The Institute
Mission Statement
The mission of the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics (IBP) is to advance fundamental understanding of biogeochemical cycles, pollutant dynamics, and microbial and physicochemical processes in natural and human-impacted environments. IBP investigates how environmental systems respond to human activity, global change, and evolving patterns of resource use and develops responsible solutions.
Education is central to this mission. IBP educates and trains its students to learn from past and present environmental impacts and to address future challenges.
By combining fundamental science, interdisciplinary training, and engagement with society, IBP contributes to the knowledge and expertise needed to understand environmental change and develop ways to address them.
Institute Organization
The institute is an interdisciplinary unit of D-USYS. It brings together experts from the chemical, biological and physical realms who are part of a research group at ETH Zürich or associated groups at the ETH domain research institutes (Eawag, Empa, PSI and WSL).
Apart from the professors, staff members and senior scientists make substantial contributions to research and teaching at IBP. In total, there are around 100 people employed at IBP, not including IBP-associated researchers that are primarily located at Eawag or other institutions.
IBP Research Groups
Research and teaching at IBP
Associated Institutes
Contact
Head of Inst. Biogeochem. and Pollutant Dynamics
Dep. Umweltsystemwissenschaften
Universitätstrasse 16
8092
Zürich
Switzerland