Swiss Nanoscience Institute

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The Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI) at the University of Basel is a center for nanosciences and nanotechnology. It was founded in 2006 by the Canton of Aargau and the university .^[1]

SNI network[]

The SNI network includes various departments at the University of Basel, the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), the Department for Biosystems Science and Engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich (D-BSSE), and the CSEM (Centre Suisse d’Electronique et de Microtechnique) in Muttenz.

Membership of the SNI comes from participating in SNI projects.

Programs[]

In 2002, the University of Basel launched the Bachelor's and master's degree programs in nanosciences. The annual Bacherlor's programme cohort is of around 40 students and includes biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics.

In 2013 the SNI initiated a PhD School in 2013. At the end of 2014, 24 doctoral students were enrolled.

Within the SNI PhD School, each doctoral student is supervised by two members of the SNI network. They also become involved in internal events such as the Winter School and the Annual Meeting and take part in various courses to gain insights into areas such as intellectual property, communication and rhetoric.

Projects[]

In addition to the projects funded as part of the PhD School, the SNI also supports the basic scientific research performed by Argovia professors Roderick Lim and Martino Poggio.[1]

The SNI also supports titular professors Frithjof Nolting and Thomas Jung, who work in the Department of Physics at the University of Basel and at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), and, from the end of 2014, Michel Kenzelmann who also works for the PSI and the Department of Physics.

The Nano Argovia program supports about ten projects each year from broad ranging areas of nanotechnology in close collaboration with industrial companies in Northwestern Switzerland and has a total budget of around 1.5 million Swiss francs.^[2]

See also[]

• Science and technology in Switzerland
• Nanotechnology

References[]

External links[]

• Swiss Nanoscience Institute
• Youtube Channel

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