Background
Schurtenberger, Peter was born on September 22, 1955 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Schurtenberger, Peter was born on September 22, 1955 in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Diploma in Natural Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland, 1980. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland, 1984.
Research to teaching assistant Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, 1980—1984, senior researcher, 1987—1992, lecturer, 1992—1999. Visiting scientist University Lund, Sweden, 1984. Postdoctoral research fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985—1986, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, 1986—1987.
Guest professor University Graz, Austria, 1996. Professor physics University Fribourg, Switzerland, 1999—2008, professor to executive director, adolphe merkle institute.
Master: European Colloid and Interface Society (general secretary 2002-2009), European Colloid and Interface Society (president 1994-1995). Member: European Physical Society (member of the liquids board 2008), Swiss National Science Foundation (member of the nrc 2008).
Children: Patrick, Silvio.