Prof. emer. Iris Zschokke-Gränacher
Former Chair of Applied Physics at the University of Basel (1974)
First female professor in physics at the University of Basel
Department of Physics
University of Basel
Klingelbergstr. 82
4056 Basel
Short Biography
- Grew up in Riehen near Basel, Switzerland
- Studies of physics, mathematics and astronomy at Universities of Basel and Geneva
- 1960 PhD in experimental physics at University of Basel with Prof. Dr. Paul Huber
- 1965 Married Andres Hanspeter Zschokke (1930) Dr. iur., citizen of Aarau and Malans
- 1974 Appointment to Professor, Chair of Applied Physics at University of Basel / First female professor in physics at the University of Basel
- 1979 – 1981 President of Swiss Physical Society SPG
- 1988 – 1992 President of „Koordinationskommission für Universitätsfragen“ at Department of Education Basel-Stadt
- 1993 – 1996 President of Section IV for National Research Programmes NRP/SPP of Swiss National Science Foundation
- 1997 – 2002 Member of the ETH council
- 2000 – 2003 President of PRODEX programme committee of the Federal Committee for Space Affairs
- 2005 – 2009 President of the PRIX ZONTA jury
- 2006 – 2011 President of the TREUBEL Foundation of the „Freiwillige Akademische Gesellschaft Basel“
- 1995 – 2013 President of the „Zschokke-Haus der Studentenschaft Basel“ Foundation
Research Summary
Organic semiconductors, nonlinear optics, electrical and optical properties of molecular crystals, solid solutions, etc…
Selected Publications
Author and co-author of over 100 scientific publications in international journals