Welcome to the website of the Society of Women in Natural Sciences at ETH Zürich! WiNS was founded by Prof. Katherine Elvira, Dr. Daniela Paunescu-Bluhm (both ICB) and Dr. Jessica Schulz (IPW) in 2014 as the female association of the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences (D-CHAB). We were joined by the Department of Biology (D-BIOL) in 2021 and the Department of Physics (D-PHYS) and Materials (D-MATL) in 2023. We represent all female members of the four departments and our mission is to support Women in Natural Sciences via engagement in career and personal development events, networking and leadership. Another core value of ours is to provide a platform to highlight all the female talent existing within industry & academia at all career stages.

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The WiNS Mentoring Program is back for 2025!

Our program covers from 1st year BSc students all the way up to postdocs. If you'd like to be a mentor, all you need is to be at least a 3rd-year BSc student. It will be a 1-to-1 system and the pairing will be done based on the introductory event and a feedback form. Interested in becoming a mentor starting October 2025? Sign up now!

Open Letter about the 'Leaky Pipeline' in the Natural Sciences

This open letter contains the collective response of AVETH and other ETH-affiliated organizations (listed in the signatures) to the recent interview, first published in a news outlet on 06.05.2023, regarding the results of a study on the “causes of the leaky pipeline” in academia led by Prof. Margit Osterloh and Prof. Katja Rost at the University of Zurich. Check it out here!

Throwback: Event Gallery 2024
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This open letter contains the collective response of AVETH and other ETH-affiliated organizations (listed in the signatures) to the recent interview, first published in a news outlet on 06.05.2023, regarding the results of a study on the “causes of the leaky pipeline” in academia led by Prof. Margit Osterloh and Prof. Katja Rost at the University of Zurich. Check it out here!

Open Letter To The ETH Board 2023
Open Letter To The ETH Board 2024

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