Professor Brad Nelson at the Institue of Robotics and Intelligent Systems operates an Octomag - an instrument whose eight electromagnetic coils permit maneuvering micro-robots through the eye to deliver drugs to the retina.

Rahel Zoller

Rahel Zoller is the President of the Student Organization VSETH, ETH Zurich

Rahel Zoller completed a Bachelor of Science in Material Sciences at ETH Zurich and is now working towards her MSc. She is the president of the ETH student body.
Her goals, as the president of this organization, are to:

  • Improve conditions for students at ETH both on an academic and social level
  • Enable access to a variety of different scientific, social and cultural activities
  • Support student initiatives
  • Provide the infrastructure needed to the 16 student associations, thematic commissions and other student organization at ETH
  • Lead VSETH in its 150th year of successfully representing and supporting the students at ETH Zurich


The VSETH (Verband der Studierenden an der ETH Zürich)/ The Student Body of the ETH Zurich:

The VSETH represents approximately 12,000 students covering topics such as higher education policy, school level management, teaching, teaching conditions, evaluations. It offers a variety of services such as the ETH magazine “Polykum” and the promotion of cultural and scientific interests.