Congratulations to the winners of the following prizes that were awarded at the Swiss NanoConvention in Neuchâtel on June 15-16, 2023.
Please see below for a photo gallery.
Swiss Nanotechnology PhD Awards 2023
Prizes sponsored and presented by the following companies:

Dr. Iwan Hächler, ETHZ
Combating fogging with selective sunlight nano-absorbers
Award Sponsored by nano.swiss
Dr. Arunav Bordoloi, UBAS
Spin cross-correlation experiments in an electron entangler
Award Sponsored by IBM
Mr. Saeid Ansaryan, EPFL
High-throughput spatiotemporal monitoring of single-cell secretions via plasmonic microwell arrays
Award Sponsored by Sensirion
Dr. Ivana Domljanovic, University of Fribourg
DNA origami book biosensor for multiplex detection of cancer-associated nucleic acids
Award Sponsored by nanosurf
Mr. Amir Youssefi, EPFL
Topological lattices realized in superconducting circuit optomechanics
Award Sponsored by Bühler
Nanotech Start-Up Prize 2023
1 prize sponsored by the Swiss MNT Network, voted by participants at SNC 2023
>> XRnanotech
Best Poster Awards 2023
3 prizes sponsored by the Swiss MNT Network, voted by participants at SNC 2023
Wenhao Huang, Empa
Electronic Poiseuille Flow in Hexagonal Boron Nitride Encapsulated Graphene FETs
Moritz Häffner, Université de Fribourg/Adolphe Merkle Institute
Examining the Influence of Gold Nanoparticle Purification on the Protein Corona
Francesco Bertot, Hybrid Photonics Laboratory, EPFL
Design and fabrication of efficient hybrid silicon-organic integrated terahertz field sensors
Best Image Award 2023
1 prize sponsored by the Swiss MNT Network, voted by participants at SNC 2023
Thomas Kainz, Adolphe Merkle Institute / University of Fribourg
Mountain Reflection in Lake
Award Ceremony Image Gallery at SNC 2023
Images © Ted Byrne / FSRM
- Michel Despont, co-Chair SNC 2023, presents Thomas Kainz with Best Image Award
- Winning entry for Best Image from Thomas Kainz
- Lorenz Herrmann of Empa accepts a Best Poster Prize on behalf of Wenhao Huang. Presented by Prof. Alexandra Kämpfer Homsy, SNC 2023 co-Chair and Prof. Silvia Schintke, HEIG-VD, HES-SO
- Moritz Häffner accepts a Best Poster Prize – Presented by Prof. Alexandra Kämpfer Homsy, SNC 2023 co-Chair and Prof. Silvia Schintke, HEIG-VD, HES-SO
- Francesco Bertot accepts a Best Poster Prize – Presented by Prof. Alexandra Kämpfer Homsy, SNC 2023 co-Chair and Prof. Silvia Schintke, HEIG-VD, HES-SO
- Florian Döring, CEO of XRnanotech, accepts the STARTUP Prize from Contest Chair Lorenz Herrmann of Empa
- Mr. Mahdi Chegnizadeh accepts a PhD Award on behalf of Mr. Amir Youssefi. Prof. Christian Schönenberger of SNI and Dr. Nicolas Dorsaz of Bühler presenting.
- Dr. Arunav Bordoloi remotely accepts a PhD Award. Prof. Christian Schönenberger of SNI presenting on behalf of IBM.
- Dr. Ivana Domljanovic accepts a PhD Award from Prof. Christian Schönenberger of SNI and Dr. Dominik Ziegler, CEO of nanosurf.
- Mr. Fabrice Bagnoud accepts a PhD Award on behalf of Dr. Iwan Hächler. Prof. Christian Schönenberger of SNI and Dr. Marcus Morstein of nano.swiss / HZA presenting.
- Mr. Saeid Ansaryan accepts a PhD Award from Prof. Christian Schönenberger of SNI and Dr. Matthias Streiff of sensirion.










