The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of professors at EPFL. Anne-Florence Bitbol, currently Tenure Track Assistant Professor at EPFL, has been promoted to Associate Professor of Life Sciences in the School of Life Sciences.
Anne-Florence Bitbol investigates the coevolution and structure of proteins, as well as the spatial dynamics of populations. She has won several awards for her research, including an ERC Starting Grant. Her research at the intersection of biology, physics and computer science focuses on computer-aided approaches and machine learning for analysing protein sequences. Anne-Florence Bitbol is also a committed teacher and mentor, who makes a substantial contribution to the academic community.