bruce.
Born and raised in the Midwest of the USA, I first moved to Switzerland in 2006 for doctoral studies at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. I then went to the University of British Columbia in Canada for a postdoctoral fellowship awarded by the Fonds National Suisse, before returning to Swiss academia.
I am a senior research scientist at the ETH Zürich in the field of physical chemistry. My focus on the spectroscopy of aerosol particles and fundamental studies of light-matter interactions to bring a deeper understanding of our world. I am involved in multiple projects with the aerosol and nanoscience group at the ETH Zürich, as well as, collaborations at synchrotrons and free-electron laser facilities around Europe.
Since 2018, I have collaborated on the art project ‘ethereal fleeting’ with the goal of generating moments and provoking thoughts through the extrapolation of delicate balances found in nature by synthetic means. With special interest in the transitory nature of all existence and an affinity to juxtaposition, I aim to challenge ideas that are too often held as self-evident. In 2024, the collaboration continued with ‘implausible rainbows’.
CV: here.
Bruce Yoder 