Part 2: Best practices from Switzerland-Photonics and otherwise

Abstract

This month is the second part of an interview with the husband-wife team of Professor Ursula Keller of ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) and Dr. Kurt Weingarten (General Manager of JDSU Ultrafast Lasers in Zurich). They live in Zurich. The discussion was frank because I have known both of them since they were graduate students at Stanford. The discussion was also insightful because Ursi is Swiss and has lived in America, and Kurt is an American who has lived in Switzerland for more than 20 years. The five main subjects we covered are the Swiss educational system, technology and research, entrepreneurship in Europe, women's rights in academia, and family-career balance. I like the Swiss way!

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