Scientific Staff at the D-BIOL (AMB)

About Us

AMB (Akademischer Mittelbau am Departement Biologie) is the official association of non-faculty academic staff (wissenschaftlicher Mittelbau) at the Department of Biology (D-BIOL) of ETH Zürich. All scientific staff is part of AMB and eligible for the representative positions in the departmental conferences. Active membership can be obtained through enrollment to AVETH, the association of academic staff at ETH level.

Download Rules of procedure (PDF, 141 KB)

Board 2024 / 25

Chair: Gautier Stehli
Vice chair: Juan Mellado Tenorio
Treasurer: Cara Sickinger

Tasks

At D-BIOL, decision-making is sub-divided in three chambers: the departmental conference (DK), the professor conference (PK) and the conference of the teaching commission (UK), each of which has specific tasks assigned. Besides Professors, each of these chambers consists of representatives for teaching, technical and scientific staff as well as for students. One of AMB`s main tasks is to organize the election of all scientific staff delegates at D-BIOL. AMB ensures that those voices are given to motivated members over all Institutes at D-BIOL.

Moreover, AMB sends delegates to the Professor Recruitment committees (RNA Biology, Plant Biology, Genome Biology and Cellular Dynamics) in order to assess the candidate's qualifications, experience and intentions regarding teaching, thesis supervision and mentoring.

Organisation of AMB/Delegation at D-BIOL Conferences

Delegates 2024 / 25

Scientific staff representatives DK

Corinne Kaufmann, Rachel Mellon, Thomas Gassler
Substitution: Gautier Stehli, Marina Kunzi

Scientific staff representatives UK

Cara Sickinger
Substitution: Angelique Fokkema, Gautier Stehli

Activities

Besides its political task, AMB organizes scientific activities including various excursions and interdepartmental lab tours. Additionally, AMB supports and provides a platform for the organization of career related events such as the PostDoc Day and roundtable discussions.

Furthermore, AMB ensures a positive working environment at D-BIOL and promotes intra- and interdepartmental interactions by organizing social events including the Hönggergames, the Happy Hour, the Volleyball Tournament & BBQ or the casual Newcomers' Pizza event.

On a political level, AMB strives to improve the supervision and mentoring for the scientific staff in the department.

Contact

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