a number of international scientific journals, is active on many international scientific panels and is a member of numerous international professional organisations. He was awarded the silver medal of the ETH, the Kern prize in 1974 and he has been a fellow of the American Physical Society since 1994.