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Dr Bischel was recently awarded the “Prix Zeno Karl Schindler/EPFL Prix de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable 2017.” The purpose of the Zeno Karl Schindler/EPFL Prize is to distinguish a high level research project and publications of particular excellence performed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in the field of environmental sciences and/or sustainability.
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Dr. Bischel was awarded “for her contributions to the development and evaluation of sustainable solutions for sanitation and resource recovery in low-income settings. Her highly interdisciplinary work is instrumental to both public health protection and consumer acceptance of a promising technology.” The award recognized the compilation of three peer-reviewed publications and a fourth publication in preparation on the subject, “Eliminating barriers to sustainable sanitation through safe nutrient recovery from human urine.”
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Dr. Bischel was honored by the Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation and EPFL on October 6, in a ceremony held in Lausanne, Switzerland and will receive a 20,000 CHF prize. This is the 7th award of this kind presented by the foundation. Dr. Bischel is the first woman to win the ZKS/EPFL Award (and very honored to have been selected and to have this important work be recognized!). A list of past awardees is available here. An announcement about the award is posted here, and additional photos from the ceremony are available here.