Gabriel Aeppli
![Gabriel Aeppli, photon scientist at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI. (Photo: Scanderbeg Sauer Photography)](https://www.psi.ch/media/MM20181206ERCHeroDE/igp_227ea52537e12f36d0ad78a0c03fcf40_psi_06112014_1097.jpg)
Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
Aeppli’s scientific research is currently focused on the applications of nanotechnology and photon science to biomedicine and quantum information processing. Projects include the development of optical and microwave tools for medical diagnostics and pharmacology, where we are interested in new drug-target and antibody-antigen binding assays.
Alexander V. Balatsky
![Alexander Balatsky, theoretical physicist at Nordita, Stockholm University. (Photo: Nordita/Hans von Zur-Mühlen, Nordita/Bart Olsthoorn)](https://www.psi.ch/media/MM20181206ERCHeroDE/igp_c6e9a2cb45e1106bc91acdfcc8a7e945_Alexander-Balatsky.jpg)
Nordita, Stockholm University, Sweden
The group works in several areas of theoretical condensed matter physics, with particular interests in materials where quasiparticles can be described by the Dirac equation.
Henrik M. Rønnow
![Henrik Rønnow, neutron scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne EPFL. (Photo: Paul Scherrer Institute/Markus Fischer)](https://www.psi.ch/media/MM20181206ERCHeroDE/igp_fb9a958f387705c951b28ceda30b94a5_20181031_Ronnow_0006h.jpg)
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Nicola Spaldin
![Nicola Spaldin, theoretical chemist and material scientist at ETH Zurich. (Photo:
Friedrun Reinhold Fotografie)](https://www.psi.ch/media/MM20181206ERCHeroDE/igp_f3d50bb9087e7572bcb023de3c48c8f4_Nicola-Spaldin.jpg)
ETHZ, Zürich, Switzerland