NOMIS Grantees
Great scientific leaps begin with bold questions. NOMIS grantees are established pioneers who challenge the status quo in pursuit of answers. These exceptional investigators lead unconventional, high-risk projects often passed over by traditional funding models. By applying cross-disciplinary expertise and radically different approaches, they relentlessly push the boundaries of knowledge. We empower these leaders to follow their curiosity and imagination wherever they lead, uncovering the fundamental insights that drive human progress.
NOMIS grantees
About Hans Gersbach Hans Gersbach is a professor at ETH Zurich and codirector of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. He is leading the project Trustworthy AI Voting Assistants and Supported Democracy. Gersbach studied at the University of Basel in Switzerland, where he received degrees in mathematics, actuarial science and economics, […]
Professor
KOF Swiss Economic Institute
Born in Germany, Güttler received an MA in modern and contemporary history from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany, in 2005. He earned his doctorate in 2012/14 from Humboldt-Universität in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Güttler received his habilitation from ETH Zurich, Switzerland in 2022. He has held appointments at the University of Erfurt’s Gotha Research Centre (2012–2013) and fellowships at the Huntington Library (2012) and Harvard University (2014 Marie Curie Fellow). He served as a senior postdoctoral researcher in science studies at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (2014–2022) and a research fellow at the IFK Vienna (2019/20). Güttler has been an assistant professor of the history of science at the University of Vienna since 2022.
Assistant professor
University of Vienna
About Stefan Thurner Stefan Thurner is a professor of the science of complex systems at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria; co-founder and president of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna; and external professor at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico, US. He is co-leading the project Mapping the Evolution of AI: A Data-Driven Exploration […]
Professor
Complexity Science Hub Vienna
About Viola Schmitt Viola Schmitt is an associate professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, US. She is co-leading the Reintegrating Linguistics project. Schmitt grew up in Frankfurt, Germany, and earned her MA and PhD in linguistics from the University of Vienna (Austria), completing her doctoral dissertation “More Pluralities” in […]
Associate professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
About Roni Katzir Roni Katzir is a full professor of linguistics at Tel Aviv University, Israel, where he is head of the Computational Linguistics Lab. He is co-leading the Reintegrating Linguistics project. Originally from Jerusalem, Katzir grew up in Israel and the UK. He received a BSc in mathematics (summa cum laude) from Tel Aviv […]
Full professor
Tel Aviv University
Chris Doughty is an associate professor of ecoinformatics at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, US. He is leading the project Effects of Reintroduction of Large Animal Species on the Earth's Adaptation to Climate Change.
Associate professor
Northern Arizona University
Philippe Jarne is research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), based at the Center for Evolutionary and Functional Ecology (CEFE) in Montpellier, France. He is leading the project Eco-Evolution: An Overarching Framework to Make Sense of Biodiversity Dynamics.
Research director
National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Pierre Vanderhaeghen is full professor of neuroscience and group leader at the VIB–KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research in Leuven, Belgium. He is co-leading the Human Brain Evolution Initiative.
Full professor of neuroscience
VIB–KU Leuven Center for Brain and Disease Research
Barbara Carnevali is full professor of philosophy at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris, France, and a recurrent visiting professor of social aesthetics at the Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Mendrisio, Switzerland. She is leading the project City of Signs: Understanding Logos.
Full professor
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
Università della Svizzera italiana
Markus Krajewski is a full professor of media history at the University of Basel (Switzerland). He is leading the research project Assisted Thinking: A Deep History of Scholarly AI.
Full professor
University of Basel
Carl-Philipp Heisenberg is professor at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). He is leading the project Cytoplasmic Self-Organization in Early Animal Development.
Professor
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
Nicola Allen is associate professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, US). She is co-leading the Neuroimmunology Initiative at Salk's NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis.
Associate professor
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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NOMIS research projects
NOMIS research grants empower established scientists with proven leadership capabilities to take on unconventional projects, spearhead unexplored approaches and pursue bold questions across disciplines.
